Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by edubs

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• Chart updated: 05/13/2019 19:15
• (Created: 06/20/2013 07:18).
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Highway 61 Revisited 

 Bob Dylan

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"Once Upon A Time" - a brilliant way to start off an album that was a true game-changer.
The lyrics are phenomenal. Music is great too.
Favorite Tracks: title track, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, Like A Rolling Stone, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Tombstone Blues, Desolation Row.
"They're selling postcards of the hanging" ... [First added to this chart: 06/20/2013]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,310 charts

Rank Score:

31,063

Rank in 1965:

1

Rank in 1960s:

8

Overall Rank:

26

Average Rating:

 89 (2,737 votes)

Comments:

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Revolver 

 The Beatles

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Favorite Tracks: Tomorrow Never Knows, She Said, She Said, And Your Bird Can Sing, Taxman, Here, There and Everywhere.
I pretend that Yellow Submarine isn't on the Album.
Such a variety of songs - all wonderfully done. This album marks the Beatles transition from being a bit too much of a poppy/boy band to being great artists. Rubber Soul showed the first signs of the progression - this was "making it". [First added to this chart: 06/20/2013]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,479 charts

Rank Score:

56,967

Rank in 1966:

1

Rank in 1960s:

2

Overall Rank:

4

Average Rating:

 91 (4,474 votes)

Comments:

477

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The Dark Side Of The Moon 

 Pink Floyd

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I have been listening to this album for 30 plus years and it never gets old.
An absolute gem. So accessible and melodic yet so far out and experimental.
Everything fits together so perfectly.
Favorite songs: Everything except Money fits seamless together and is mind-blowing. Money is simply mind-blowing. [First added to this chart: 06/20/2013]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,043 charts

Rank Score:

71,188

Rank in 1973:

1

Rank in 1970s:

1

Overall Rank:

2

Average Rating:

 92 (5,203 votes)

Comments:

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4. (3) 1

Quadrophenia 

 The Who

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Keith Moon and John Entwistle achieve rock god status on this album. The percussion work is obscene. The bass playing extraordinary. Great concept album. Perfectly executed. [First added to this chart: 06/20/2013]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

918 charts

Rank Score:

8,462

Rank in 1973:

5

Rank in 1970s:

48

Overall Rank:

193

Average Rating:

 84 (1,316 votes)

Comments:

100

5. (4) 1

Are You Experienced 

 The Jimi Hendrix Experience

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This album is absurdly good. This is 100X as good as the greatest hits / best of albums of the majority of bands on the planet.
Favorite Tracks: Title Track, Purple Haze, Fire, Hey Joe, The Wind Cries Mary, Manic Depression, Foxy Lady ... [First added to this chart: 06/20/2013]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,163 charts

Rank Score:

24,225

Rank in 1967:

4

Rank in 1960s:

12

Overall Rank:

39

Average Rating:

 87 (2,420 votes)

Comments:

169

6. (5) 1

Stand! 

 Sly & The Family Stone

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An influential album. Funky. Socially profound.
Favorite Tracks: Stand!, Everyday People, Somebody's Watching You, You Can Make It If You Try ... [First added to this chart: 06/20/2013]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

497 charts

Rank Score:

3,657

Rank in 1969:

18

Rank in 1960s:

62

Overall Rank:

491

Average Rating:

 81 (534 votes)

Comments:

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What's Going On 

 Marvin Gaye

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This album has such a wonderful feel/vibe to it. So heart felt. Moving. The bass work on the album is interesting, distinctive and serves as a quality backbone for the sound.
Favorite Tracks: God Is Love, Mercy Mercy Me, What's Happening Brother, Inner City Blues. title track ... [First added to this chart: 06/20/2013]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,567 charts

Rank Score:

19,697

Rank in 1971:

4

Rank in 1970s:

16

Overall Rank:

53

Average Rating:

 85 (1,884 votes)

Comments:

143

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The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars 

 David Bowie

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This album starts out kicking plenty of ass ... then you get to Hang On To Yourself, Ziggy Stardust and Suffragette City and the ass-kicking takes on epic proportions. This is criminally good song-writing and the definitive glam rock album.
Favorite Tracks: Lady Stardust, the three mentioned above, Starman, Five Years, Soul Love ...sheesh - the whole damn thing is great. [First added to this chart: 06/20/2013]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

2,934 charts

Rank Score:

50,118

Rank in 1972:

1

Rank in 1970s:

3

Overall Rank:

9

Average Rating:

 90 (3,446 votes)

Comments:

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Who's Next 

 The Who

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Another definitive rock album. Hard to imagine rock music as a genre without this album as a cornerstone. The teen angst, the power chords, Keith stinkin' Moon, the f'n Who ...
Favorite Tracks: All of them except "My Wife" are classic rock all-time greats. [First added to this chart: 06/20/2013]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

2,130 charts

Rank Score:

24,165

Rank in 1971:

2

Rank in 1970s:

10

Overall Rank:

40

Average Rating:

 86 (2,487 votes)

Comments:

200

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A Love Supreme 

 John Coltrane

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Painting with sound. Great musicianship. Coltrane somehow tapped into an alternate universe and brought us this masterpiece to enjoy on this earth. [First added to this chart: 06/20/2013]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,286 charts

Rank Score:

17,087

Rank in 1965:

3

Rank in 1960s:

19

Overall Rank:

75

Average Rating:

 87 (1,452 votes)

Comments:

99

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	7	7%
1960s	19	19%
1970s	30	30%
1980s	13	13%
1990s	10	10%
2000s	11	11%
2010s	10	10%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Bob Dylan	5	5%
The Beatles	5	5%
Tame Impala	3	3%
Pink Floyd	3	3%
The Who	3	3%
Led Zeppelin	3	3%
The National	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	60	60%
	30	30%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	1	1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 11 from 95th to 84th To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar
Up 5 from 8th to 3rd The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
Up 3 from 29th to 26th Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

Biggest fallers
Down 6 from 24th to 30th Innerspeaker by Tame Impala
Down 5 from 90th to 95th Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar
Down 1 from 3rd to 4th Quadrophenia by The Who

New entries
102% by The New Mastersounds

Leavers
Play Deep Funk by The Sound Stylistics

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95/100	05/27/2020 03:11	Purplepash	1,307	88/100
100/100	05/04/2020 13:38	911Turbo	17	100/100
100/100	05/04/2020 12:52	Rivera	47	99/100
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95/100	09/19/2019 15:06	leniad	686	85/100

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From 911Turbo 05/04/2020 13:43

i really like your chart.
i took a real close look at it when i seen quadrophenia and high violet rated high in the list. these are 2 of my favourites. so i decided to read your personal comments- love them and wish there were more. i have never been a funk guy but im leaving your list with the intention of listening to sly and the family stone- these guys pop up regularily. im going to check them out. also im surprised that i didnt see more stones, your description of some girls was dead on- so i know your very familiar with their music. no big deal.
thanks for posting such a fantastic list.

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From Rivera 05/04/2020 12:53

Outstanding chart! Four sure I'm going to have to check out those "The National" albums now.

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90/100

From musicologist97 10/06/2018 02:48

Overall, an excellent chart.

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85/100

From ForegroundNoise 10/05/2018 08:57

Love the notes!

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100/100

From CharlieBarley 02/04/2018 05:54

An easy 100. Great picks, eclectic taste and fun stimulating notes. I have 26 in common, I have The Who in my Top 101-300 charts, my other 2 charts. I will have to check out yer other charts. Well done my man!!

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90/100

From Ulf 02/03/2018 15:43

Nice one my dude

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90/100

From quadrophenia17 05/08/2017 00:42

Wow! We have so much in common!

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85/100

From corenfro 05/07/2017 21:00

Terrific chart. Props for the love of Marvin.

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100/100

From Ben4 05/07/2017 20:10

Great chart! I especially love that Quadrophenia is ranked so high, that album is amazing.

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95/100

From buzzdainer 05/13/2016 14:37

Excellent list! Love the high rankings for Blonde on Blonde and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

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