Top 50 Greatest Music Albums by bfreil 
*Criteria = Only one album per artist.
- Chart updated: 02/14/2011 04:44
- (Created: 10/24/2010 00:45).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 4 | 8% | |
| 1970s | 4 | 8% | |
| 1980s | 6 | 12% | |
| 1990s | 22 | 44% | |
| 2000s | 12 | 24% | |
| 2010s | 2 | 4% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Underworld | 1 | 2% | |
| Massive Attack | 1 | 2% | |
| Muse | 1 | 2% | |
| Grandaddy | 1 | 2% | |
| The Cure | 1 | 2% | |
| Air | 1 | 2% | |
| Pulp | 1 | 2% | |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 41st to 40th Violator by Depeche Mode |
| Up 1 from 40th to 39th Dirt by Alice In Chains |
| Up 1 from 39th to 38th Disintegration by The Cure |
| New entries |
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 High Violetby The National |
| Leavers |
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 Thrillerby Michael Jackson |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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95/100  | 01/13/2017 00:01 | Seab | | 93/100 |
85/100 | 09/03/2015 14:49 | BoC | | 84/100 |
90/100 | 01/25/2015 21:50 | JasonZaia | | 89/100 |
80/100 | 12/27/2011 19:11 |  Charicature | | 62/100 |
75/100 | 12/27/2011 01:36 | album guru joe | | 78/100 |
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Such a great chart! Especially since you have 'The Three Ep's'! Almost no one has that on here! Good Job!
Charicature 12/27/2011 19:12
Some picks on there I really can't understand why anyone puts them on charts, but otherwise one of the best lists I've seen.
nice list :)
Lastings 02/09/2011 21:14
Very nice chart! great variety.. plenty of stuff on there that I don't know too well.. (leaving room for my rating to improve based on further investigation..) *added as a favorite..
Omid 12/13/2010 09:01
Very nice selection!
Applerill 10/31/2010 01:52
Man, this is the best chart I've seen in a while. I love how you have both the Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer in the top 10. It could use slightly fewer new albums, but that's my only complaint.
I will definitely give a listen to some of the albums on your list, in particular "Cosmogramma" by Flying Lotus, which you appear to be high on. But out of curiosity, which albums on my list post mid 90's do you consider weak?
"You must be about 35?"
Will be in 3 weeks. :)
Thanks Jhereko. While I wouldn't characterize myself as a huge U2 fan (in fact, I probably like only a few other tracks by them), those 2 albums (especially Joshua Tree) are solid from top to bottom and have special meaning to me given that I'm in my mid 30's.
Revised to reflect criteria of only one album per band. Wanted the list to be have a better variety of artists, though unfortunately, this forced me to remove some of my favorite albums of all time (e.g., "The Bends" and "Kid A" by Radiohead, "Pinkerton" by Weezer, and "Funeral" by Arcade Fire). Really wish the site allowed us to go up to 100.
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