Top 49 Greatest Music Albums by bowiefan1

Welcome to my chart. After much thinking, I have decided to reform my chart to better suit those albums that have the most emotional significance to me, rather than those albums that I find the most aesthetically favorable. The first forty will be my favorite albums of all time, while the last ten will be albums that I have been listening to recently and enjoyed.

• Chart updated: 02/15/2011 06:13
• (Created: 12/22/2010 09:10).
• Chart size: 49 albums.

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Station To Station 

 David Bowie

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[First added to this chart: 12/22/2010]

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

1,057 charts

Rank Score:

13,314

Rank in 1976:

2

Rank in 1970s:

27

Overall Rank:

103

Average Rating:

 85 (1,507 votes)

Comments:

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Marquee Moon 

 Television

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[First added to this chart: 12/22/2010]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,723 charts

Rank Score:

21,727

Rank in 1977:

3

Rank in 1970s:

14

Overall Rank:

47

Average Rating:

 86 (1,832 votes)

Comments:

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Funeral 

 Arcade Fire

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[First added to this chart: 12/22/2010]

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

2,826 charts

Rank Score:

41,746

Rank in 2004:

1

Rank in 2000s:

3

Overall Rank:

15

Average Rating:

 88 (3,599 votes)

Comments:

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Abbey Road 

 The Beatles

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[First added to this chart: 12/22/2010]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,629 charts

Rank Score:

65,448

Rank in 1969:

1

Rank in 1960s:

1

Overall Rank:

3

Average Rating:

 92 (4,509 votes)

Comments:

466

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Roxy Music 

 Roxy Music

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I wore this CD out. That's how much I love it. Nuff said. [First added to this chart: 12/22/2010]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

373 charts

Rank Score:

1,978

Rank in 1972:

21

Rank in 1970s:

194

Overall Rank:

909

Average Rating:

 79 (465 votes)

Comments:

23

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Closer 

 Joy Division

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This album is so sad (for obvious reasons) and emotionally raw. Which is probably why I like it so much. [First added to this chart: 12/22/2010]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,458 charts

Rank Score:

16,763

Rank in 1980:

2

Rank in 1980s:

10

Overall Rank:

80

Average Rating:

 85 (1,870 votes)

Comments:

123

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Talking Heads: 77 

 Talking Heads

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This is my favorite TH album and another album that I have a deep emotional attachment to. So catchy, so cool. [First added to this chart: 12/22/2010]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

581 charts

Rank Score:

3,572

Rank in 1977:

15

Rank in 1970s:

117

Overall Rank:

504

Average Rating:

 82 (833 votes)

Comments:

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Revolver 

 The Beatles

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I'm always contemplating what is the best Beatles album. It might be this one. I can only say that this one blew my shit. [First added to this chart: 12/22/2010]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,479 charts

Rank Score:

56,966

Rank in 1966:

1

Rank in 1960s:

2

Overall Rank:

4

Average Rating:

 91 (4,474 votes)

Comments:

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Another Green World 

 Brian Eno

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This used to be my favorite album of all time. I've changed my mind, but this album is still one to get lost in. [First added to this chart: 12/22/2010]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

800 charts

Rank Score:

9,166

Rank in 1975:

6

Rank in 1970s:

43

Overall Rank:

178

Average Rating:

 83 (1,008 votes)

Comments:

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The Smiths 

 The Smiths

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This is one of those albums that I have a deep emotional attachment to. I hated it at first, but now I can't stop listening. [First added to this chart: 12/22/2010]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

935 charts

Rank Score:

8,645

Rank in 1984:

3

Rank in 1980s:

23

Overall Rank:

189

Average Rating:

 83 (1,440 votes)

Comments:

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Top 49 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	7	14%
1970s	21	43%
1980s	6	12%
1990s	5	10%
2000s	10	20%
2010s	0	0%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
David Bowie	6	12%
Iggy Pop	4	8%
Brian Eno	4	8%
The Smiths	3	6%
Bob Dylan	3	6%
Animal Collective	3	6%
Talking Heads	3	6%
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Country	Albums	%
	23	47%
	21	43%
	3	6%
	1	2%
	1	2%

Top 49 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

New entries
Fever Ray by Fever Ray
Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
Slanted And Enchanted by Pavement
Singles Going Steady by Buzzcocks
Look Into The Eyeball by David Byrne
Brick By Brick by Iggy Pop
Slaughter On 10th Avenue by Mick Ronson
Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? by of Montreal
Apologies To The Queen Mary by Wolf Parade

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95/100	12/13/2016 23:45	Seab	2,017	93/100
85/100	11/29/2016 23:34	TheSmiths82-87	1,839	83/100
95/100	12/06/2015 12:38	DeusExMackia	125	82/100
100/100	11/15/2014 01:17	BraddlesHendo	491	91/100
80/100	01/30/2012 15:52	inthishole	26	79/100

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From DeusExMackia 12/06/2015 12:39

Joy Division, The Smiths, David Bowie, Talking Heads AND Television in the top 10? You've already ticked all the boxes and I'm not even on page 2.

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From BraddlesHendo 11/15/2014 01:18

Bowie & The Smiths very nice

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From zonrod 12/28/2011 15:00

Great to see another bowie-fan here!
My chart initially also consisted of 10 Bowie albums, until I ristricted it to 1 album per artist.
So I had to chose my favorite bowie album which was kind of impossible but my emotional decision was "Hunky Dory".

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From joedec 12/16/2011 20:53

pretty cool list

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From Fox John 05/08/2011 23:21

i'm curious to see what your chart would look like with a restriction on albums per artists. i'm not suggesting you should do that, as it's fine to love multiple albums by an artist (i have four radiohead albums on my chart as i write this, and at one point had 7), but i feel you don't have a lot of artist variety as a result. just something to think about, not really a criticism

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