Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by 
meccalecca 
Hundreds of thousands (if not million) of albums are released every year. This is my shallow attempt to narrow down to the 100 albums that have most touched my soul.
In simplest terms, my obsession with music has been a lifelong journey in search of a better understanding of who I am. As I've evolved and lived, records have provided a historical timeline as well a reflective mirror. Therefore, I see this chart as an incomplete self-portrait/autobiography. Though it's abstract and incomplete, there's an endless amount of information to be had.
- Chart updated: 06/25/2024 21:45
- (Created: 03/11/2013 03:06).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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2021
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1,329
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[First added to this chart: 03/12/2013]
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1967
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39,918
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[First added to this chart: 03/12/2013]
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2001
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718
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[First added to this chart: 11/05/2013]
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1970
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1,469
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[First added to this chart: 03/12/2013]
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2000
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42,346
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[First added to this chart: 03/12/2013]
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1988
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10,211
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[First added to this chart: 02/23/2016]
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[First added to this chart: 07/24/2013]
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1993
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2,379
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[First added to this chart: 01/16/2015]
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1970s | 18 | 18% | |
| 1980s | 24 | 24% | |
| 1990s | 14 | 14% | |
| 2000s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2020s | 6 | 6% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Moondog | 1 | 1% | |
| Wire | 1 | 1% | |
| Talk Talk | 1 | 1% | |
| Talking Heads | 1 | 1% | |
| The Jesus And Mary Chain | 1 | 1% | |
| Timber Timbre | 1 | 1% | |
| Fiona Apple | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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41 | 41% | |
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33 | 33% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 72 from 76th to 4th Exuma by Exuma |
| Up 49 from 99th to 50th Bows + Arrows by The Walkmen |
| Up 45 from 51st to 6th Spirit Of Eden by Talk Talk |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 78 from 21st to 99th Our Garden Needs Its Flowers by Jess Sah Bi & Peter One |
| Down 77 from 13th to 90th Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome by Parliament |
| Down 61 from 16th to 77th Soil by Serpentwithfeet |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 03/27/2025 15:44 | DrewHamster | 317 | 79/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2025 14:14 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/02/2025 15:44 | Exist-en-ciel | 145 | 98/100 |
| ! | 09/09/2024 10:09 | Moondance | 476 | 85/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2022 06:46 |  Larcx13 | 1,145 | 86/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 1% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 91.5/100, a mean average of 91.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.9/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 9.1.
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From Moondance 09/09/2024 10:10 | #305200
Your intro to the chart says it all - a lifelong journey/your journey! It reminded me of when I unsuspectedly discovered & walked into a second hand record shop in Carlisle (north England) and running under a rack of vinyl it had a sign that reads 'It's A Journey'. Before your major revamp in May 2024, we had 3 albums in common. Now, we have zero in common. I find such charts very compelling.
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From Johnnyo 11/12/2022 06:33 | #291234
Really good chart
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KitchenSink 01/19/2021 23:11 | #264700
KitchenSink 01/19/2021 23:11 | #264700
love you see how much love you have for The Chantels and for Hella Personal Film Festival, but of course the whole chart is excellent not to mention full of recs (as expected)
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From mianfei 01/21/2020 06:27 | #247045
Impressive list, as personal as I like lists to be.
Two big wildcards: The Afghan Whigs, whom I have known of for a long time but never seen on an all-time list before, and Anna & Elizabeth. Grouper is another one I have known of for some time but never seen on a list before.
Moondog I have not heard (like the Afghan Whigs whom I have not imagined as my cup of tea) but I knew of him from David Keenan's 2003 list.
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From pctrooper 10/24/2019 22:23 | #244088
I think this is a really neat chart. Oh wow, it's great! Yeah, I really love it!
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DommeDamian 10/17/2018 09:34 | #222649
DommeDamian 10/17/2018 09:34 | #222649
"If there has ever been an album capable of representing my melancholy soul, this is it" wow that was good.
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Tha1ChiefRocka 11/13/2017 15:37 | #201277
Tha1ChiefRocka 11/13/2017 15:37 | #201277
Oh yeah, mmmhmm, yep, I like it. I like it a lot.
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Oselju 11/13/2017 09:05 | #201261
Oselju 11/13/2017 09:05 | #201261
Very personnal chart.
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From panapsal 11/12/2017 17:28 | #201226
perfect !!
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JulianR 08/21/2017 04:13 | #196438
JulianR 08/21/2017 04:13 | #196438
very unique chart!
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