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.

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[First added to this chart: 07/24/2013]
Year of Release:
1993
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2,685
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[First added to this chart: 04/12/2013]
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1990
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9,818
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[First added to this chart: 03/12/2013]
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1993
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1,342
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[First added to this chart: 04/16/2013]
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1994
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3,611
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Year of Release:
1998
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10,235
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[First added to this chart: 06/20/2013]
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1999
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83
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[First added to this chart: 03/12/2013]
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1999
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17,205
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[First added to this chart: 11/11/2018]
Year of Release:
1998
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6,203
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Year of Release:
1994
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16
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[First added to this chart: 11/11/2018]
Year of Release:
1991
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10,988
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 2 2%
1960s 10 10%
1970s 23 23%
1980s 15 15%
1990s 13 13%
2000s 15 15%
2010s 18 18%
2020s 4 4%
Artist Albums %


Pixies 1 1%
Nina Simone 1 1%
Liars 1 1%
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 1 1%
Fugazi 1 1%
Low 1 1%
Talking Heads 1 1%
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Country Albums %


United States 44 44%
United Kingdom 26 26%
Jamaica 4 4%
Nigeria 3 3%
Mixed Nationality 3 3%
Canada 3 3%
Australia 2 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 97 97%
Yes 3 3%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

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Biggest fallers
Faller Down 72 from 20th to 92nd
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Faller Down 57 from 34th to 91st
The Low End Theory
by A Tribe Called Quest
Faller Down 54 from 22nd to 76th
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From 11/12/2022 06:33
Really good chart
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From 01/19/2021 23:11
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 01/21/2020 06:27
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 10/24/2019 22:23
I think this is a really neat chart. Oh wow, it's great! Yeah, I really love it!
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From 10/17/2018 09:34
"If there has ever been an album capable of representing my melancholy soul, this is it" wow that was good.
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Oh yeah, mmmhmm, yep, I like it. I like it a lot.
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From 11/13/2017 09:05
Very personnal chart.
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perfect !!
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very unique chart!
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From 07/18/2017 14:06
Like hanging with an old friend. I immediately feel at home here. Everything just I I remembered. Love that RHP is still #1. I have to get some RHP in my Mello Zone. lol. Peace, brother!
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Best Albums of the 1950s
1. Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis
2. Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus
3. Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4. Blue Train by John Coltrane
5. Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley
6. In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra
7. Here's Little Richard by Little Richard
8. The Shape Of Jazz To Come by Ornette Coleman
9. Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
10. Berry Is On Top by Chuck Berry
11. Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday
12. Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra
13. Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk
14. Somethin' Else by Cannonball Adderley
15. Saxophone Colossus by Sonny Rollins
16. Chet Baker Sings by Chet Baker
17. The "Chirping" Crickets by The Crickets
18. Buddy Holly by Buddy Holly
19. Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis
20. Moanin' In The Moonlight by Howlin' Wolf
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