Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by seraphlaim Unknown

Listing specifically the forty best albums you've ever heard creates an existential crisis in that you are forced to realize that many of your favorites are not among them. However, as best I can this list is in fact what the site calls for. I have set aside as much of my subjective ideas as possible, listened to a lot of music I hadn't listened to in a long time and detailed my opinion, as unbiased as possible, here. I welcome cheers or jeers. Thanks.

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2008
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2001
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10,309
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 14 28%
1970s 11 22%
1980s 7 14%
1990s 9 18%
2000s 9 18%
2010s 0 0%
2020s 0 0%
Artist Albums %


The Beatles 4 8%
Radiohead 3 6%
Various Artists 2 4%
Bob Dylan 2 4%
Nirvana 1 2%
Green Day 1 2%
Fleetwood Mac 1 2%
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Country Albums %


United States 24 48%
United Kingdom 18 36%
Mixed Nationality 5 10%
Ireland 1 2%
France 1 2%
Denmark 1 2%
Compilation? Albums %
No 46 92%
Yes 4 8%
TitleSourceTypePublishedCountry
The Guardian 100 Best Albums EverThe GuardianOverall chart1997United Kingdom
100 Greatest Albums EverQOverall chart2006United Kingdom
Virgin All-Time Top 1000 AlbumsVirginOverall chart2000United Kingdom
Top 100 Greatest Music AlbumsChannel 4Overall chart2005United Kingdom
Top 100 Albums EverConsequence of SoundOverall chart2010United States
Top 500 Albums of All TimeRolling StoneOverall chart2003United States
Top 50 Greatest Music Albumsjoem92Overall chart2010Unknown
The Top 100 AlbumsVH1Overall chart2001United States
Greatest 100 Albums of All TimeThe Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums with NME Overall chart2006United Kingdom
Top 50 Greatest Music AlbumsTheBondOverall chart2010

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82/100 (from 13 votes)
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From 09/21/2011 07:11
A diverse chart - Reich to Michael Jackson. Somewhat of a curiosity with too many Beatles for my taste.
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From 10/11/2010 04:20
this is a clever list, well done! (:
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From 06/11/2009 22:49
i second that request.. for gods sake GIVE US 10 MORE! GIVE US ALL 10 MORE PICKS AND PUT US OUT OF OUR MISERY!! i'm getting through half my valium prescription every day, waiting shakily on the edge of my seat to see whether you prefer leonard cohen to carole king!
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From 03/22/2009 08:39
I got a rating 4 points above harvos's average. I'm so vindicated!
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From 03/21/2009 09:19
Thanks for the rating and the comment. Reading your intro, we seem to have similar qualms about making a chart. Something like The Woods wouldn't be so high up on a longer chart, but I gave it a spot to keep things interesting and give an idea of some of the new stuff I'm into. It's about compromise when you have 40 slots. There has been some talk of charts going higher soon. When that happens, I'm interested in seeing some more of your other picks, because you have good taste and we have some common ground, in more obvious instances like Pet Sounds and less obvious like Different Class. All in all, great chart.
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From 03/10/2009 19:38
Too Beatles-heavy for my taste, but a really good chart.
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