Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
by joshls 
- Chart updated: 12/10/2016 01:15
- (Created: 02/26/2009 07:34).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 1 | 3% | |
| 1970s | 5 | 13% | |
| 1980s | 2 | 5% | |
| 1990s | 8 | 20% | |
| 2000s | 18 | 45% | |
| 2010s | 6 | 15% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Pearl Jam | 4 | 10% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 10% | |
| Alter Bridge | 3 | 8% | |
| Rival Sons | 3 | 8% | |
| Porcupine Tree | 3 | 8% | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 8% | |
| Tool | 3 | 8% | |
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 3 from 11th to 8thPressure & Time by Rival Sons |
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 4 from 5th to 9thIn Absentia by Porcupine Tree |
| Down 3 from 17th to 20thSiamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins |
| Down 2 from 8th to 10thSound Awake by Karnivool |
| New entries |
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| Cymatics by Joshua L. Schmidt |
| Leavers |
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| Only By The Night by Kings Of Leon |
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
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m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 01/18/2017 15:16 |  marklg | 159 | 87/100 |
| ! | 03/28/2015 06:22 | vruslov | 582 | 89/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2014 14:13 |  Captain_Dude | 231 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/09/2013 06:02 |  sheep21 | 140 | 89/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2012 18:34 |  av1976 | 27 | 84/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 80.1/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 14.8.
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Captain_Dude 07/18/2014 14:13 | #116998
Rival Sons, huh? Interesting choices.
sheep21 03/09/2013 06:02 | #67511
3 Rival Sons. You legend.
Zoso 08/30/2011 01:24 | #26812
Rad list, havent given Insurgentes a proper guy and whats staind like?
alistamina 01/04/2011 06:53 | #17352
looks a bit unsettled for a best ever list, but influential enough for a personal favourite collection.
Seems to be a little too focused on the 2000s but I like it...
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