Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
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- (Created: 04/05/2013 21:25).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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1973
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1970
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717
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1970
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1,174
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1972
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5,236
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1970
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1978
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2,093
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496
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 10 | 25% | |
| 1970s | 9 | 23% | |
| 1980s | 8 | 20% | |
| 1990s | 8 | 20% | |
| 2000s | 3 | 8% | |
| 2010s | 2 | 5% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Tim Buckley | 1 | 3% | |
| XTC | 1 | 3% | |
| Tom Waits | 1 | 3% | |
| Swans | 1 | 3% | |
| The Flaming Lips | 1 | 3% | |
| James Brown | 1 | 3% | |
| Charles Mingus | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 27 from 39th to 12th Angst In My Pants by Sparks |
| Up 15 from 33rd to 18th You Think You Really Know Me by Gary Wilson |
| Up 14 from 21st to 7th The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators by 13th Floor Elevators |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 24 from 11th to 35th The Falconer's Arm I by Robbie Băsho |
| Down 12 from 7th to 19th Lizard by King Crimson |
| Down 9 from 2nd to 11th James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown |
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100/100  | 08/11/2014 18:55 | CripplingAutism | | 87/100 |
100/100 | 07/26/2013 17:40 |  cattlest | | 97/100 |
100/100 | 04/09/2013 02:17 | daftpunter | | 84/100 |
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From daftpunter 04/09/2013 02:21
Absolutely cool chart. Ubu, with Crazy Sid, XTC and The Godfather... What taste! See folks. If you look hard enough there are different charts with cool sh*t in them. If four bar rock bores you check this one as it expands.
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