Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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- Chart updated: 06/20/2014 22:15
- (Created: 04/12/2013 09:14).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 10 | 10% | |
| 1970s | 30 | 30% | |
| 1980s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1990s | 20 | 20% | |
| 2000s | 30 | 30% | |
| 2010s | 8 | 8% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Can | 3 | 3% | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor | 2 | 2% | |
| ボアダムス [Boredoms] | 2 | 2% | |
| The Antlers | 2 | 2% | |
| Neu! | 2 | 2% | |
| Talk Talk | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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42 | 42% | |
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23 | 23% | |
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10 | 10% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 87 from 91st to 4thLaughing Stock by Talk Talk |
| Up 49 from 87th to 38thMillions Now Living Will Never Die by Tortoise |
| Up 42 from 83rd to 41stPublic Strain by Women |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 89 from 6th to 95thÁgætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós |
| Down 61 from 21st to 82ndWish You Were Here by Pink Floyd |
| Down 56 from 35th to 91stPequeñas Anécdotas Sobre Las Instituciones by Sui Generis |
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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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| ! | 03/20/2025 15:29 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 06/03/2021 09:22 | TheSmiths82-87 | 1,831 | 83/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2019 02:24 |  Rhyner | 1,457 | 99/100 |
| ! | 11/08/2018 23:16 |  phantom1305 | 291 | 92/100 |
| ! | 10/20/2017 23:36 |  JulianR | 570 | 75/100 |
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JulianR 10/20/2017 23:36 | #199859
the post-rock is strong with this one
nothing between 1978-1988, interesting!
Antonio-Pedro 05/17/2017 18:16 | #190956
We miss you, beautiful peruvian bastard, please enlighten our lives with yur arrogant presence once more <333
Antonio-Pedro 05/02/2015 15:12 | #140709
objectively the worst chart ever, congrats
jomth 04/04/2015 01:57 | #138760
The amount of Krautrock albums in the top 10.
I really love your chart !
colonelchibbers 02/16/2015 21:01 | #135131
Props on high-placing Talk Talk and a bunch of krautrock. A strong tendency towards the "arty" with a lot of stuff to check out, fantastic chart!
Nice mix of brilliant obscurity and classic stuff
bestdressed 11/03/2014 11:47 | #126087
Some really good music on this list you have great taste.
10/10
just damn
MLou 07/20/2014 08:16 | #117144
One of my favorite charts!
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