Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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sulmagnificent 
This is not pressure induced, I love the Who, Beatles and Rolling Stones so much about them make them the greatest bands that ever existed. The reason for that is that they lived in a society with the perfect environment, weather and soil for the seeds of American Blues, Country, and Rock n' Roll to flourish. Pop could be intelligent and unobnoxious at the same time.
- Chart updated: 09/01/2015 22:15
- (Created: 04/12/2013 21:00).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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The fact that it is best listened to high as a kite, locked in your room, forgetting your homework while playing Counterstrike, screaming at the top of your lungs and ignoring your confused teammates tells you more than you need to know about this album, in fact it tells you more than you need to know about my teenage years and how much I suck at 1st person shooter games.
[First added to this chart: 04/14/2013]
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1994
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No other album have I enjoyed a cigarrete with while waiting in traffic on the way to work on a hot, humid and swampy environment of Florida as much as with this album. This album captures the Blues (Stop Breaking Down), Gospel (Let it Loose), the South (Sweet Virginia), America (Tumbling Dice), and Rock and Roll (Rip This Joint) perfectly. The exile concept is fun too. I just can't believe this was written in the South of France and not in a Baptist church in a swampy alternate version of America on a different planet (I Just Wanna See his Face)!
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1972
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19,641
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Greatest live album of all time, greatest coincidence of a band playing at a greatest coincidence of a place to the greatest of audience at the greatest coincidence of a time. Simply mind -blowing.
[First added to this chart: 10/16/2013]
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1970
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Post-punk, punk with brains or art punk, critics seem to want to find a way tag these guys as punk rockers. But this album shows dual guitars instead of minimalist guitar and "Life in the hive puckered up my night/The kiss of death, the embrace of life/Ooo there I stand neath the Marquee Moon,/Hesitating" instead of "Mummy! I'm not an animal!I'm Not An Animal!/I'm not an animal". Aw who cares what its called, all I know is that I like em guitars.
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1977
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Hard to say anything much about this album that has not already been said. Yes everybody knows about it. Yes the background to the album has influenced my decision. But only because it serves as an explanation to the extraordinary uniqueness of this beautiful, diverse and compelling pop album.
[First added to this chart: 10/16/2013]
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1977
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6. (=)
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Catchy, fun, young, and outrageously cool. Not one bad tune. The only uninspired track was cut out on my version of the disc. People say Led Zeppelin best epitomized rock, I beg to differ. Led Zeppelin is bloated, pretentious, skillful and heavy. This album reminds why you want to pick up a guitar or take to the microphone to clear your soul.It reminds you of whats its like to have friends and a good time not about how Vikings sailed around the Atlantic ocean!
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2001
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7. (74) 67
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I know, typical of non-black man to have this album listed as the greatest hip-hop album of time. This was always one of my favorites but it took several years to realize just how much I love this album. I have listened to it at hundreds of times, and it is still just as fresh as when I first listened to it. This of course remains true for the rest of my top ten, but this has been in my charts from the beginning slowly rising. It's honestly only a matter of time before it becomes my top pick.
Now for why this album is amazing, I can't really explain it here mainly because it would take too long and also because many others have done so better than I ever could. Why does it amaze me? Well because I like to be inspired and this is the most inspirational album on this list safe perhaps How I Got Over. And I don't mean a corny, happy, inspirational, I mean a real, authentic, dark, humanly heartbreaking inspirational. That's what makes this album so special [First added to this chart: 03/28/2015]
Now for why this album is amazing, I can't really explain it here mainly because it would take too long and also because many others have done so better than I ever could. Why does it amaze me? Well because I like to be inspired and this is the most inspirational album on this list safe perhaps How I Got Over. And I don't mean a corny, happy, inspirational, I mean a real, authentic, dark, humanly heartbreaking inspirational. That's what makes this album so special [First added to this chart: 03/28/2015]
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2010
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This choice is definitely more biased than any of the other choices in this list, I just had a special connection with this album that few have ever seemed to have. The lyrical content of this album touched me deeply, the only album to do so to this extent besides Darkness on The Edge of Town. Same illustration of the despair and desolation that is the American dream, but under all that desperation a hope still remains..
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2010
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I like this one mainly for the music, the catchy hooks, and the easy-to-relate-to lyrics. This is one of those albums that really make you feel like you are not alone, or rather, will never be alone.
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2002
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Revolver was always my favorite and I thought this one is overrated. Now I have changed my mind. Sure Revolver is priceless perfection, but I feel that The Beatles improved on its predecessor with an addition of grandeur, besides what is logically reasonable, this false sense of grandeur does add something to it that is hard to explain.
[First added to this chart: 04/14/2013]
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1967
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 26 | 26% | |
| 1970s | 21 | 21% | |
| 1980s | 3 | 3% | |
| 1990s | 13 | 13% | |
| 2000s | 27 | 27% | |
| 2010s | 10 | 10% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Rolling Stones | 7 | 7% | |
| The Who | 6 | 6% | |
| The Black Keys | 4 | 4% | |
| The Beatles | 4 | 4% | |
| Arcade Fire | 3 | 3% | |
| The Byrds | 3 | 3% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 3% | |
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36 | 36% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 67 from 74th to 7thMy Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West |
| Up 54 from 59th to 5thRumours by Fleetwood Mac |
| Up 20 from 33rd to 13th(What's The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 19 from 5th to 24thStrange Days by The Doors |
| Down 18 from 12th to 30thRubber Factory by The Black Keys |
| Down 7 from 7th to 14th13 by Blur |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 06/09/2019 23:28 |  DommeDamian | 1,004 | 89/100 |
| ! | 12/09/2016 00:30 | Seab | 2,005 | 93/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2016 20:23 |  Applerill | 974 | 75/100 |
| ! | 10/06/2015 10:46 | NamibiaStarr | 439 | 85/100 |
| ! | 09/17/2015 03:06 |  awesomness425 | 248 | 91/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 3% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 89.6/100, a mean average of 91.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.9/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 8.1.
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From DommeDamian 06/09/2019 23:29 | #237363
DommeDamian 06/09/2019 23:29 | #237363
As much as it's a shame that you don't like MJ, it's a rare accomplishment to make such an exceptionally fantastic list. Looove your sense of humor.
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From awesomness425 09/17/2015 03:06 | #149902
awesomness425 09/17/2015 03:06 | #149902
Counter Strike...ayyyyy i would still play if my friend stopped going on my account and playing and ending up ranking me up three times.
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Anti 04/17/2015 20:06 | #139724
Anti 04/17/2015 20:06 | #139724
Haha, it's alright on your point deduction for Drake. Either you love him or you hate him, can't really force it upon anyone.
I enjoy your chart, too! I appreciate how clear and concise your notes are! The first sentence for your note for Exile on Main St. puts the image directly in my mind! Great job!
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Antonio-Pedro 11/26/2013 08:48 | #94643
Antonio-Pedro 11/26/2013 08:48 | #94643
Great chart sone albums in common great variety and diversity
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From replacementlevel 09/10/2013 20:22 | #85663
Great list. Due respect to the classics, with some very interesting modern choices (13, How I Got Over, Brothers) near the top.
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SingingPeasant96 06/03/2013 13:49 | #77978
SingingPeasant96 06/03/2013 13:49 | #77978
Love that Blur at top 5
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From 5thbeatle 05/18/2013 18:13 | #76523
Whats not to like here? at least for me, with 38 in common I think we're gonna be the greatest of friends.
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From quadrophenia17 05/17/2013 05:11 | #76349
Thanks for visiting my chart! As for this one, I really like it, especially the descriptions for why you like them
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From TracyJacks 05/06/2013 06:56 | #75355
Diverse, and full of great albums here. I especially love Who at #3 and Blur at #5. I like your descriptions on your top 10 albums. Great chart!
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MrFrogger 05/02/2013 19:31 | #75035
MrFrogger 05/02/2013 19:31 | #75035
Fantastic
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