Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by rogerbengtsson 
With many different musical interests i've decided to let nr 1-40 be hardrock/metal/punk/hardcore and 41-50 other stuff
- Chart updated: 03/23/2011 00:30
- (Created: 03/15/2009 13:45).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 1 | 2% | |
| 1970s | 12 | 24% | |
| 1980s | 7 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 22 | 44% | |
| 2000s | 7 | 14% | |
| 2010s | 1 | 2% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Black Sabbath | 2 | 4% | |
| Motörhead | 1 | 2% | |
| Mental Destruction | 1 | 2% | |
| Alice In Chains | 1 | 2% | |
| Thin Lizzy | 1 | 2% | |
| PJ Harvey | 1 | 2% | |
| Refused | 1 | 2% | |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 9 from 31st to 22ndMellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins |
| Up 4 from 39th to 35thSuperunknown by Soundgarden |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 13 from 37th to 50thSlow Train Coming by Bob Dylan |
| Down 11 from 35th to 46thSongs Of Faith And Devotion by Depeche Mode |
| Down 11 from 36th to 47thForty Licks by The Rolling Stones |
| Leavers |
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| Killer by Alice Cooper |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 07/26/2021 21:48 | 2,865 | 83/100 | |
| ! | 03/21/2019 02:32 | NSPE | 350 | 77/100 |
| ! | 11/29/2017 15:32 | 30 | 89/100 | |
| ! | 09/16/2017 17:12 | vruslov | 582 | 89/100 |
| ! | 11/24/2012 07:20 | 60 | 79/100 |
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I love it. Nice heavy chart!
Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Grunge, ...and then you'll find "INDIAN SUMMER", what a beatifull thing
like the majority of it.
nice to see some metal on the site
Nasum, Depeche Mode, Entombed and The Cure in the same list makes for a definite win, nice list man.
90 for sheer audacity. And masters of reality at #2. Nice
Very good chart, even if Slaughter of the Soul >>>> everything by Metallica
The problem with your list isn't that you've opted to go with harder metal and punk choices, it's sadly that I don't feel these are particularly good ones (with a few exceptions).
Your taste differs from mine, but I would never say you're wrong because many people don't agree with you. The appeal to popularity is a highly-flawed logical fallacy used by bandwagon jumpers who can't think for themselves. 100 rating for saying that "50 million Elvis fans CAN be wrong."
Thanks. Well, I guess I have pop sensibilities. Or rather an ear for melody. Nobody made great 4 minute songs like MJ in my opinion.
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