Top 40 Greatest Music Albums by jackowacko1055

I've been an avid music fan for a couple years, so I've only collected over one hundred records so far. These are the ones that stand out as my all-time favourites, ranked in order. Comments + best tracks for each album to be added soon. My collection is always expanding, so this list will be constantly changing. Thanks for checking out my list!

• Chart updated: 09/22/2014 19:15
• (Created: 04/21/2013 02:07).
• Chart size: 40 albums.

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The Dark Side Of The Moon 

 Pink Floyd

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The greatest album of all time, unparalleled and incomparable to any record ever made. It is, has been since it's release, and always will be number one. I imagine a lot of great albums are going to come out in the future, but none of them will ever beat The Dark Side of the Moon. This is as good as gets, and calling it a masterpiece is an understatement.

Best track: Us and Them [First added to this chart: 11/14/2013]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,106 charts

Rank Score:

64,589

Rank in 1973:

1

Rank in 1970s:

1

Overall Rank:

2

Average Rating:

 92 (5,298 votes)

Comments:

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Funeral 

 Arcade Fire

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Arcade Fire is the band that masters not only the language of nostalgia, but the sound as well. All of the group's seven(!) members are irreplaceable, and no song would sound right if you were to take even one of the instruments out. Funeral, their first and best effort, is a masterpiece of love, death, sadness and growing up.

Best Track: Wake Up [First added to this chart: 07/04/2013]

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

2,876 charts

Rank Score:

36,964

Rank in 2004:

1

Rank in 2000s:

3

Overall Rank:

15

Average Rating:

 88 (3,649 votes)

Comments:

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The Bends 

 Radiohead

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Radiohead may be my favorite band of all time, so this isn't the last of their albums you'll see on this list. It is the first though, and most people wouldn't agree with me putting The Bends above such great albums like OK Computer. OK Computer is a brilliant album, made by a brilliant band who know that they're making brilliant music. The Bends sounds more like a group of kids just trying to make some great music. It's kinda messy, it's kinda fun, but mostly it's just kinda beautiful. Radiohead's best and most honest album, in my opinion.

Best Track: Fake Plastic Trees (Possibly my favourite track of all time) [First added to this chart: 07/04/2013]

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

2,658 charts

Rank Score:

30,637

Rank in 1995:

1

Rank in 1990s:

5

Overall Rank:

23

Average Rating:

 87 (3,893 votes)

Comments:

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Submarine 

 Alex Turner

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[First added to this chart: 12/17/2013]

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

304

Rank in 2011:

106

Rank in 2010s:

829

Overall Rank:

4,597

Average Rating:

 77 (128 votes)

Comments:

9

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Wish You Were Here 

 Pink Floyd

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[First added to this chart: 11/14/2013]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

2,973 charts

Rank Score:

46,620

Rank in 1975:

1

Rank in 1970s:

2

Overall Rank:

6

Average Rating:

 91 (4,022 votes)

Comments:

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OK Computer 

 Radiohead

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[First added to this chart: 07/04/2013]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

4,395 charts

Rank Score:

68,350

Rank in 1997:

1

Rank in 1990s:

1

Overall Rank:

1

Average Rating:

 92 (5,594 votes)

Comments:

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The Suburbs 

 Arcade Fire

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[First added to this chart: 11/18/2013]

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

1,844 charts

Rank Score:

20,238

Rank in 2010:

2

Rank in 2010s:

4

Overall Rank:

47

Average Rating:

 85 (2,717 votes)

Comments:

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Automatic For The People 

 R.E.M.

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[First added to this chart: 11/18/2013]

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

1,809 charts

Rank Score:

19,526

Rank in 1992:

1

Rank in 1990s:

6

Overall Rank:

49

Average Rating:

 84 (2,190 votes)

Comments:

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The Velvet Underground & Nico 

 The Velvet Underground & Nico

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[First added to this chart: 05/21/2014]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,033 charts

Rank Score:

42,404

Rank in 1967:

2

Rank in 1960s:

4

Overall Rank:

10

Average Rating:

 89 (3,514 votes)

Comments:

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Bookends 

 Simon & Garfunkel

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[First added to this chart: 05/21/2014]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

795 charts

Rank Score:

5,832

Rank in 1968:

9

Rank in 1960s:

44

Overall Rank:

293

Average Rating:

 82 (863 votes)

Comments:

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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	4	10%
1970s	7	18%
1980s	2	5%
1990s	13	33%
2000s	9	23%
2010s	5	13%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Radiohead	4	10%
Arctic Monkeys	3	8%
The Beatles	2	5%
Oasis	2	5%
The Flaming Lips	2	5%
Pink Floyd	2	5%
Arcade Fire	2	5%
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Country	Albums	%
	21	53%
	16	40%
	2	5%
	1	3%

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95/100	01/16/2017 02:34	Seab	2,009	93/100
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From Timooosterink 08/19/2019 16:31

Nice!

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From SMcCrae95 07/17/2017 15:34

Good list, mix of conventional and unconventional picks

v interesting

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From arthur237 08/15/2015 22:08

This is my favourite chart on this website, i haven't even seen the film submarine but a frickin love the music on it. Love Richard hawley on your chart and so much to listen to.

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From n8rob 06/17/2015 07:30

This is a great chart. A lot of music I like.

(I've never seen Alex Turner's Submarine soundtrack on a chart before. Surprising.)

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From Martinborras 09/19/2014 01:00

All famous and good albums, but personally i would change the order. Very nice!

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From Anti 04/23/2014 23:20

"My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy"!!! <3

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From TracyJacks 09/28/2013 10:10

Your top 5 is awesome, I hope you'll add more albums soon.

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