Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by henrygreen0203 
100 artists, 100 albums released between the 1950s-2020s. I unashamedly love the music of American "hillbillies" playing rock music (the literal meaning of "rockabilly") but I also like singer-songwriter country-folk, power-pop, alternative rock and alternative R&B.
I include my ratings and my recommendations.
I hope you discover something here that you never dreamed you would enjoy!
- Chart updated: 11/08/2025 00:15
- (Created: 04/26/2013 16:15).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 5 | 5% | |
| 1960s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1970s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 14 | 14% | |
| 2000s | 13 | 13% | |
| 2010s | 13 | 13% | |
| 2020s | 13 | 13% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Smiths | 1 | 1% | |
| Lucinda Williams | 1 | 1% | |
| Gal Costa | 1 | 1% | |
| The Beach Boys | 1 | 1% | |
| Manu Chao | 1 | 1% | |
| Hüsker Dü | 1 | 1% | |
| Ray Price | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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65 | 65% | |
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18 | 18% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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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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| ! | 03/31/2025 12:55 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,105 | 85/100 |
| ! | 12/24/2024 21:47 | Exist-en-ciel | 125 | 99/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2023 15:56 |  Applerill | 974 | 75/100 |
| ! | 11/16/2022 00:40 |  Arthurknight | 382 | 89/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2022 04:32 | Mmorrison22 | 3 | 77/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 18% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 87.2/100, a mean average of 86.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.4/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 14.2.
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Like the chart a lot. Just out of interest, was the 12 or 13 per decade deliberate or a happy coincidence?
Arthurknight 11/16/2022 00:40 | #291310
really nice unapologetic taste; nice to be reminded about nanci griffith too
lot's of stuff I haven't heard of - love the inclusion of Meat Puppets & Rina Sawayama!
changing my opinion, interesting chart !!
Goliath 07/04/2021 14:52 | #271321
There are non-US artists as well, just saying.
Jbalbinolr 05/02/2021 23:11 | #269253
Don't know many of the albums in here, this'be a tough one to visit, pretty eclectic indeed.
Excellent chart
salahshoori 01/24/2020 10:47 | #247132
Great chart! There's lots of albums that I have to check from your chart, and isn't that the goal of sharing our taste?
Certainly quite an original chart. Nice stuff.
Paule 05/03/2019 20:54 | #235816
Good chart idea! Even though I am personally not that into americana, some solid albums can be found here.
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