Top 30 Greatest Music Albums
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teodor_matz 
My favorite studio albums.
- Chart updated: 01/12/2013 17:33
- (Created: 04/21/2009 21:28).
- Chart size: 30 albums.
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1983
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1980
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1980
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1985
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Top 30 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 5 | 17% | |
| 1970s | 4 | 13% | |
| 1980s | 6 | 20% | |
| 1990s | 8 | 27% | |
| 2000s | 5 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 2 | 7% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Velvet Underground & Nico | 1 | 3% | |
| Pet Shop Boys | 1 | 3% | |
| Ulf Lundell | 1 | 3% | |
| Weezer | 1 | 3% | |
| John Holm | 1 | 3% | |
| Isaac Hayes | 1 | 3% | |
| Pulp | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 30 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 12th to 13th Dummy by Portishead |
| Down 1 from 13th to 14th Den Vassa Eggen by Ulf Lundell |
| Down 1 from 14th to 15th Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes |
| Leavers |
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| Doctor's Advocate by The Game (US) |
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Top 30 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 07/17/2019 15:54 |  DommeDamian | 1,003 | 89/100 |
| ! | 02/08/2018 12:53 |  Strangel | 65 | 84/100 |
| ! | 11/26/2017 20:07 |  JulianR | 570 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/13/2017 11:17 |  LedZep | 1,104 | 84/100 |
| ! | 04/08/2014 02:16 |  sssvnnn | 2,864 | 83/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 81.3/100, a mean average of 79.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.5/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 14.7.
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From JulianR 11/26/2017 20:08 | #202109
JulianR 11/26/2017 20:08 | #202109
Diverse picks here! why'd you give "the shape of jazz to come" a 15 tho? especially since your average rating is 88
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From LedZep 04/13/2017 11:19 | #189199
LedZep 04/13/2017 11:19 | #189199
Very interesting chart to browse, your opinions and thoughts are well worth reading. Don't like some choices but still nice work!
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From strada95 02/19/2014 00:23 | #103556
Really nice!
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From guigs13 01/10/2013 20:30 | #60966
Very good selections!
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Matheusfm 11/13/2012 03:31 | #54914
Matheusfm 11/13/2012 03:31 | #54914
I loved The Feelies on your Top Ten :)
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junodog4 10/11/2012 18:27 | #52122
junodog4 10/11/2012 18:27 | #52122
Points for Wilco, points against Pet Shop Boys. Otherwise, decent.
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Zoso 05/08/2011 04:49 | #21287
Zoso 05/08/2011 04:49 | #21287
Different.. I'll give you that... but a lot of those I wouldn't include in a top 200 let alone 50.. different strokes for different folk I suppose...
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cartoken 04/11/2011 19:03 | #20266
cartoken 04/11/2011 19:03 | #20266
sorry but i just did an arithmetic mean (from 29 albums i've listen to). there's a lot of albums i've rated above 50 in your chart (If You're Feeling Sinister, Pet Sounds, Trans-Europe Express, Dummy, In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, Screamadelica) and i consider many others as average (London calling, Revolver, Illmatic, Parklife...). at least we agree on 2 albums (Pavement + The smiths).
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dfulfo01 04/11/2011 06:13 | #20246
dfulfo01 04/11/2011 06:13 | #20246
i'm only familiar with 5 of these however sad that may be, so im not going to rate it. but the ones i know i love so i'll have to check the rest out
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rilex 03/17/2011 06:49 | #19234
rilex 03/17/2011 06:49 | #19234
goodness, what diversity! nice choices, I like to see Violent Femmes!!!
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