Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by haredoug 
Rattled these off in ten minutes. Many more in the wings, hundreds really. There IS a lot of great music being made today, but i'm 55 and everyone knows it's the music of your youth that sustains and continues to amaze you. i wouldn't trade mine for yours. Leon Russell! Hot Tuna! Humble Pie! Wild Man Fischer! Passport! Count Five! Norman Greenbaum! The Shins! The The! The Swimming Pool Qs! Throbbing Gristle! The Residents! The Legendary Stardust Cowboy! on and on forever.......
- Chart updated: 04/06/2010 12:53
- (Created: 05/12/2009 22:31).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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Total albums: 50. Page 1 of 5
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 22 | 44% | |
| 1970s | 26 | 52% | |
| 1980s | 1 | 2% | |
| 1990s | 1 | 2% | |
| 2000s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 5 | 10% | |
| The Who | 3 | 6% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 4% | |
| Spirit | 2 | 4% | |
| The Doors | 2 | 4% | |
| The Animals | 1 | 2% | |
| Neil Young | 1 | 2% | |
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| ! | 09/22/2017 11:18 | iannicolson | 307 | 90/100 |
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ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/08/2009 02:40 | #7544
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/08/2009 02:40 | #7544
Love your chart, agree with everything you said, I just turned 55 also, I still get so turned by all of the new music, its all connected, its all a great form of communication.
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NowhereMan 05/14/2009 00:21 | #4206
NowhereMan 05/14/2009 00:21 | #4206
Proof that you were brought up in the best era for music - some fantastic picks!
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40footwolf 11/28/2009 07:48 | #7354
40footwolf 11/28/2009 07:48 | #7354
A bit..."predictable", might be the word, but still, this is very, very high quality.
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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/29/2012 01:55 | #39111
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/29/2012 01:55 | #39111
Joni Mitchell #1? Well done! I'm not appalled at all...
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flamingyesdept TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/15/2016 15:25 | #175027
flamingyesdept TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/15/2016 15:25 | #175027
wooo Yes, Spirit and Todd Rundgren :D
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