Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
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• Chart updated: 04/06/2010 12:50
• (Created: 05/21/2009 02:34).
• Chart size: 50 albums.

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1.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 

 The Beatles

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Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,483 charts

Rank Score:

44,008

Rank in 1967:

1

Rank in 1960s:

3

Overall Rank:

8

Average Rating:

 90 (4,589 votes)

Comments:

491

2.

The Dark Side Of The Moon 

 Pink Floyd

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Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,127 charts

Rank Score:

61,508

Rank in 1973:

1

Rank in 1970s:

1

Overall Rank:

2

Average Rating:

 92 (5,329 votes)

Comments:

592

3.

Highway 61 Revisited 

 Bob Dylan

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,362 charts

Rank Score:

27,595

Rank in 1965:

1

Rank in 1960s:

8

Overall Rank:

27

Average Rating:

 89 (2,814 votes)

Comments:

227

4.

OK Computer 

 Radiohead

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Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

4,411 charts

Rank Score:

65,176

Rank in 1997:

1

Rank in 1990s:

1

Overall Rank:

1

Average Rating:

 92 (5,631 votes)

Comments:

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5.

Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) 

 Led Zeppelin

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

3,151 charts

Rank Score:

39,523

Rank in 1971:

1

Rank in 1970s:

4

Overall Rank:

12

Average Rating:

 90 (3,994 votes)

Comments:

305

6.

Thriller 

 Michael Jackson

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Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

1,635 charts

Rank Score:

16,254

Rank in 1982:

1

Rank in 1980s:

8

Overall Rank:

70

Average Rating:

 82 (2,160 votes)

Comments:

162

7.

Pet Sounds 

 The Beach Boys

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Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,850 charts

Rank Score:

39,745

Rank in 1966:

2

Rank in 1960s:

5

Overall Rank:

11

Average Rating:

 88 (3,276 votes)

Comments:

360

8.

Who's Next 

 The Who

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

2,187 charts

Rank Score:

21,515

Rank in 1971:

2

Rank in 1970s:

10

Overall Rank:

40

Average Rating:

 86 (2,560 votes)

Comments:

201

9.

What's Going On 

 Marvin Gaye

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,636 charts

Rank Score:

19,224

Rank in 1971:

4

Rank in 1970s:

15

Overall Rank:

49

Average Rating:

 85 (1,947 votes)

Comments:

145

10.

The Velvet Underground & Nico 

 The Velvet Underground & Nico

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Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,045 charts

Rank Score:

40,687

Rank in 1967:

2

Rank in 1960s:

4

Overall Rank:

10

Average Rating:

 89 (3,546 votes)

Comments:

354

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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	2	4%
1960s	15	30%
1970s	17	34%
1980s	6	12%
1990s	7	14%
2000s	3	6%
2010s	0	0%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
The Beatles	5	10%
Radiohead	3	6%
U2	2	4%
Pink Floyd	2	4%
The Rolling Stones	2	4%
Bob Dylan	2	4%
Led Zeppelin	2	4%
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Country	Albums	%
	24	48%
	21	42%
	2	4%
	2	4%
	1	2%

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Rating	Date updated	Member	Chart ratings	Avg. chart rating
95/100	12/30/2019 08:00	mikepen	57	93/100
75/100	12/17/2018 01:41	NSPE	350	77/100
100/100	04/18/2017 23:47	Ben4	27	97/100
50/100	01/17/2017 18:50	hereforashortime	84	84/100
95/100	01/15/2017 02:45	Seab	2,005	93/100

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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 84.0/100, a mean average of 83.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.1/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 12.3.

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From Ben4 04/18/2017 23:47

Cool to see Thriller in the top ten. That album is underrated on this site IMO.

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50/100

From hereforashortime 01/17/2017 18:51

There's barely anything here not in the top 100, and there's nothing out of the top 1000, give us some more personal picks

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From normshorg 05/31/2015 22:24

Great chart despite the classic rock concentration

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80/100

From Decurso 06/23/2014 06:04

All solid picks....but a little reminiscent of a Rolling Stone/VH1 list IMO. Are these really your favourites....or are you using more objective criteria?

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95/100

From ZebraRock 08/15/2012 19:19

excellent chart!

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80/100

From Triple Seis 09/06/2011 21:10

Excelente, ahora 50 mas

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From Mandro 06/04/2009 22:10

good old and new choices IMHO

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