Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
by smellyrebel 
I only felt comfortable ranking albums I actually owned. So nothing got in based on reputation only. Also I decided not to include any greatest hits albums for what I think are obvious reasons.
- Chart updated: 03/03/2012 02:02
- (Created: 05/29/2009 23:26).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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1995
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27,159
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1987
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10,385
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1975
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41,441
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1975
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14,180
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1978
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4,297
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1991
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17,931
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1971
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3,447
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8. (=)
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1973
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10,989
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[First added to this chart: 05/19/2010]
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1973
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55,586
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1974
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Total albums: 40. Page 1 of 4
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 3 | 8% | |
| 1970s | 16 | 40% | |
| 1980s | 8 | 20% | |
| 1990s | 9 | 23% | |
| 2000s | 4 | 10% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Van Halen | 3 | 8% | |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 5% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 2 | 5% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 2 | 5% | |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | 2 | 5% | |
| Jeff Buckley | 1 | 3% | |
| Radiohead | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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Up 10 from 50th to 40th |
Up 10 from 49th to 39th |
Up 9 from 47th to 38th |
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Down 20 from 17th to 37th |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 04/23/2023 01:26 |  MagicMikie | 9 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/21/2017 20:03 | Seab | 1,998 | 93/100 |
| ! | 10/24/2012 17:55 | ecwashere | 157 | 83/100 |
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smellyrebel 05/30/2009 22:49 | #4473
I'm not sure if that was an amen for the last comment or for my awesome list, but I'll take what I can get.
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MagicMikie 04/23/2023 01:30 | #296313
MagicMikie 04/23/2023 01:30 | #296313
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOVED YOUR CHART
Where do I start, first off love to see all the Van Halen. It was also nice to see Fair Warning up so high that one seems to get lost in the shuffle of Van Halen's greatness.
& if that wasn't good enough then you throw in some Led Zeppelin's too!
George Michael is great, Careless Whisper (although not on the album you had in your chart) is one of my all time favorite songs.
Nice to see Montrose in there too, Sammy is great, personally I feel he is the best Van Halen lead singer.
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telefunker 06/02/2009 02:12 | #4550
telefunker 06/02/2009 02:12 | #4550
yeah man, love the forrest gump score.. e.t score's great too.. i would have to go with silvestri's less is more approach though in this instance.. i mean, williams generally uses fuller, more bombastic orchestration and is undoubtably the more musically learned of the two.. but for forrest gump, i feel all of the music was absolutely spot on.. the soundtrack too..
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1234567890 06/07/2009 12:20 | #4656
1234567890 06/07/2009 12:20 | #4656
foo fighters ahead of nirvana? interesting.
i cant believe i havnt seen this list before.
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NowhereMan 05/30/2009 02:43 | #4466
NowhereMan 05/30/2009 02:43 | #4466
Some choices I admire and others I am not so keen on.
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