Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
RockyRaccoon 
I was raised on classic rock (read as: I was a total dadrocker for a lot of my life) and many of these albums (if not all of them) carry a personal attachment to me. Whether it reminds me of something, or it was something I listened to a lot growing up, whatever it is, I assign a lot of personal meaning to these albums, and being that much of the traditional rock canon was part of my formative years in music listening, many of those albums carry a lot of meaning to me.
That being said, I'm always listening to new music and this chart may (and likely will) change every now and then. I also might just re-arrange it based on how I'm feeling. In all honesty, the order of the albums on this chart doesn't matter too much, as on any one day, one could be interchanged with another.
I'll be slowly adding notes as I get the chance.
- Chart updated: 11/22/2023 17:15
- (Created: 07/10/2013 21:42).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 5 | 5% | |
| 1960s | 30 | 30% | |
| 1970s | 21 | 21% | |
| 1980s | 7 | 7% | |
| 1990s | 13 | 13% | |
| 2000s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 6 | 6% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| Bob Dylan | 5 | 5% | |
| The Tallest Man On Earth | 4 | 4% | |
| Tom Waits | 3 | 3% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 3% | |
| John Coltrane | 3 | 3% | |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 3% | |
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55 | 55% | |
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27 | 27% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 46th to 47th In A Silent Way by Miles Davis |
| Down 1 from 47th to 48th Blue by Joni Mitchell |
| Down 1 from 48th to 49th John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon |
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 In The Wee Small Hoursby Frank Sinatra |
| Leavers |
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 Far From The Madding Crowdby Wuthering Heights |
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Very good chart. Classics indeed
HoldenM 10/19/2022 03:21
SIMPLY THE BEST!!!
Nice to see the recognition of songwriters and a few of those outside the mainstream. With half your chart taken from the 60's/70's, looks like we share living through the greatest decades of music in real time (i.e. we are getting on!). Given your broad taste, I was a bit disappointed that the wealth of excellent Australian songwriters/artists has not merited listing in your top 100 - but with Wolfmother & AC/DC listed, I get a sense of where you are coming from.
This chart has some good records but it´s too narrow in geographical and cultural variety. It will be interesting to see how it will look like if its creator starts opening a bit more his spectrum.
Mercury 01/09/2021 04:01
"Still Crazy (good) after all these years" Meraul Curimon
Not sure what I was trying to do with that name.
Anyway, its great to see this again after all this time. Dylan, Miles, TTMOE, Yes, 18 albums and 18 artists in common. This is dope.
seb7 12/27/2020 21:23
Extremely, extremely cool list. I could only dream of making a list that blends my tastes and opinions this well
CharlieBarley 11/13/2020 03:06
I like your chart and your notes. You have many of my favourite albums plus a few that should be in my chart (Black Monks Time springs to mind). Great work man.
Julelios 12/05/2018 14:35
Excellent choices !
This chart is fire. love it. The dicks picks you chose is one of the best in their massive cannon.
RockyRaccoon 05/23/2018 03:21
Thanks! I've actually listened to a lot of Miles Davis' stuff and love it, it's just the records I listed here have a special place for me because they were the records that first got me into jazz.
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