Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
by TheLizard 
It wasn't until I made this list that I realized what a rockist I really am. My overall musical tastes are much more varied than this, but these are the albums that mean the most to me. So here's my entirely objective Top 100 albums.
- Chart updated: 07/13/2013 00:42
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- Chart size: 40 albums.
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1975
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16,040
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1971
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36,067
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1968
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8,711
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1967
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1968
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35,156
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6,953
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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 | 19 | 48% | |
| 1970s | 15 | 38% | |
| 1980s | 3 | 8% | |
| 1990s | 2 | 5% | |
| 2000s | 1 | 3% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 5 | 13% | |
| The Doors | 4 | 10% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 4 | 10% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 8% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 3 | 8% | |
| The Band | 2 | 5% | |
| Jimi Hendrix | 2 | 5% | |
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| ! | 12/14/2018 22:40 | NSPE | 349 | 77/100 |
| ! | 04/29/2014 08:59 | newbands1 | 55 | 87/100 |
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RockyRaccoon TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/04/2014 22:49 | #108521
RockyRaccoon TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/04/2014 22:49 | #108521
It'll be cool to see this get to 100. As of now, at 40, more than half of these albums are on my chart, so yea, I like it, despite how canon-dominated it may be. These albums are classics for a reason
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cannychub1 09/14/2013 08:30 | #85926
cannychub1 09/14/2013 08:30 | #85926
Saw your username and first thought was The Doors, Good chart.
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ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/13/2013 12:58 | #88353
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/13/2013 12:58 | #88353
great chart
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