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
- (Created: 07/13/2013 00:42).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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1975
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15,354
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1967
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26,816
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1971
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16,885
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1972
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43,214
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1971
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38,562
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1968
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9,055
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1967
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6,964
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1968
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37,171
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1978
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7,246
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1965
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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% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 3 | 8% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 8% | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 2 | 5% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 5% | |
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| ! | 12/14/2018 22:40 | NSPE | 350 | 77/100 |
| ! | 04/29/2014 08:59 | newbands1 | 55 | 87/100 |
| ! | 04/05/2014 10:38 |  Cymro2011 | 328 | 84/100 |
| ! | 04/04/2014 22:48 |  RockyRaccoon | 49 | 90/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2013 12:57 |  ffudnebbuh | 654 | 91/100 |
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From RockyRaccoon 04/04/2014 22:49 | #108521
RockyRaccoon 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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From ffudnebbuh 10/13/2013 12:58 | #88353
ffudnebbuh 10/13/2013 12:58 | #88353
great chart
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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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