Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by thereckoner (2020) 
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- Chart updated: 11/05/2020 16:15
- (Created: 07/24/2013 18:02).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Best tracks: Only Love Can Break Your Heart; After the Goldrush; Southern Man
"I was thinking about what a
Friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie." [First added to this chart: 07/25/2013]
"I was thinking about what a
Friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie." [First added to this chart: 07/25/2013]
Year of Release:
1970
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19,767
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Best tracks: Chicago; John Wayne Gacy Jr.; Come on! Feel the Illinoise!; The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us
"I can't explain
The state that I'm in
The state of my heart
He was my best friend" [First added to this chart: 07/25/2013]
"I can't explain
The state that I'm in
The state of my heart
He was my best friend" [First added to this chart: 07/25/2013]
Year of Release:
2005
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Rank Score:
27,569
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Best tracks: Ziggy Stardust; Starman; Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
"Oh no love! You're not alone
No matter what, or who you've been." [First added to this chart: 07/25/2013]
"Oh no love! You're not alone
No matter what, or who you've been." [First added to this chart: 07/25/2013]
Year of Release:
1972
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62,857
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Best Tracks: In My Life; Norwegian Wood; Wait; Nowhere Man
"It's been a long time,
Now I'm coming back home
I've been away now
Oh, how I've been alone." [First added to this chart: 08/28/2013]
"It's been a long time,
Now I'm coming back home
I've been away now
Oh, how I've been alone." [First added to this chart: 08/28/2013]
Year of Release:
1965
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Rank Score:
38,149
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Best tracks: Once in a Lifetime; Listening Wind; Born Under Punches
"Mojique holds a package in his quivering hands
Mojique sends the package to the American man" [First added to this chart: 07/26/2013]
"Mojique holds a package in his quivering hands
Mojique sends the package to the American man" [First added to this chart: 07/26/2013]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
35,673
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Best tracks: Blue Eyes; Kaputt; Suicide Demo For Kara Walker; Chinatown
"Wasting your days chasing some girls,
Alright, chasing cocaine
Through the back rooms of the world all night" [First added to this chart: 01/08/2019]
"Wasting your days chasing some girls,
Alright, chasing cocaine
Through the back rooms of the world all night" [First added to this chart: 01/08/2019]
Year of Release:
2011
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Rank Score:
4,423
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Best tracks: Jesus, etc.; I Am Trying To Break Your Heart; I'm The Man Who Loves You
"And it makes no difference to me,
How they cried all over overseas
Now it's hot,
In the poor places tonight
I'm not going outside." [First added to this chart: 07/26/2013]
"And it makes no difference to me,
How they cried all over overseas
Now it's hot,
In the poor places tonight
I'm not going outside." [First added to this chart: 07/26/2013]
Year of Release:
2002
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26,326
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Best tracks: Holland, 1945; Two-headed Boy Pt. 1; King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1; In the Aeroplane over the Sea; Two-headed Boy Pt. 2
"Now she's a little boy in Spain
Playing pianos filled with flames" [First added to this chart: 07/24/2013]
"Now she's a little boy in Spain
Playing pianos filled with flames" [First added to this chart: 07/24/2013]
Year of Release:
1998
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Rank Score:
52,988
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Best tracks: Hounds Of Love; Running Up That Hill; Cloudbusting
"And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places." [First added to this chart: 09/02/2013]
"And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places." [First added to this chart: 09/02/2013]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
20,301
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Best tracks: Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels); Rebellion (Lies); In The Backseat; Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
"You change all the lead
Sleeping in my head
To gold." [First added to this chart: 07/24/2013]
"You change all the lead
Sleeping in my head
To gold." [First added to this chart: 07/24/2013]
Year of Release:
2004
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Rank Score:
57,121
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 16 | 16% | |
| 1970s | 20 | 20% | |
| 1980s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1990s | 16 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 28 | 28% | |
| 2010s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 4 | 4% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 4% | |
| Wilco | 3 | 3% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 3% | |
| Arcade Fire | 3 | 3% | |
| Neil Young | 3 | 3% | |
| Sufjan Stevens | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 18 from 38th to 20th Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan |
| Up 12 from 77th to 65th Astral Weeks by Van Morrison |
| Up 2 from 24th to 22nd London Calling by The Clash |
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 18 from 67th to 85th Reflektor by Arcade Fire |
| Down 6 from 21st to 27th This Year's Model by Elvis Costello |
| Down 2 from 64th to 66th Souvlaki by Slowdive |
| New entries |
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 Unhalfbrickingby Fairport Convention |
| Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan |
| Leavers |
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 My Aim Is Trueby Elvis Costello |
| Dimensions by The Lovetones |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
89/100 (from 86 votes)
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90/100  | 5 days ago | Purplepash | | 88/100 |
90/100 | 11/05/2020 18:03 | leniad | | 82/100 |
 90/100 | 08/22/2020 06:43 | crimson | | 69/100 |
| 75/100 | 08/22/2020 03:58 | areminder | | 78/100 |
| 100/100 | 08/21/2020 20:39 |  desh79 | | 93/100 |
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From leniad 11/05/2020 18:03
good taste
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imimesis 12/17/2019 02:51
imimesis 12/17/2019 02:51
A one-two punch of After the Gold Rush and Sufjan's Illinois is a VERY good way to start off a best albums ever list. Good work!
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90/100
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ForegroundNoise 11/30/2018 16:05
ForegroundNoise 11/30/2018 16:05
Really nice chart, love all the lyrics too!
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95/100
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Julelios 11/30/2018 09:09
Julelios 11/30/2018 09:09
Wilco !!!!
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85/100
From Ulf 04/15/2018 09:28
Very interesting chart with plenty of diversity
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100/100
From Lgk21 01/11/2018 23:58
Excellent. I've heard nearly every album on here and all of them are great. We have 27 in common.
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From xXhermitXx 01/11/2018 23:07
Great chart, Have alot of common and some new stuff. Thanks for showing me Waterboys and Okkervil River
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90/100
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bobbyb5 01/11/2018 16:48
bobbyb5 01/11/2018 16:48
Very cool, even though I never heard half of them. But they LOOK cool. HA HA
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95/100
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CharlieBarley 01/11/2018 09:12
CharlieBarley 01/11/2018 09:12
Great to see Fisherman's Blues and Loaded
Good chart!
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75/100
From EcethZig3010 05/29/2017 22:43
pretty great chart
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