Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by pjerske 
- Chart updated: 01/30/2026 20:45
- (Created: 09/02/2013 16:18).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Albumrating: 10/10
[First added to this chart: 09/02/2013]
Year of Release:
1967
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Rank Score:
9,566
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Albumrating: 10/10
[First added to this chart: 11/22/2021]
Albumrating: 10/10
[First added to this chart: 09/02/2013]
Year of Release:
1968
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Rank Score:
1,124
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Albumrating: 10/10
[First added to this chart: 09/02/2013]
Year of Release:
1969
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Rank Score:
6,129
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Albumrating: 10/10
[First added to this chart: 09/12/2013]
Albumrating: 10/10
[First added to this chart: 10/23/2014]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
582
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Albumrating: 10/10
[First added to this chart: 09/02/2013]
Albumrating: 10/10
[First added to this chart: 10/23/2014]
Year of Release:
1970
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Rank Score:
921
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Albumrating: 10/10
[First added to this chart: 12/12/2017]
Albumrating: 10/10
[First added to this chart: 03/04/2015]
Year of Release:
1977
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1,912
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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 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1970s | 29 | 29% | |
| 1980s | 16 | 16% | |
| 1990s | 13 | 13% | |
| 2000s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2010s | 11 | 11% | |
| 2020s | 5 | 5% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Coil | 2 | 2% | |
| Pram | 2 | 2% | |
| Death Grips | 2 | 2% | |
| Éliane Radigue | 2 | 2% | |
| Sun City Girls | 2 | 2% | |
| Steve Reich | 2 | 2% | |
| Jandek | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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36 | 36% | |
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25 | 25% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 9 from 79th to 70thStrange Lights Over Garth Mountain by Gwenifer Raymond |
| Up 1 from 100th to 99thReplica by Oneohtrix Point Never |
| Up 1 from 99th to 98thFourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics by Jon Hassell & Brian Eno |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 70th to 71stSongs Of You & Me by Chris Knox |
| Down 1 from 71st to 72ndEncarnado by Juçara Marçal |
| Down 1 from 72nd to 73rdMaster Of Reality by Black Sabbath |
| New entries |
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| Durt Dronemaker After Dreamboat by Harry Gorski-Brown |
| Leavers |
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| Phaedra by Tangerine Dream |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 01/05/2026 22:55 | jnmayles | 22 | 89/100 | |
| 04/07/2025 03:36 |  slatsheit | 28 | 88/100 | |
| 02/21/2025 09:27 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,089 | 85/100 | |
| 01/15/2025 16:30 | Exist-en-ciel | 157 | 96/100 | |
| 08/24/2024 07:43 | snowball | 1 | 100/100 |
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From slatsheit 04/07/2025 03:36 | #308375
slatsheit 04/07/2025 03:36 | #308375
Fascinating and discriminating taste!
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EyeKanFly 07/10/2023 15:04 | #298041
EyeKanFly 07/10/2023 15:04 | #298041
Really cool chart, huge amount of diversity in genre, year, nationality, everything. Definitely taking some recs from here!
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From Moondance 01/01/2023 07:28 | #292376
Lots of intriguing choices. Nice coverage across national boundaries.
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From Johnnyo 12/31/2022 12:50 | #292360
Love this chart.
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arthurbittencourt 04/28/2022 20:02 | #284773
arthurbittencourt 04/28/2022 20:02 | #284773
happpy chart day :)
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rockbluesfolkjaz 04/28/2022 17:11 | #284767
rockbluesfolkjaz 04/28/2022 17:11 | #284767
Some interesting selections. I'll have to give a few a listen. Nice.
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craola 09/02/2021 16:56 | #273212
craola 09/02/2021 16:56 | #273212
mingus, keita, pram, et al. i quite like this list.
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jnfbn 07/19/2020 09:57 | #255815
jnfbn 07/19/2020 09:57 | #255815
Great!
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buzzdainer 04/10/2020 15:57 | #249753
buzzdainer 04/10/2020 15:57 | #249753
Terrific chart! Nice to see Joanna Newsom's Have One on Me getting some well-deserved love.
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From mianfei 11/13/2019 00:30 | #244744
Impressive chart.
There are probably quite a number of artists I need to check out, but with nine common artists and a few I might have included (‘Dancing in Your Head’ and some of Ayler’s albums are certainly worthy of attention) this is a really good chart. The list of best songs of all time is very good, too, and has some exceptional works, like the only recently recognised Karen Dalton.
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