Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by pjerske

• Chart updated: 08/24/2025 18:45
• (Created: 09/02/2013 16:18).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Songs Of Leonard Cohen 

 Leonard Cohen

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Albumrating: 10/10 [First added to this chart: 09/02/2013]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,039 charts

Rank Score:

9,791

Rank in 1967:

7

Rank in 1960s:

25

Overall Rank:

144

Average Rating:

 84 (1,114 votes)

Comments:

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The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter 

 The Incredible String Band

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Albumrating: 10/10 [First added to this chart: 09/02/2013]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

185 charts

Rank Score:

1,161

Rank in 1968:

29

Rank in 1960s:

151

Overall Rank:

1,464

Average Rating:

 74 (209 votes)

Comments:

13

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Faust So Far 

 Faust

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Albumrating: 10/10 [First added to this chart: 09/12/2013]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

79 charts

Rank Score:

455

Rank in 1972:

55

Rank in 1970s:

583

Overall Rank:

3,283

Average Rating:

 78 (103 votes)

Comments:

4

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Trout Mask Replica 

 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

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Albumrating: 10/10 [First added to this chart: 09/02/2013]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

742 charts

Rank Score:

6,348

Rank in 1969:

13

Rank in 1960s:

41

Overall Rank:

262

Average Rating:

 74 (1,079 votes)

Comments:

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The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick 
Live

 John Fahey

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Albumrating: 10/10 [First added to this chart: 11/22/2021]

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

16 charts

Rank Score:

137

Rank in 2004:

142

Rank in 2000s:

1,566

Overall Rank:

8,876

Average Rating:

 74 (17 votes)

Comments:

0

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Before And After Science 

 Brian Eno

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Albumrating: 10/10 [First added to this chart: 03/04/2015]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

326 charts

Rank Score:

2,038

Rank in 1977:

21

Rank in 1970s:

180

Overall Rank:

847

Average Rating:

 80 (445 votes)

Comments:

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Yeti 

 Amon Düül II

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Albumrating: 10/10 [First added to this chart: 10/23/2014]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

211 charts

Rank Score:

930

Rank in 1970:

44

Rank in 1970s:

344

Overall Rank:

1,801

Average Rating:

 80 (208 votes)

Comments:

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Spiritual Unity 

 Albert Ayler Trio

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Albumrating: 10/10 [First added to this chart: 09/15/2016]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

204 charts

Rank Score:

1,255

Rank in 1965:

14

Rank in 1960s:

145

Overall Rank:

1,367

Average Rating:

 75 (225 votes)

Comments:

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Bull Of The Woods 

 13th Floor Elevators

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Albumrating: 10/10 [First added to this chart: 09/02/2013]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

187

Rank in 1969:

114

Rank in 1960s:

524

Overall Rank:

6,842

Average Rating:

 73 (51 votes)

Comments:

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Selected Ambient Works 85-92 

 Aphex Twin

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Albumrating: 10/10 [First added to this chart: 09/12/2013]

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

695 charts

Rank Score:

6,692

Rank in 1992:

5

Rank in 1990s:

50

Overall Rank:

244

Average Rating:

 83 (892 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	1	1%
1960s	13	13%
1970s	32	32%
1980s	16	16%
1990s	13	13%
2000s	12	12%
2010s	11	11%
2020s	2	2%

Artist	Albums	%
Death Grips	2	2%
Pram	2	2%
Éliane Radigue	2	2%
Sun City Girls	2	2%
Steve Reich	2	2%
Jandek	2	2%
Coil	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	35	35%
	24	24%
	7	7%
	5	5%
	5	5%
	4	4%
	3	3%
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85/100	04/07/2025 03:36	slatsheit	26	88/100
80/100	02/21/2025 09:27	SomethingSpecial	1,108	85/100
95/100	01/15/2025 16:30	Exist-en-ciel	125	99/100
100/100	08/24/2024 07:43	snowball	1	100/100
85/100	01/29/2024 20:26	Moondance	476	85/100

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This chart is rated in the top 1% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 92.3/100, a mean average of 93.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 93.3/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 6.9.

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From slatsheit 04/07/2025 03:36

Fascinating and discriminating taste!

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From EyeKanFly 07/10/2023 15:04

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

Lots of intriguing choices. Nice coverage across national boundaries.

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90/100

From Johnnyo 12/31/2022 12:50

Love this chart.

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From arthurbittencourt 04/28/2022 20:02

happpy chart day :)

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From rockbluesfolkjaz 04/28/2022 17:11

Some interesting selections. I'll have to give a few a listen. Nice.

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From craola 09/02/2021 16:56

mingus, keita, pram, et al. i quite like this list.

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From jnfbn 07/19/2020 09:57

Great!

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From buzzdainer 04/10/2020 15:57

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

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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