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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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 | 32 | 32% | |
| 1980s | 16 | 16% | |
| 1990s | 13 | 13% | |
| 2000s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2010s | 11 | 11% | |
| 2020s | 2 | 2% |
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| Coil | 2 | 2% | |
| Leonard Cohen | 2 | 2% | |
| The Incredible String Band | 2 | 2% | |
| Faust | 2 | 2% | |
| Wire | 2 | 2% | |
| John Fahey | 2 | 2% | |
| Death Grips | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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35 | 35% | |
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24 | 24% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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| Replica by Oneohtrix Point Never |
| Leavers |
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| Garden Of Delete by Oneohtrix Point Never |
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| Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | pjerske | 1990s decade chart | 2025 | |
| Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | pjerske | 1960s decade chart | 2025 | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 47 hours ago | jnmayles | 10 | 88/100 |
| ! | 04/07/2025 03:36 |  slatsheit | 26 | 88/100 |
| ! | 02/21/2025 09:27 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/15/2025 16:30 | Exist-en-ciel | 147 | 98/100 |
| ! | 08/24/2024 07:43 | snowball | 1 | 100/100 |
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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 92.2/100, a mean average of 92.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 93.2/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 6.9.
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slatsheit 04/07/2025 03:36 | #308375
Fascinating and discriminating taste!
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!
Lots of intriguing choices. Nice coverage across national boundaries.
Love this chart.
arthurbittencourt 04/28/2022 20:02 | #284773
happpy chart day :)
rockbluesfolkjaz 04/28/2022 17:11 | #284767
Some interesting selections. I'll have to give a few a listen. Nice.
craola 09/02/2021 16:56 | #273212
mingus, keita, pram, et al. i quite like this list.
jnfbn 07/19/2020 09:57 | #255815
Great!
buzzdainer 04/10/2020 15:57 | #249753
Terrific chart! Nice to see Joanna Newsom's Have One on Me getting some well-deserved love.
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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