Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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Trendall 
Updated! Obviously it's impossible to come up with a top 100 list. I don't know on what basis I'm even ranking them on, and it would probably change by the hour anyway. I have no idea how anybody does it.
I'm not saying that any of these albums are good necessarily, they are just my personal favourite. And any odd placements are more to do with my discovering them or otherwise listening to them a lot during times in my life where I was more emotionally resonant. Which is true of anybody else.
It would be interesting to me to update this list probably once a year to see how it changes.
Everybody look after yourselves and one another!
- Chart updated: 04/05/2020 04:45
- (Created: 09/21/2013 02:30).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 09/25/2013]
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1972
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1,654
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[First added to this chart: 03/24/2014]
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2006
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3,981
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[First added to this chart: 09/25/2013]
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1993
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4,054
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[First added to this chart: 09/25/2013]
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1959
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20,913
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[First added to this chart: 09/25/2013]
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1972
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16,681
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2001
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1,369
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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 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1970s | 16 | 16% | |
| 1980s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1990s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2000s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 27 | 27% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Miles Davis | 5 | 5% | |
| Serengeti | 4 | 4% | |
| James Ferraro | 4 | 4% | |
| Wayne Krantz | 3 | 3% | |
| Dave Matthews Band | 3 | 3% | |
| Paul Simon | 3 | 3% | |
| Jimi Hendrix | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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Up 60 from 72nd to 12th |
Up 48 from 90th to 42nd |
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Down 54 from 31st to 85th |
Down 50 from 38th to 88th |
Down 49 from 37th to 86th |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 03/20/2025 17:28 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,089 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2022 13:47 | ThuramThugood | 106 | 90/100 |
| ! | 01/10/2021 13:38 | Larcx13 | 1,139 | 86/100 |
| ! | 04/05/2020 03:19 | DrewHamster | 314 | 79/100 |
| ! | 04/05/2020 03:08 |  Rhyner | 1,463 | 99/100 |
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Larcx13 01/10/2021 13:38 | #264140
Larcx13 01/10/2021 13:38 | #264140
Interesting list thats for sure. A good blend of genres.
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Trendall 04/05/2020 02:03 | #249554
Trendall 04/05/2020 02:03 | #249554
Haha, yeah, it popped up my Twitter feed and I felt embarrassed like 'aaa oh no people will see that, it is so out of date'. Definitely interested in coming back and revisiting this.
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ExTeaSea 04/04/2020 08:22 | #249518
ExTeaSea 04/04/2020 08:22 | #249518
Cool chart. Fun mix of jazz and hip hop. I'll have to check out some of those artists you have multiple albums of like Serengeti and Krantz.
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Socipluco 11/14/2015 21:04 | #152943
Socipluco 11/14/2015 21:04 | #152943
Probably the best i've seen so far in this site. I love to see so many jazz/fusion albums and also milestones of the hip hop genre, beside others ecletic tastes. All my compliments to you.
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sssvnnn 11/14/2015 17:58 | #152940
sssvnnn 11/14/2015 17:58 | #152940
Very good chart:
Love the jazz picks, love to see a lot unknown artists, love to see some classics.
Well, Hip Hop is not my thing.
In the end: Very good chart.
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quadrophenia17 11/14/2015 16:12 | #152939
Many unique choices here!
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platus 11/14/2015 10:30 | #152934
Good chart. Keith Jarrett on top.
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SuedeSwede 11/07/2015 14:22 | #152636
SuedeSwede 11/07/2015 14:22 | #152636
Mm hmm, マクロスMACROSS 82-99's Sailorwave is on my chart and it's just a perfect album indeed
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Trendall 11/04/2015 17:54 | #152472
Trendall 11/04/2015 17:54 | #152472
Also still need to listen to some future funk, I don't think I've heard any but I always like the look of the album covers.
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Trendall 11/04/2015 17:52 | #152471
Trendall 11/04/2015 17:52 | #152471
I listened to NYC Hell 3:00AM last night as it happens, I've heard it a few times now. I'm not quite sure how I feel about it yet cause I always find it really difficult to listen through the whole way, but definitely a very interesting album. Same with iAsia as well.
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