Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 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!

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[First added to this chart: 09/25/2013]
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1972
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[First added to this chart: 03/24/2014]
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2006
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4,543
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1993
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[First added to this chart: 09/25/2013]
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1959
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25,179
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[First added to this chart: 09/25/2013]
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1972
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2013
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96
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1995
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63
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1993
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62
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2001
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1,444
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2018
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55
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Total albums: 98. Page 1 of 10

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


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%
Country Albums %


United States 70 70%
United Kingdom 22 22%
Mixed Nationality 5 5%
Viet Nam 1 1%
Canada 1 1%
Norway 1 1%
Compilation? Albums %
No 98 98%
Yes 2 2%
Live? Albums %
No 98 98%
Yes 2 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 72 from 92nd to 20th
London Calling
by The Clash
Climber Up 60 from 72nd to 12th
iAsia
by James Ferraro
Climber Up 48 from 90th to 42nd
Bridge Over Troubled Water
by Simon & Garfunkel
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 54 from 31st to 85th
Animals
by Pink Floyd
Faller Down 50 from 38th to 88th
Bad
by Michael Jackson
Faller Down 49 from 37th to 86th
Sketches Of Spain
by Miles Davis

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From 01/10/2021 13:38
Interesting list thats for sure. A good blend of genres.
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From 04/05/2020 02:03
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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From 04/04/2020 08:22
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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From 11/14/2015 21:04
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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From 11/14/2015 17:58
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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From 11/14/2015 16:12
Many unique choices here!
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From 11/14/2015 10:30
Good chart. Keith Jarrett on top.
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From 11/07/2015 14:22
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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From 11/04/2015 17:54
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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From 11/04/2015 17:52
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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