Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
NickVolos 
There is so much great music, it is impossible to fit it all in a 100-entry chart.
Not only that, but it is also impossible to rank your favorite 100 records too - they are your best 100 albums after all.
This is an attempt to chart my taste in strictly rock 'n' roll music as it stands today after 35+ years of actively listening to it. In this attempt I was "forced" to leave out many of my favorites in order to:
1) List one album per artist,
2) "Promote" less known but equably great (to me) albums, and
3) Produce a chart that is equally distributed from the 60's to 10's.
In the process I am using a simple ranking algorithm, for which I posted about, because I still believe that if an album has many great songs, well, that makes it a great album.
- Chart updated: 03/21/2015 12:15
- (Created: 10/02/2013 06:10).
- 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 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 20 | 20% | |
| 1970s | 20 | 20% | |
| 1980s | 18 | 18% | |
| 1990s | 20 | 20% | |
| 2000s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 4 | 4% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Robert Wyatt | 1 | 1% | |
| The Band | 1 | 1% | |
| Amon Düül II | 1 | 1% | |
| Low | 1 | 1% | |
| Van Morrison | 1 | 1% | |
| Quicksilver Messenger Service | 1 | 1% | |
| Nektar | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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59 | 59% | |
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25 | 25% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 72nd to 73rd On The Beach by Neil Young |
| Down 1 from 73rd to 74th Phantasmagoria by Curved Air |
| Down 1 from 74th to 75th Perfect From Now On by Built To Spill |
| New entries |
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 How I Quit Smokingby Lambchop |
| Leavers |
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 Nassauby The Sea And Cake |
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Larcx13 01/06/2021 11:26
Nice chart.
Do you like nothing from the 50s?
salahshoori 04/18/2020 11:08
Wow! This can be the most interesting chart on this site. Thanks for sharing it.
Great Job! Very diverse chart!
Paule 06/02/2019 08:45
Awesome chart for people like me who like to expand their music horizon. Great great work!
Never heard of a lot of these artists, must take a look
Listen this is one of a number of impressive charts from you. You really have been putting the effort and listening in. Whereas I don't recognise many of the artists, let alone the albums, I am intrigued about many of your choices. More comments please against your choices.
I've only been getting into this over the last two years having switched off since the early 90s.
I only have 6 albums or your albums in my top 100 for now. I saw the Verve in there and agree it is a cracking album but surprised it scored so highly. I also got your number 1 by Love to listen to just last year and it is infectious. The bit in Red Telephone when he voices over with "We're all normal and we want our freedom" could be a parody from Flight of the Conchords ("New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo")
Also like your thought process behind this top 100 and I'll come back and review my rating after I've tested out a few of your choices, but you are doing great work here and making it easier for guys like me trying to catch up
authorunknown 07/19/2017 21:17
Bobb Trimble. Never heard of before. Thanks for that.
LedZep 05/23/2017 14:56
Extremely interesting, try Rush if you like classic rock and prog and also Godspeed You Black Emperor and Iron Maiden. They're both crucial bands in their respective genres, and neither of these genres is represented here so you might be interested in them :)
Very nice chart man, take a look at mines.
LadyGodiva 08/04/2015 21:05
oh this is a thing of beauty - a wonderful chart that I have thoroughly enjoyed reading! Lovely! :)
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