Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by Kettwig 
- Chart updated: 05/30/2025 06:15
- (Created: 09/08/2009 18:07).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 11/18/2009]
Year of Release:
1967
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26,910
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[First added to this chart: 11/18/2009]
Year of Release:
1991
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37,895
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[First added to this chart: 05/24/2013]
Year of Release:
1998
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33,029
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[First added to this chart: 11/18/2009]
Year of Release:
1989
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31,664
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[First added to this chart: 11/18/2009]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
12,503
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[First added to this chart: 11/18/2009]
Year of Release:
2002
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Rank Score:
10,306
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[First added to this chart: 11/18/2009]
Year of Release:
1992
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Rank Score:
11,529
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[First added to this chart: 11/22/2012]
Year of Release:
2002
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13,172
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[First added to this chart: 11/18/2009]
Year of Release:
1994
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Rank Score:
9,194
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[First added to this chart: 07/31/2014]
Year of Release:
1980
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27,627
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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 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1970s | 16 | 16% | |
| 1980s | 12 | 12% | |
| 1990s | 26 | 26% | |
| 2000s | 27 | 27% | |
| 2010s | 8 | 8% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 1% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 4 | 4% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 4% | |
| Metallica | 4 | 4% | |
| Daft Punk | 3 | 3% | |
| Nirvana | 3 | 3% | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| Arcade Fire | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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42 | 42% | |
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42 | 42% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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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
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 06/11/2025 07:06 | Invader666 | 1 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/10/2025 15:21 |  ERadio | 58 | 91/100 |
| ! | 06/10/2025 13:41 |  NowhereMan | 292 | 82/100 |
| ! | 05/26/2025 17:06 | Johnnyo | 2,558 | 80/100 |
| ! | 05/07/2021 00:12 |  zwiebel | 189 | 86/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 85.5/100, a mean average of 84.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.5/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 10.9.
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From Invader666 06/11/2025 07:06 | #309419
Nice one, I don't know black box recorder or therapy and based on the chart I'll take them as recommendations!
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Goliath 06/13/2020 15:55 | #253442
Goliath 06/13/2020 15:55 | #253442
Great chart, 25 in common with my own.
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From PeterSmith 04/09/2020 19:14 | #249707
I think you have been on a similar journey listening to the top couple of hundred albums and I know most of the albums you call out and there aren't any that I know that I can't understand why you included them - they are top albums.
I like when people give commentary to explain a choice and I would have scored your chart higher - we share 32 albums after all so I like your chart.
Never heard of Therapy? or The Editors or System Of A Down or Black Box Revelation albums but may get round to checking them out.
Noted a bit of heavy metal feel when not investigating the highly rated albums – noted Beautiful Freak creeps in (Eels are outstanding) and Daft Punk being Homework in addition to the more popular Discovery, and the under appreciated Elbow, and the less popular Antics by Interpol which I love.
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Strangel 06/20/2018 07:05 | #217061
Strangel 06/20/2018 07:05 | #217061
Really like your taste in music.
I give you a high rating for taste alone. Some commentary on your choices would bump it up a level or two again.
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LedZep 05/27/2017 12:23 | #191509
LedZep 05/27/2017 12:23 | #191509
It's a shame that 4 Metallica albums are too much for most people here, and still 8 Radioheads in some charts are just fine. And I love Radiohead
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From zrommeke 01/07/2017 08:53 | #181940
Completely my taste, although I miss some surprises, as all 100 are in my vinyl/CD collection... anyway 90 is my maximum rating so far!
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buzzdainer 06/07/2016 17:33 | #168122
buzzdainer 06/07/2016 17:33 | #168122
Excellent chart! Tough to disagree with your high rankings for Funeral and London Calling.
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RasmV 01/25/2016 17:22 | #157671
RasmV 01/25/2016 17:22 | #157671
A third of the albums are on my chart too..!
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Space-Dementia 01/17/2016 22:34 | #156883
Space-Dementia 01/17/2016 22:34 | #156883
52 in common! I kept looking for an album I had never heard of, and I think I only found like three. We're so alike it's not even funny.
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dihansse 12/02/2015 18:34 | #153797
dihansse 12/02/2015 18:34 | #153797
Apart from our nationality we have a lot of albums in common: great list!
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| Best Artists of 1968 | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. Jimi Hendrix | |
| 3. The Jimi Hendrix Experience | |
| 4. Van Morrison | |
| 5. The Zombies | |
| 6. The Kinks | |
| 7. The Rolling Stones | |
| 8. The Velvet Underground | |
| 9. Simon & Garfunkel | |
| 10. The Band | |
| 11. Johnny Cash | |
| 12. The Byrds | |
| 13. Aretha Franklin | |
| 14. Frank Zappa | |
| 15. Pink Floyd | |
| 16. The Doors | |
| 17. The Mothers Of Invention | |
| 18. Big Brother And The Holding Company | |
| 19. Cream | |
| 20. Os Mutantes |
