Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
tgarritsen 
There are a number of different factors you can take into consideration when putting your chart together, but for me it comes down to the question which album is the most important to me. I can think of many albums that I appreciate for their perfect musicianship by it's makers, but that just don't resonate the same way as these ones, so I left those out. Instead I chose the albums that I connect emotionally with the most. The albums I wouldn't want to live without. That shaped and still shape me. That play a special role in my live or that I identify with on a deep level.
Since I quite like lyrics in music I added my favorite lines of each album that always draws me further into the music.
- Chart updated: 02/24/2023 21:45
- (Created: 10/10/2013 01:35).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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"Nothin' is for sure, nothin' is for certain, nothin' lasts forever/But until they close the curtain, it's him and I: Aquemini"
[First added to this chart: 01/15/2019]
Year of Release:
1998
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6,216
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"I would have never started if i'd known it'd end this way/But funny thing is i'm not at all sad that it stopped this way"
[First added to this chart: 10/11/2013]
Year of Release:
1973
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3,238
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[First added to this chart: 12/27/2021]
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"They're all bold as love"
[First added to this chart: 10/09/2013]
Year of Release:
1967
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8,115
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"Though I know I'll never lose affection for people and things that went before/I know I'll often stop and think about them/In my life I love you more"
[First added to this chart: 10/09/2013]
Year of Release:
1965
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30,611
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"No kinds of love are better than others"
[First added to this chart: 10/13/2013]
Year of Release:
1969
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13,787
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"It's The Fallin' In Love That's Makin' Me High/It's The Being In Love That Makes Me Cry Cry Cry"
[First added to this chart: 12/07/2014]
Year of Release:
1979
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4,891
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"The warmth of your love's like the warmth of the sun/And this will be our year, took a long time to come"
[First added to this chart: 10/12/2013]
Year of Release:
1968
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15,304
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"Kids don't you know all this shit is fantasy"
[First added to this chart: 12/10/2016]
Year of Release:
2016
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3,445
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"This orphanage we call a ghetto is quite a routine/And last night was just another distraction or a reaction of what we consider madness"
[First added to this chart: 05/23/2015]
Year of Release:
2012
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25,750
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Total albums: 100. Page 6 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 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1960s | 28 | 28% | |
| 1970s | 30 | 30% | |
| 1980s | 5 | 5% | |
| 1990s | 11 | 11% | |
| 2000s | 8 | 8% | |
| 2010s | 13 | 13% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 1% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 6 | 6% | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 3 | 3% | |
| Stevie Wonder | 3 | 3% | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 3 | 3% | |
| Muddy Waters | 2 | 2% | |
| Radiohead | 2 | 2% | |
| David Bowie | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 42 from 95th to 53rd It Serves You Right To Suffer by John Lee Hooker |
| Up 38 from 61st to 23rd Baduizm by Erykah Badu |
| Up 38 from 53rd to 15th Kid A by Radiohead |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 23 from 60th to 83rd Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye |
| Down 13 from 37th to 50th Moanin' In The Moonlight by Howlin' Wolf |
| Down 12 from 22nd to 34th At Last! by Etta James |
| New entries |
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 Electric Mudby Muddy Waters |
| Like Water For Chocolate by Common |
| Fresh by Sly & The Family Stone |
| Leavers |
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 Stand!by Sly & The Family Stone |
| Be by Common |
| I Am The Blues by Willie Dixon |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
87/100 (from 109 votes)
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95/100  | 07/26/2023 01:48 | leniad | | 85/100 |
 80/100 | 07/25/2023 10:37 | Moondance | | 84/100 |
| 90/100 | 01/14/2023 02:13 | Rm12398 | | 89/100 |
| 90/100 | 01/13/2023 13:12 | Johnnyo | | 80/100 |
| 95/100 | 11/11/2022 09:29 | samora | | 96/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 17% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 87.3/100, a mean average of 86.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.5/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 9.8.
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From leniad 07/26/2023 01:48
great
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80/100
From Moondance 01/14/2023 04:10
Can't argue with the rationale for your chart - the highest emotional connection for you.
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90/100
From Johnnyo 01/13/2023 13:12
Excellent chart
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95/100
From samora 11/11/2022 09:32
Great list! 22 albums in common with my top-100, and some very nice ones. Great to see Black Messiah at 11!
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80/100
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seb7 12/19/2020 22:20
seb7 12/19/2020 22:20
Very cool list
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85/100
From 
Purplepash 07/03/2019 12:00
Purplepash 07/03/2019 12:00
We may only have 7 albums in common and a very different all time chart but I'm guessing about a third of these 100 are on my decade charts, so a lot I like here.
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95/100
From 
DommeDamian 07/03/2019 11:40
DommeDamian 07/03/2019 11:40
Pos for number 1
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90/100
From 
Boltzmann 11/10/2018 14:16
Boltzmann 11/10/2018 14:16
The intro to your chart really put me off. I basically read: “If I am honest about what I actually like, the result might get ridiculed by people, so I started judging music on aspects that are completely unrelated to music.” C’mon man, fuck what people think, this sounds a bit - hey you’re dutch - ‘laf’. Music is just beautiful sounds; books are about the message.
I was surprised to see that your chart consists of a lot of different genres and it shows a lot of variation in accessible music and more experimental picks. So yeah, I like your chart, but I’m not a fan of the intro, but don’t change it because of my criticism, ‘cause then you’re doing exactly what I’m criticizing. Plus most people probably agree with what you described in your intro.
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90/100
From 
Tamthebam 11/10/2018 09:57
Tamthebam 11/10/2018 09:57
Great chart 15 albums in common and great to see Erykah and Frank Ocean in a chart along with T.Rex, Bowie, Joni the Stones & Neil Young. To top all that Stevie's Songs In The Key Of Life, what's not to like
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95/100
From 
ForegroundNoise 11/10/2018 09:05
ForegroundNoise 11/10/2018 09:05
Some really nice picks and great attentions to detail with the notes, well done!!
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