Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by spiritinthesky 
- Chart updated: 05/01/2017 20:15
- (Created: 10/23/2013 06:00).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
There are 19 comments for this chart from BestEverAlbums.com members and Top 100 Greatest Music Albums has an average rating of 86 out of 100 (from 35 votes). Please log in or register to leave a comment or assign a rating.
View the complete list of 57,000 charts on BestEverAlbums.com from The Charts page.
Buy album 
- #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 10/23/2013]
Year of Release:
1993
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,973
Rank in 1993:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 10/23/2013]
Year of Release:
1990
Appears in:
Rank Score:
12,239
Rank in 1990:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 11/09/2013]
Year of Release:
1971
Appears in:
Rank Score:
4,677
Rank in 1971:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 04/16/2017]
Buy album
- #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 11/11/2013]
Year of Release:
2004
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,538
Rank in 2004:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
Year of Release:
2012
Appears in:
Rank Score:
916
Rank in 2012:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 12/10/2013]
Year of Release:
2002
Appears in:
Rank Score:
11,804
Rank in 2002:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 01/02/2014]
Year of Release:
2013
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,186
Rank in 2013:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
Buy album
- #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 04/16/2017]
Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
Don't agree with this chart? Create your own from the My Charts page!
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1970s | 10 | 10% | |
| 1980s | 23 | 23% | |
| 1990s | 30 | 30% | |
| 2000s | 27 | 27% | |
| 2010s | 9 | 9% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||
| Depeche Mode | 7 | 7% | |
| The Verve | 5 | 5% | |
| Radiohead | 5 | 5% | |
| Coldplay | 4 | 4% | |
| Slowdive | 4 | 4% | |
| Talk Talk | 4 | 4% | |
| Sigur Rós | 4 | 4% | |
| Show all | |||
| Country | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||
 |
69 | 69% | |
| |
15 | 15% | |
 |
4 | 4% | |
 |
3 | 3% | |
 |
2 | 2% | |
 |
2 | 2% | |
 |
2 | 2% | |
| Show all | |||
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 23 from 73rd to 50th Suede by Suede |
| Up 21 from 67th to 46th High Violet by The National |
| Up 19 from 94th to 75th Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants by Oasis |
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 47 from 50th to 97th Loveless by My Bloody Valentine |
| Down 37 from 47th to 84th The Joshua Tree by U2 |
| Down 35 from 5th to 40th Thick As A Brick by Jethro Tull |
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums similar charts
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | spiritinthesky | 1990s decade chart | 2017 | |
| Top 99 Music Albums of the 2000s | spiritinthesky | 2000s decade chart | 2017 | |
| Top Alternative Pop/Rock Albums | nas062080 | Custom chart | 2013 | |
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | matterhornrider | Overall chart | 2025 |  |
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums |  nextorgd | Overall chart | 2025 | |
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | voland | Overall chart | 2017 |  |
| Top 75 Greatest Music Albums | Mre3 | Overall chart | 2016 |  |
| Overall Top 100 Ranked Correctly |  Mother Nature's Son | Custom chart | 2014 |  |
| An Objective Ranking Of BEA'S Top 100... |  covecove | Custom chart | 2017 |  |
| ranking the overall top 100 |  OKC1 | Custom chart | 2016 | |
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums similarity to your chart(s)
Not a member? Registering is quick, easy and FREE!
Why register?
- Join a passionate community of over 50,000 music fans.
- Create & share your own charts.
- Have your say in the overall rankings.
- Post comments in the forums and vote on polls.
- Comment on or rate any album, artist, track or chart.
- Discover new music & improve your music collection.
- Customise the overall chart using a variety of different filters & metrics.
- Create a wishlist of albums.
- Help maintain the BEA database.
- Earn member points and gain access to increasing levels of functionality!
- ... And lots more!
Register now - it only takes a moment!
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this chart. | Show all 35 ratings for this chart.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/30/2025 20:11 |  MadhattanJack | 260 | 85/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2025 22:10 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2023 00:30 | chavaloricardin | 16 | 83/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2021 17:47 |  Helios | 33 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2019 22:02 | pctrooper | 332 | 88/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some charts can have several thousand ratings)
This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 86.1/100, a mean average of 86.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.1/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 7.7.
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums favourites
Showing all 2 members who have added this chart as a favourite
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums comments
Showing latest 10 comments | Show all 19 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First |
Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)
From pctrooper 10/04/2019 22:01 | #243397
There is definitely an essence here to the picks. Maybe some mix of "Ethereal" and "Hip". I don't know... you can't really find words for it, but there definitely appears to be some quality here, which is really quite singular. I am happy about this. I really like INXS and Renaissance.
Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
From mianfei 06/03/2019 10:31 | #237054
Interesting combination of 1970s progressive rock and 1990s alternative rock – a combination I have rarely seen. There are also some other genres to add variety, which I find important.
It is true that I do not like the 1990s Britpop selections, nor the majority of the electronic selections from the same period.
Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
From platus 11/03/2017 08:29 | #200482
Interesting chart. Very personal and includes some gems.
Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
From 
JulianR 09/05/2017 05:45 | #197303
JulianR 09/05/2017 05:45 | #197303
good stuff, but... that much depeche mode?
Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
From 
LedZep 07/29/2017 17:51 | #195125
LedZep 07/29/2017 17:51 | #195125
This is pretty good, the problem is I haven't listened to some albums here so that affects the rating... I'll rerate when I decide to listen to some Depeche Mode and Verve...
Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
From crimson 05/10/2017 18:48 | #190599
What a weird chart! I like it very much!
Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
From Roal 12/17/2015 05:33 | #154737
Your choices all are great. Excellent taste in Alternative music.
Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
From 
Oselju 06/04/2015 09:57 | #142990
Oselju 06/04/2015 09:57 | #142990
Personnal choices.Good chart. Interesting.
Even if I'm not agree with your top 3 !
Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
From LittleMatt 05/01/2015 03:08 | #140615
Absolutely love this list
Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (1 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
From quadrophenia17 04/30/2015 21:03 | #140594
Nice alternative rock choices!
Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Your feedback for Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
Let us know what you think of this chart by adding a comment or assigning a rating below!
If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.
