Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by brohio

Fairly happy with this list. While trying not to pile on too many from any single artist. Kind of a "desert island" compilation. This looks like what I'd choose if someone said, pick 50 albums and throw the rest away.

• Chart updated: 04/06/2010 12:52
• (Created: 09/23/2009 09:12).
• Chart size: 50 albums.

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Axis: Bold As Love 

 The Jimi Hendrix Experience

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[First added to this chart: 11/13/2009]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,020 charts

Rank Score:

7,596

Rank in 1967:

9

Rank in 1960s:

34

Overall Rank:

204

Average Rating:

 83 (1,376 votes)

Comments:

62

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Revolver 

 The Beatles

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[First added to this chart: 11/13/2009]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,576 charts

Rank Score:

50,058

Rank in 1966:

1

Rank in 1960s:

2

Overall Rank:

4

Average Rating:

 91 (4,581 votes)

Comments:

486

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Hot Rats 

 Frank Zappa

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[First added to this chart: 11/13/2009]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

873 charts

Rank Score:

6,922

Rank in 1969:

10

Rank in 1960s:

37

Overall Rank:

235

Average Rating:

 83 (983 votes)

Comments:

56

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Third 

 Soft Machine

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[First added to this chart: 11/13/2009]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

313 charts

Rank Score:

1,650

Rank in 1970:

31

Rank in 1970s:

219

Overall Rank:

1,053

Average Rating:

 80 (377 votes)

Comments:

23

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Kontiki 

 Cotton Mather

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[First added to this chart: 11/13/2009]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

11 charts

Rank Score:

19

Rank in 1997:

628

Rank in 1990s:

5,960

Overall Rank:

38,396

Average Rating:

 73 (19 votes)

Comments:

0

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The Beatles (The White Album) 

 The Beatles

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[First added to this chart: 11/13/2009]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

2,945 charts

Rank Score:

37,681

Rank in 1968:

1

Rank in 1960s:

6

Overall Rank:

14

Average Rating:

 89 (3,821 votes)

Comments:

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The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 

 Genesis

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[First added to this chart: 11/13/2009]

Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

789 charts

Rank Score:

6,476

Rank in 1974:

3

Rank in 1970s:

57

Overall Rank:

250

Average Rating:

 82 (964 votes)

Comments:

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Electric Ladyland 

 The Jimi Hendrix Experience

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[First added to this chart: 11/13/2009]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,687 charts

Rank Score:

17,551

Rank in 1968:

2

Rank in 1960s:

14

Overall Rank:

59

Average Rating:

 86 (1,983 votes)

Comments:

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Led Zeppelin 

 Led Zeppelin

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[First added to this chart: 11/13/2009]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,793 charts

Rank Score:

17,081

Rank in 1969:

5

Rank in 1960s:

16

Overall Rank:

63

Average Rating:

 86 (2,585 votes)

Comments:

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Beggars Banquet 

 The Rolling Stones

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[First added to this chart: 11/13/2009]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,220 charts

Rank Score:

9,151

Rank in 1968:

6

Rank in 1960s:

27

Overall Rank:

159

Average Rating:

 84 (1,548 votes)

Comments:

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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	18	36%
1970s	15	30%
1980s	5	10%
1990s	10	20%
2000s	2	4%
2010s	0	0%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Savoy Brown	2	4%
The Rolling Stones	2	4%
The Negro Problem	2	4%
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	2	4%
The Beatles	2	4%
Peter Gabriel	2	4%
Fleetwood Mac	2	4%
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Country	Albums	%
	21	42%
	19	38%
	5	10%
	3	6%
	1	2%
	1	2%

Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 5 from 22nd to 17th Diesel And Dust by Midnight Oil
Up 4 from 26th to 22nd Who's Next by The Who
Up 4 from 20th to 16th So by Peter Gabriel

Biggest fallers
Down 6 from 13th to 19th Sailor by Steve Miller Band
Down 6 from 18th to 24th Truth by Jeff Beck
Down 4 from 19th to 23rd Disraeli Gears by Cream

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75/100

From junodog4 10/15/2012 18:50

Some really good picks here. Nice to see the Hip, but I think you picked the wrong album.

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80/100

From ZebraRock 08/13/2012 23:49

Intriguing, with some great picks

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55/100

From unwound 08/08/2012 19:26

good to see some love for peter green's fleetwood mac. and soft machine's third.

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From deadhouse 07/29/2012 18:58

Outside the first half of the chart I see very little worth listening to.

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90/100

From jhuik 04/09/2012 23:54

The Hip FTW... but I love the audacity throughout this.

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85/100

From gussteivi 02/11/2012 21:36

This top ten is awesome.

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75/100

From Johnnyo 08/03/2011 20:11

This chart really seems to divide opinion. Don't understand why. Seems like a perfectly reasonable chart to me.

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From brohio 12/20/2009 13:11

I know exactly what you mean.

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From Boogn1sh 12/07/2009 03:03

Very original and interesting chart, love Soft Machine and Gentle Giant

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From brohio 12/05/2009 00:51

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