Top 100 Albums
by ABC (2006) 
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. These are their best albums of all time. The top 100 albums of all time as voted by ABC viewers.
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1973
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1969
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1967
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1991
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1971
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1991
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1977
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2,457
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 10 | 10% | |
| 1970s | 28 | 28% | |
| 1980s | 18 | 18% | |
| 1990s | 28 | 28% | |
| 2000s | 15 | 15% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| Radiohead | 3 | 3% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 3% | |
| Silverchair | 3 | 3% | |
| U2 | 3 | 3% | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 2 | 2% | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums | Virgin | Overall chart | 2000 |  |
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| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums |  RFNAPLES | Overall chart | 2013 | |
| Overall Top 100 Ranked Correctly |  Mother Nature's Son | Custom chart | 2014 |  |
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | Narcan | Overall chart | 2011 |  |
| ranking the overall top 100 |  OKC1 | Custom chart | 2016 | |
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | Q | Overall chart | 1997 | |
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | jay020281 | Overall chart | 2020 | |
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Other overall charts
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
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| The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time | Rolling Stone | Overall chart | 2020 | |
| New Musical Express Writers Top 100 Albums | New Music Express | Overall chart | 1993 | |
| Top 500 Albums of All Time | Rolling Stone | Overall chart | 2012 | |
Other charts by ABC
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| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
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| Top 100 Albums | ABC | Overall chart | 2006 | |
Top 100 Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 07/29/2025 18:16 | Johnnyo | 2,689 | 80/100 |
| ! | 10/25/2024 05:49 |  ChlebHead | 9 | 86/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2022 17:54 | Kevins2art | 7 | 90/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 71.9/100, a mean average of 70.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.0/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 22.6.
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gon2bed 02/07/2015 14:36 | #134287
The Aussies have great taste in music. I don't rate PF that highly though.
18 albums in common:
OK Computer by Radiohead (198 points)
The Bends by Radiohead (185 points)
Grace by Jeff Buckley (176 points)
Kid A by Radiohead (160 points)
Nevermind by Nirvana (158 points)
Back In Black by AC/DC (149 points)
Ten by Pearl Jam (143 points)
Absolution by Muse (137 points)
A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay (127 points)
Rumours by Fleetwood Mac (124 points)
Doolittle by Pixies (124 points)
Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin (123 points)
Is This It by The Strokes (120 points)
Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses (116 points)
Blue Lines by Massive Attack (96 points)
American Idiot by Green Day (82 points)
Hot Fuss by The Killers (69 points)
Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age (68 points)
21 artists in common:
Nirvana
Radiohead
Coldplay
U2
Pixies
Massive Attack
Fleetwood Mac
Led Zeppelin
Guns N' Roses
The Strokes
Jeff Buckley
AC/DC
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Pearl Jam
Queens Of The Stone Age
Green Day
Metallica
Muse
Foo Fighters
Soundgarden
The Killers
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stangetzaway 07/06/2016 10:15 | #170660
Pretty decent chart voted by general public with some daggy choices you'd expect in a chart of it's nature. O.K with the hometown bias however disappointed the likes of Go-Betweens, Triffids, Nick Cave/Bad Seeds and the Church were left out in the cold.
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Decurso TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/22/2014 04:56 | #112569
Decurso TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/22/2014 04:56 | #112569
Ha! Only on an ABC list would you find 21 albums by Australian bands. Not that that's a bad thing or anything...but most of the Ozzie choices are rather predictable.
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Jhereko 09/19/2011 07:29 | #27669
Anthony Callea? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, goddamn the Australian public has awful taste in music.
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sheep21 10/12/2012 05:39 | #52174
sheep21 10/12/2012 05:39 | #52174
Meat Loaf in top 10, Pink Floyd at 1. Sad
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