Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by 
dmercado 
- Chart updated: 06/26/2024 08:15
- (Created: 11/06/2013 04:12).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1970s | 27 | 27% | |
| 1980s | 16 | 16% | |
| 1990s | 23 | 23% | |
| 2000s | 15 | 15% | |
| 2010s | 10 | 10% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Kanye West | 3 | 3% | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 3% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 2 | 2% | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 2 | 2% | |
| Nirvana | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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59 | 59% | |
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27 | 27% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 48 from 62nd to 14thPaul's Boutique by Beastie Boys |
| Up 47 from 57th to 10thDiscovery by Daft Punk |
| Up 45 from 96th to 51stHot Fuss by The Killers |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 59 from 29th to 88thThe Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico |
| Down 51 from 34th to 85thBridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel |
| Down 51 from 35th to 86thThe College Dropout by Kanye West |
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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 34 ratings for this chart.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 03/20/2025 15:33 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,089 | 85/100 | |
| 03/07/2025 13:59 | DrewHamster | 315 | 79/100 | |
| 02/08/2025 07:31 | henrygreen0203 | 48 | 91/100 | |
| 02/07/2025 12:30 |  NowhereMan | 292 | 82/100 | |
| 08/08/2024 06:52 |  DommeDamian | 1,004 | 89/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 85.9/100, a mean average of 85.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.9/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 11.0.
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Decant chart. Some very good picks here
JulianR 08/09/2017 00:01 | #195767
decent selection. Lots of classics
Repo 04/14/2017 06:39 | #189240
All classics & impressive range. Love seeing Toxicity & Tapestry up there.
CA Dreamin 03/19/2017 22:34 | #187692
How did I not see this list for so long? Really great stuff, dmercado. I love seeing both CCR and SOAD on the same list.
JoaoMoreira 11/08/2016 20:33 | #178144
I was ready to gave it a 90 for its quality, but I suddendly faced My Chemical Romance & System of a Down. Why?
meruizh 07/24/2015 21:54 | #146359
Classics, classics, classics, classics and more classics. I like that Grimes is in there. Maybe you'll find new music endeavours in time and include more "unique" choices as other users have mentioned. Nevertheless the classics are classics for a reason. Good stuff.
Loved seeing "Visions" make the cut. Wish there were a few more unique choices.
Lots to like in here, which is not too surprising as we have 21 in common
Ollie 02/10/2015 16:24 | #134590
A decent list of classics.
We have so much in common!
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