Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
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"But something kept me standing by that hospital bed,
I should have quit, but instead I took care of you.
You made me sleep and uneven, and I didn’t believe them
when they told me that there was no saving you."

-Kettering
[First added to this chart: 11/20/2013]
Year of Release:
2009
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5,272
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[First added to this chart: 10/21/2014]
Year of Release:
1999
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Rank Score:
15,008
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1717 votes)  86 (1,717 votes)
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"In a little while I'll be gone
The moments already past
Yeah it's gone
And I'm not here
This isn't happening
I'm not here"

-How to Disappear Completely
[First added to this chart: 05/03/2014]
Year of Release:
2000
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Rank Score:
42,337
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Top rated album (89/100 - 4462 votes)  89 (4,462 votes)
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"There is no dark side of the moon really.
Matter of fact its all dark."

-Eclipse
[First added to this chart: 11/18/2013]
Year of Release:
1973
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Rank Score:
60,086
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Top rated album (92/100 - 5333 votes)  92 (5,333 votes)
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[First added to this chart: 11/20/2013]
Year of Release:
1975
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Rank Score:
44,690
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Top rated album (91/100 - 4056 votes)  91 (4,056 votes)
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"All I want is to breath
Won't you breath with me?
Find a little space so we move in-between,
and keep one step ahead of yourself"

-Born Under Punches
[First added to this chart: 11/18/2013]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
27,555
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Top rated album (87/100 - 2298 votes)  87 (2,298 votes)
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"The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in
Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin
Engines stop running but I have no fear
'Cause London is burning and I live by the river"

-London Calling
[First added to this chart: 11/18/2013]
Year of Release:
1979
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Rank Score:
30,916
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Top rated album (87/100 - 3158 votes)  87 (3,158 votes)
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"And one day we will die
and our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea.
But for now we are young,
let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see.
Love to be
in the arms of all I'm keeping here with me"

-In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
[First added to this chart: 05/06/2014]
Year of Release:
1998
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Rank Score:
32,886
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Top rated album (87/100 - 2954 votes)  87 (2,954 votes)
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"Flyin over seas,
no time to feel the breeze.
I took too many varieties."

-The Modern Age
[First added to this chart: 11/18/2013]
Year of Release:
2001
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Rank Score:
28,494
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Top rated album (86/100 - 3031 votes)  86 (3,031 votes)
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10. (1) Down 9
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"If the children don't grow up,
our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up.
We're just a million little gods causin rainstorms,
turning every good thing to rust.

I guess I'll just have to adjust!"

-Wake Up
[First added to this chart: 11/18/2013]
Year of Release:
2004
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Rank Score:
34,262
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Top rated album (88/100 - 3662 votes)  88 (3,662 votes)
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 3 8%
1970s 5 13%
1980s 6 15%
1990s 5 13%
2000s 17 43%
2010s 4 10%
2020s 0 0%
Artist Albums %


Arcade Fire 4 10%
The Antlers 2 5%
Pixies 2 5%
Radiohead 2 5%
Modest Mouse 2 5%
Pink Floyd 2 5%
Vampire Weekend 2 5%
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Country Albums %


United States 22 55%
United Kingdom 11 28%
Canada 4 10%
Mixed Nationality 2 5%
Iceland 1 3%

Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 33 from 38th to 5th
Wish You Were Here
by Pink Floyd
Climber Up 3 from 7th to 4th
The Dark Side Of The Moon
by Pink Floyd
Climber Up 3 from 6th to 3rd
Kid A
by Radiohead
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 9 from 1st to 10th
Funeral
by Arcade Fire
Faller Down 6 from 5th to 11th
The Suburbs
by Arcade Fire
Faller Down 4 from 3rd to 7th
London Calling
by The Clash
New entries
New entry Loveless
by My Bloody Valentine
Leavers
Leaver The Wall
by Pink Floyd
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From 11/18/2017 23:08 | #201622
Most of the albums on this list would be in my top 100 chart (if only I had enough points). But I've not heard Antlers before. Seems like I should give them a go. (That's a good aspect of this site - it introduces you to bands that you should like.)
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From 11/23/2014 06:40 | #127754
Not a perfect chart, but dang close. Lots of picks in common.
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From 10/21/2014 07:26 | #124924
nice chart
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From 05/07/2014 17:48 | #111084
Lots of good stuff on this chart! I'll definitely be coming back to it!
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From 05/07/2014 10:29 | #111068
yeeessssss!!!
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