Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
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OK Computer 
United Kingdom Radiohead
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Favourite Tracks: Paranoid Android, Let Down, The Tourist [First added to this chart: 11/21/2009]
Year of Release:
1997
Appears in:
4,419 charts
Rank Score:
63,988
Rank in 1997:
1
Rank in 1990s:
1
Overall Rank:
1
Average Rating:
Top rated album (92/100 - 5633 votes)  92 (5,633 votes)
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The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill 
United States Lauryn Hill
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To Zion, Doo Wop (That Thing), Everything is Everything [First added to this chart: 11/21/2009]
Year of Release:
1998
Appears in:
656 charts
Rank Score:
6,174
Rank in 1998:
4
Rank in 1990s:
54
Overall Rank:
270
Average Rating:
 78 (822 votes)
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What's Going On 
United States Marvin Gaye
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What's Going On, Mercy Mercy Me, Inner City Blues [First added to this chart: 03/12/2011]
Year of Release:
1971
Appears in:
1,635 charts
Rank Score:
18,957
Rank in 1971:
4
Rank in 1970s:
15
Overall Rank:
49
Average Rating:
Top rated album (85/100 - 1950 votes)  85 (1,950 votes)
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Abbey Road 
United Kingdom The Beatles
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Come Together, You Never Give Me Your Money [First added to this chart: 03/22/2011]
Year of Release:
1969
Appears in:
3,729 charts
Rank Score:
57,429
Rank in 1969:
1
Rank in 1960s:
1
Overall Rank:
3
Average Rating:
Top rated album (92/100 - 4624 votes)  92 (4,624 votes)
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Hounds Of Love 
United Kingdom Kate Bush
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Hounds of Love, Running Up that Hill, Cloudbusting [First added to this chart: 11/21/2009]
Year of Release:
1985
Appears in:
1,411 charts
Rank Score:
18,194
Rank in 1985:
1
Rank in 1980s:
7
Overall Rank:
53
Average Rating:
Top rated album (85/100 - 1406 votes)  85 (1,406 votes)
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Mezzanine 
United Kingdom Massive Attack
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Man Next Door, Angel, Teardrop [First added to this chart: 01/02/2010]
Year of Release:
1998
Appears in:
1,042 charts
Rank Score:
9,675
Rank in 1998:
2
Rank in 1990s:
31
Overall Rank:
144
Average Rating:
 83 (1,281 votes)
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Kind Of Blue 
United States Miles Davis
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So What, Freddie Freeloader [First added to this chart: 02/17/2011]
Year of Release:
1959
Appears in:
1,648 charts
Rank Score:
22,200
Rank in 1959:
1
Rank in 1950s:
1
Overall Rank:
37
Average Rating:
Top rated album (89/100 - 2278 votes)  89 (2,278 votes)
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To Bring You My Love 
United Kingdom PJ Harvey
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To Bring You My Love, Send His Love to Me, Long Snake Moan [First added to this chart: 02/17/2011]
Year of Release:
1995
Appears in:
510 charts
Rank Score:
3,653
Rank in 1995:
8
Rank in 1990s:
83
Overall Rank:
471
Average Rating:
 82 (611 votes)
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Rumours 
Mixed Nationality Fleetwood Mac
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Go Your Own Way, The Chain, You Make Loving Fun, [First added to this chart: 08/03/2025]
Year of Release:
1977
Appears in:
2,308 charts
Rank Score:
30,886
Rank in 1977:
1
Rank in 1970s:
6
Overall Rank:
21
Average Rating:
Top rated album (87/100 - 2644 votes)  87 (2,644 votes)
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Wish You Were Here 
United Kingdom Pink Floyd
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[First added to this chart: 11/25/2025]
Year of Release:
1975
Appears in:
3,007 charts
Rank Score:
44,953
Rank in 1975:
1
Rank in 1970s:
2
Overall Rank:
5
Average Rating:
Top rated album (91/100 - 4055 votes)  91 (4,055 votes)
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 1 3%
1960s 4 10%
1970s 9 23%
1980s 4 10%
1990s 10 25%
2000s 6 15%
2010s 3 8%
2020s 3 8%
Country Albums %


United States 21 53%
United Kingdom 13 33%
Mixed Nationality 3 8%
Australia 1 3%
Jamaica 1 3%
Iceland 1 3%

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From 12/19/2018 17:49 | #227448
There is a decent variation on your chart here. Great to see Kate Bush and PJ Harvey's "Let England Shake"
Also great to see Massive Attack's "Mezzanine" on here too!
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From 08/14/2012 16:25 | #48528
Nice variation!
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From 03/20/2011 22:57 | #19366
Perfect. Good to see Grizzly Bear on the list..
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From 04/04/2010 23:40 | #10315
Good eclectic chart. A lot of interesting choices. Personally I don't care for the rap or the electronica and the sixties and seventies are largely ignored (it's pretty reasonable to ignore much of the eighties I think). I concur with the others, you should finish the chart.
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From 01/03/2010 10:33 | #8050
good choices. give us 18 more !
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Best Artists of the 1960s
1. The Beatles
2. The Velvet Underground
3. Jimi Hendrix
4. Bob Dylan
5. The Beach Boys
6. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
7. The Velvet Underground & Nico
8. Led Zeppelin
9. The Doors
10. The Rolling Stones
11. John Coltrane
12. King Crimson
13. Frank Zappa
14. The Kinks
15. Love
16. Neil Young
17. Van Morrison
18. Charles Mingus
19. Miles Davis
20. The Zombies
 
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