Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
by smahonachie 
- Chart updated: 11/28/2025 16:15
- (Created: 11/21/2009 21:08).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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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% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Massive Attack | 1 | 3% | |
| Perfume Genius | 1 | 3% | |
| Sex Pistols | 1 | 3% | |
| Charli XCX | 1 | 3% | |
| Miles Davis | 1 | 3% | |
| Caroline Polachek | 1 | 3% | |
| Stevie Wonder | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/19/2018 17:49 | Peppermint | 20 | 78/100 |
| ! | 01/26/2017 22:34 | Seab | 2,005 | 93/100 |
| ! | 10/14/2013 20:08 | JusticeDone | 424 | 96/100 |
| ! | 08/14/2012 16:25 | ZebraRock | 96 | 87/100 |
| ! | 11/29/2011 12:14 |  Bach | 956 | 78/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 84.9/100, a mean average of 81.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.4/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 13.0.
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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!
Nice variation!
Perfect. Good to see Grizzly Bear on the list..
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.
cartoken 01/03/2010 10:33 | #8050
good choices. give us 18 more !
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