Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
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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
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19,271
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Exodus, Waiting in Vain, Natural Mystic [First added to this chart: 11/21/2009]
Year of Release:
1977
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6,358
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Life On Mars?, Changes, Oh! You Pretty Things, [First added to this chart: 11/21/2009]
Year of Release:
1971
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19,780
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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
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31,190
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Money, Great Gig in the Sky, Time [First added to this chart: 02/17/2011]
Year of Release:
1973
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61,677
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God Save the Queen, Bodies, Pretty Vacant [First added to this chart: 11/21/2009]
Year of Release:
1977
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10,823
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Higher Ground, Golden Lady [First added to this chart: 03/21/2011]
Year of Release:
1973
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12,737
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When the Levee Breaks, Stairway to Heaven, Going to California [First added to this chart: 08/05/2025]
Year of Release:
1971
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39,734
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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 8 20%
1980s 3 8%
1990s 15 38%
2000s 5 13%
2010s 2 5%
2020s 2 5%
Artist Albums %


Tool 1 3%
Lauryn Hill 1 3%
Blur 1 3%
Fleetwood Mac 1 3%
The Rolling Stones 1 3%
Marvin Gaye 1 3%
D'Angelo 1 3%
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Country Albums %


United States 17 43%
United Kingdom 16 40%
Mixed Nationality 2 5%
Australia 1 3%
Canada 1 3%
France 1 3%
Jamaica 1 3%
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 17 from 24th to 7th
Mezzanine
by Massive Attack
Climber Up 14 from 28th to 14th
Rumours
by Fleetwood Mac
Climber Up 9 from 25th to 16th
The Fat Of The Land
by The Prodigy
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 13 from 27th to 40th
Dig Your Own Hole
by The Chemical Brothers
Faller Down 10 from 8th to 18th
The Dark Side Of The Moon
by Pink Floyd
Faller Down 10 from 19th to 29th
Blonde On Blonde
by Bob Dylan
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85/100 (from 18 votes)
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11/29/2011 12:14 Bach  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 95678/100

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90/100
From 12/19/2018 17:49
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
Nice variation!
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From 03/20/2011 22:57
Perfect. Good to see Grizzly Bear on the list..
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From 04/04/2010 23:40
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
good choices. give us 18 more !
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Best Artists of 1995
1. Radiohead
2. Oasis
3. The Smashing Pumpkins
4. Pulp
5. Björk
6. GZA/Genius
7. Alanis Morissette
8. PJ Harvey
9. Elliott Smith
10. Mobb Deep
11. Pavement
12. Foo Fighters
13. Garbage
14. Raekwon
15. Tricky
16. The Flaming Lips
17. No Doubt
18. Death (Metal)
19. Blur
20. Guided By Voices
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