Top 30 Greatest Music Albums
by sonnysideup 
May have missed a few
probably either one of "freewhelin.." or "the times they are-a changin" should be at the bottom of the list but couldn't figure out which was better so i put born to run, which i must admit i don't have the cd but two of my top 20 songs of alltime "jungleland" and "thunder road" are there so that's a bit of an assumption...
also i'm missing one album that got deleted when uploading
- Chart updated: 11/10/2010 19:07
- (Created: 11/29/2009 13:41).
- Chart size: 30 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 11/29/2009]
Year of Release:
1975
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20,875
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[First added to this chart: 11/29/2009]
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1997
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4,154
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[First added to this chart: 11/29/2009]
Year of Release:
1998
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32,848
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[First added to this chart: 11/29/2009]
Year of Release:
1966
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39,155
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[First added to this chart: 11/29/2009]
Year of Release:
2002
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2,897
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[First added to this chart: 11/29/2009]
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1967
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43,271
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[First added to this chart: 11/29/2009]
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1994
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5,366
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[First added to this chart: 11/29/2009]
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1967
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39,895
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[First added to this chart: 11/29/2009]
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1997
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63,588
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[First added to this chart: 11/10/2010]
Year of Release:
1968
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37,249
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Top 30 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 7 | 23% | |
| 1970s | 5 | 17% | |
| 1980s | 2 | 7% | |
| 1990s | 9 | 30% | |
| 2000s | 7 | 23% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| The Beatles | 4 | 13% | |
| Radiohead | 2 | 7% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 7% | |
| The Libertines | 1 | 3% | |
| Neil Young | 1 | 3% | |
| Kanye West | 1 | 3% | |
| The Notorious B.I.G. | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 30 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 2 from 11th to 9th OK Computer by Radiohead |
| Up 1 from 30th to 29th Loveless by My Bloody Valentine |
| Up 1 from 29th to 28th Tha Carter III by Lil Wayne |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 17 from 13th to 30th The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars by David Bowie |
| Down 4 from 8th to 12th London Calling by The Clash |
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| ! | 12/04/2012 20:50 | badger | 95 | 84/100 |
| ! | 08/14/2012 18:38 | 5thbeatle | 216 | 74/100 |
| ! | 10/22/2011 08:40 |  eclab | 43 | 79/100 |
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From TheKing 08/24/2024 12:02 | #304886
Come back and update this chart please! It rules :)
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From badger 12/04/2012 20:51 | #56739
Like your taste, varied too.
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From 5thbeatle 08/14/2012 18:38 | #48550
Good start!
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From cartoken 11/10/2010 18:41 | #16301
cartoken 11/10/2010 18:41 | #16301
Nice ! give us 20 more
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