Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by thekrauter 
I came to BEA while looking for some music that I like and I was surprised to find some friends of german 70`s Krautrock which are not even german!
Well, that`s why I feel good to be part of BEA.
- Chart updated: 12/25/2024 11:45
- (Created: 01/01/2014 22:55).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 12 | 12% | |
| 1970s | 35 | 35% | |
| 1980s | 12 | 12% | |
| 1990s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2000s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 9 | 9% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Can | 3 | 3% | |
| A.R. & Machines | 3 | 3% | |
| Tom Waits | 2 | 2% | |
| John Cale | 2 | 2% | |
| Agitation Free | 2 | 2% | |
| Jeff Beck | 2 | 2% | |
| King Crimson | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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39 | 39% | |
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30 | 30% | |
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18 | 18% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 90th to 91st Relationship Of Command by At The Drive-In |
| Down 1 from 91st to 92nd Cicadidae by Kammerflimmer Kollektief |
| Down 1 from 92nd to 93rd Games by Synergy |
| New entries |
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| The Epic by Kamasi Washington |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 03/07/2025 10:37 |  DommeDamian | 1,003 | 89/100 |
| ! | 01/29/2025 12:44 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,105 | 85/100 |
| ! | 06/12/2024 20:36 | Johnnyo | 2,549 | 80/100 |
| ! | 01/27/2022 11:41 |  IlMala | 178 | 95/100 |
| ! | 07/14/2020 18:42 | RioBravo | 201 | 84/100 |
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Love this chart. Big fan of German rock and this chart is packed with absolute classics. Good to see die grune reise prominently placed.
Nice eccentric list. Lots of interesting choices. Plan to revisit.
jdenny2018 05/25/2018 16:22 | #215573
Great to see someone else appreciates 'Red' as much as I do
Great chart. Never heard fragments of a rainy season - must investigate.
noice
I appreciate how unique this chart is, but I find some choices to be questionable.
JulianR 10/20/2017 23:38 | #199860
`I respect many of these albums. Whats with that bad radiohead live album in the top 20 tho?
O.T. 08/27/2017 22:04 | #196813
Spannende Charts.
LedZep 04/12/2017 21:53 | #189169
It just has so much great choices
Mechalodon 04/12/2017 14:35 | #189152
Awesome list, it's great to see Jeff Beck so high.
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