Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by UnliveableWilts 
- Chart updated: 12/11/2025 07:15
- (Created: 01/12/2014 22:33).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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"I'd Show Them The Stars
And The Meaning Of Life
They'd Shut Me Away
But I'd Be Alright"
Favourite Songs: Paranoid Android | Subterranean Homesick Alien | Exit Music (For A Film) | Let Down | Climbing Up The Walls | No Surprises
Least Favourite Songs: [First added to this chart: 01/18/2014]
And The Meaning Of Life
They'd Shut Me Away
But I'd Be Alright"
Favourite Songs: Paranoid Android | Subterranean Homesick Alien | Exit Music (For A Film) | Let Down | Climbing Up The Walls | No Surprises
Least Favourite Songs: [First added to this chart: 01/18/2014]
Year of Release:
1997
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63,504
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"I Love You"
Favourite Songs: Roygbiv
Least Favourite Songs: [First added to this chart: 01/02/2015]
Favourite Songs: Roygbiv
Least Favourite Songs: [First added to this chart: 01/02/2015]
Year of Release:
1998
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Rank Score:
5,016
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"I Will See You In The Next Life"
Favourite Songs: Kid A | The National Anthem | How To Disappear Completely | Idioteque | Motion Picture Soundtrack
Least Favourite Songs: [First added to this chart: 01/18/2014]
Favourite Songs: Kid A | The National Anthem | How To Disappear Completely | Idioteque | Motion Picture Soundtrack
Least Favourite Songs: [First added to this chart: 01/18/2014]
Year of Release:
2000
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42,252
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"So Look See The Sights, The Endless Summer Nights"
Favourite Songs: Pink Moon | Place To Be | Road | Which Will | From The Morning
Least Favourite Songs: [First added to this chart: 01/20/2014]
Favourite Songs: Pink Moon | Place To Be | Road | Which Will | From The Morning
Least Favourite Songs: [First added to this chart: 01/20/2014]
Year of Release:
1972
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17,659
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"All You Touch And All You See Is All Your Life Will Ever Be"
Favourite Songs: Time | The Great Gig in the Sky
Least Favourite Songs: [First added to this chart: 01/18/2014]
Favourite Songs: Time | The Great Gig in the Sky
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Year of Release:
1973
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60,060
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"The Walls On Which The Prophets Wrote Are Cracking At The Seems"
Favourite Songs: 21st Century Schizoid Man (Including Mirrors) | I Talk to the Wind | Epitaph (Including March For No Reason and Tomorrow and Tomorrow)
Least Favourite Songs: [First added to this chart: 01/27/2014]
Favourite Songs: 21st Century Schizoid Man (Including Mirrors) | I Talk to the Wind | Epitaph (Including March For No Reason and Tomorrow and Tomorrow)
Least Favourite Songs: [First added to this chart: 01/27/2014]
Year of Release:
1969
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Rank Score:
28,341
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"Tjú"
Favourite Songs: Svefn-g-englar | Starálfur | Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása | Olsen Olsen | Ágætis byrjun
Least Favourite Songs: [First added to this chart: 01/18/2014]
Favourite Songs: Svefn-g-englar | Starálfur | Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása | Olsen Olsen | Ágætis byrjun
Least Favourite Songs: [First added to this chart: 01/18/2014]
Year of Release:
1999
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15,089
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"Our Stepmom We Did Everything To Hate Her"
Favourite Songs: Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois | John Wayne Gacy, Jr. | Casimir Pulaski Day
Least Favourite Songs: The Seer's Tower [First added to this chart: 01/18/2014]
Favourite Songs: Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois | John Wayne Gacy, Jr. | Casimir Pulaski Day
Least Favourite Songs: The Seer's Tower [First added to this chart: 01/18/2014]
Year of Release:
2005
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20,296
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"Last Wish: I Wish I Had Two More Wishes
And I Wish They Fixed The Door To The Matrix There's Mad Glitches
Spit So Many Verses Sometimes My Jaw Twitches
One Thing This Party Could Use Is More Umm Hm... Booze"
Favourite Songs: Accordion | Meat Grinder | Curls | Fancy Clown (feat. Viktor Vaughn) | Great Day | Rhinestone Cowboy
Least Favourite Songs: [First added to this chart: 06/01/2014]
And I Wish They Fixed The Door To The Matrix There's Mad Glitches
Spit So Many Verses Sometimes My Jaw Twitches
One Thing This Party Could Use Is More Umm Hm... Booze"
Favourite Songs: Accordion | Meat Grinder | Curls | Fancy Clown (feat. Viktor Vaughn) | Great Day | Rhinestone Cowboy
Least Favourite Songs: [First added to this chart: 06/01/2014]
Year of Release:
2004
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14,352
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"All Of Which Are American Dreams"
Favourite Songs: Killing In The Name | Bullet In The Head | Know Your Enemy
Least Favourite Songs: [First added to this chart: 01/18/2014]
Favourite Songs: Killing In The Name | Bullet In The Head | Know Your Enemy
Least Favourite Songs: [First added to this chart: 01/18/2014]
Year of Release:
1992
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11,492
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1970s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1980s | 5 | 5% | |
| 1990s | 29 | 29% | |
| 2000s | 26 | 26% | |
| 2010s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 1% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Radiohead | 5 | 5% | |
| Pink Floyd | 5 | 5% | |
| The Beatles | 2 | 2% | |
| Modest Mouse | 2 | 2% | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 2 | 2% | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 2 | 2% | |
| Joanna Newsom | 2 | 2% | |
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49 | 49% | |
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35 | 35% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 14 from 100th to 86th The Year Of The Leopard by James Yorkston |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 4 from 93rd to 97th Hunky Dory by David Bowie |
| Down 4 from 94th to 98th Meddle by Pink Floyd |
| Down 2 from 85th to 87th Electro-Shock Blues by Eels |
| New entries |
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| Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde by The Pharcyde |
| Dive by Tycho |
| Moon Safari by Air |
| Spirit Of Eden by Talk Talk |
| Rounds by Four Tet |
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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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| ! | 03/20/2025 15:33 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2023 14:16 |  Tamthebam | 645 | 85/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2023 09:52 |  MadhattanJack | 260 | 85/100 |
| ! | 05/27/2022 18:50 | wizardalien | 31 | 88/100 |
| ! | 05/27/2022 16:38 |  desh79 | 1,278 | 93/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 12% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 87.8/100, a mean average of 87.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.0/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 8.9.
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Paule 12/18/2018 22:51 | #227422
Paule 12/18/2018 22:51 | #227422
Good list!
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Cargusbralem 12/18/2018 21:03 | #227412
Cargusbralem 12/18/2018 21:03 | #227412
Great chart! Gonna check out the ones I haven't listened to
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From zrommeke 12/18/2018 19:33 | #227394
Great chart! I need to discover the few unknown albums...
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AvalancheGrips 07/05/2018 22:54 | #217813
AvalancheGrips 07/05/2018 22:54 | #217813
This is one of the best charts I've seen on this website. Such good picks.
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From n8rob 04/27/2018 04:48 | #213741
Nice, I'll be coming back to this chart for listening suggestions.
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From maicenstuart 04/26/2018 21:58 | #213730
Awesome chart, although I'm not much of a fan of Radiohead. Great mix of genres though.
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travelful 04/26/2018 19:37 | #213720
travelful 04/26/2018 19:37 | #213720
Great chart, 31 albums in common! Love to see Tycho and KMD featured in here.
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From Johnnyo 04/26/2018 17:24 | #213703
Very very good chart. Love it
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From Ulf 04/26/2018 10:36 | #213676
great chart would be even greater if you made some comments
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DommeDamian 04/26/2018 09:37 | #213674
DommeDamian 04/26/2018 09:37 | #213674
Standard but loving it :)
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