Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by dexmc 
My favorite albums, that I own. If I don't have the physical album/cd I won't include it.
- Chart updated: 05/11/2020 04:15
- (Created: 12/13/2009 06:10).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 11/16/2011]
Year of Release:
1981
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8,799
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[First added to this chart: 08/19/2017]
Year of Release:
1968
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5,612
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[First added to this chart: 08/23/2015]
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1980
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2,993
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1970s | 18 | 18% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1990s | 22 | 22% | |
| 2000s | 23 | 23% | |
| 2010s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Deftones | 7 | 7% | |
| Soilwork | 7 | 7% | |
| Mastodon | 5 | 5% | |
| In Flames | 5 | 5% | |
| 311 | 5 | 5% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 4% | |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 58th to 59thA Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead |
| Down 1 from 59th to 60thThe Bends by Radiohead |
| Down 1 from 60th to 61stCrash by Dave Matthews Band |
| New entries |
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| Kill The Flaw by Sevendust |
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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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| 04/17/2025 15:57 | DrewHamster | 314 | 79/100 | |
| 03/24/2025 09:50 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,089 | 85/100 | |
| 09/19/2024 12:44 |  LedZep | 1,102 | 84/100 | |
| 02/09/2022 10:10 | KineticEchoes02 | 110 | 88/100 | |
| 01/06/2021 04:58 | leniad | 669 | 85/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 66.6/100, a mean average of 63.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.9/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 25.0.
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From PeterSmith 06/29/2019 18:59 | #238645
Ok I can't really score this chart as I don't know most of the stuff here. Out of the top 10 I know LZII, In Utero and more recently Ritual De Lo Habitual - so if they are like them then that would be sound.
Your next 10 kinda took me by surprise - again for the one's I recognise. Moondance? Great album. But how does that land so high with a metal head rocker? Would love to know.
I did note some of those older comments so took at look at your scores for albums and can't begin to understand how someone with you top 100 ends up listening to things like Charles Mingus - but credit and right to do so. However your scores indicate that you gave some stuff a listen and just dismissed it immediately. I'm probably more into Indie Rock but when I try an album from another musical style I will give it at least 5 listens before I feel placed to dismiss it or otherwise.
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mickilennial 03/15/2019 17:39 | #233592
mickilennial 03/15/2019 17:39 | #233592
Lots of melodic death metal, alternative metal, and other picks that are… decidedly unpopular. I don’t really care about the accusations of “poor” taste. Would like to see notes to see why these particular albums move you, but obviously that’s not a make-or-break. Keep being you.
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From LedZep 04/10/2017 17:52 | #189018
LedZep 04/10/2017 17:52 | #189018
Well, anyone with Mastodon in top 10 is a winner. Not sure why all the hate, you have people who put exclusively modern indie albums and have like 85/100 chart rating. You have Lennon, Rush, Dillingers and Nirvana which are at the totally different ends of music spectrum. Anyway, there's not enough metal on BEA, so 85 for not being the same as everyone here.
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ShadowColossi 02/18/2016 06:18 | #160055
ShadowColossi 02/18/2016 06:18 | #160055
Seriously, stop rating albums out of spite or because you just want points. It screws up the entire point of this website. Especially since your taste consists of mostly the things everyone likes without room for leeway... Accessible doesn't always mean good...
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From LittleMatt 01/06/2016 21:08 | #156008
Stop being such a dick
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AMEIER 01/17/2015 23:40 | #131813
AMEIER 01/17/2015 23:40 | #131813
Nice, strong and rock and roll chart! Cheers!
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From 
Decurso 08/31/2014 14:35 | #120856
Decurso 08/31/2014 14:35 | #120856
Full of good, balls-to-the-wall rock and roll. Not sure about 4 Deftones albums in the top 12, but to each their own.
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From meattrain 05/26/2014 04:14 | #112956
:/ Based on your rating system, I thought you would have cool taste. Guess not. Looks like you rate out of spite potentially. Maybe not. Who knows. Below average taste imo.
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Cymro2011 07/03/2013 22:35 | #80395
Cymro2011 07/03/2013 22:35 | #80395
Different.
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SingingPeasant96 06/16/2013 12:50 | #79021
SingingPeasant96 06/16/2013 12:50 | #79021
Good
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