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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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% | |
| 311 | 5 | 5% | |
| Mastodon | 5 | 5% | |
| In Flames | 5 | 5% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 4% | |
| Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| 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
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this chart. | Show all 65 ratings for this chart.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 04/17/2025 15:57 | DrewHamster | 317 | 79/100 |
| ! | 03/24/2025 09:50 | 1,104 | 85/100 | |
| ! | 09/19/2024 12:44 | 1,105 | 84/100 | |
| ! | 02/09/2022 10:10 | KineticEchoes02 | 111 | 88/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2021 04:58 | leniad | 673 | 85/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 66.7/100, 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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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.
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.
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...
Stop being such a dick
Nice, strong and rock and roll chart! Cheers!
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.
:/ 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.
Different.
Good
Thanks for your comment. I have listened to one Police album, some songs were great and some I didn't like, but will check out the other Police albums. Haven't listened to any INXS albums, will do at some point.
I think many of these albums here aren't my taste, but it's always great to see a different chart. The average rating is also ridiculously low for some reason.
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