Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by blueandthemoon 
First of all, I appreciate any feedback about my chart, but I would like to explain one thing. I realize most of my 100 greatest albums are from the 00s and 90s, and that was intentional. Those are the albums that are most important to me. However, if you look, I have created charts for every decade, 1950s-2010s, so my taste is by no means limited. But if I'm honest about my own favorite albums, the chronological composition of the chart will stay pretty similar. But again, I appreciate the feedback and realize some people have have different opinions about this.
- Chart updated: 10/04/2026 20:15
- (Created: 02/12/2014 19:11).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Year of Release:
2005
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19,103
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1997
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7,213
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2003
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2,248
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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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 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1970s | 4 | 4% | |
| 1980s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1990s | 24 | 24% | |
| 2000s | 62 | 62% | |
| 2010s | 5 | 5% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Elliott Smith | 6 | 6% | |
| Sufjan Stevens | 5 | 5% | |
| The Sea And Cake | 4 | 4% | |
| John Mayer | 4 | 4% | |
| Rx Bandits | 4 | 4% | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 3 | 3% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 3% | |
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78 | 78% | |
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14 | 14% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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Up 4 from 90th to 86th |
Up 2 from 82nd to 80th |
Up 2 from 46th to 44th |
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Down 3 from 97th to 100th |
Down 2 from 14th to 16th |
Down 2 from 79th to 81st |
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| ! | 07/10/2026 22:41 |  serpico | 181 | 81/100 |
| ! | 03/27/2025 15:52 | DrewHamster | 314 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2025 14:17 | SomethingSpecial | 1,088 | 86/100 |
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BestEverAlbums 07/10/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5369): By blueandthemoon
BestEverAlbums 07/10/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5369): By blueandthemoon“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. (2005) 2. by (2008) 3. (2005) 4. by (2006) 5. by (1997) 6. by (1997) 7. (2003) 8. by (2006) 9. by (2008) 10. by (2003) 11. by by by (2000) 15. by (1995) 16. by (1995) 17. by (2007) 18. by (2003) 19. by (2004) 20. by (1968) 21. by (2005)…”
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blueandthemoon 03/01/2017 00:51 | #186561
First of all, I appreciate any feedback about my chart, but I would like to explain one thing. I realize most of my 100 greatest albums are from the 00s and 90s, and that was intentional. Those are the albums that are most important to me. However, if you look, I have created charts for every decade, 1950s-2010s, so my taste is by no means limited. But if I'm honest about my own favorite albums, the chronological composition of the chart will stay pretty similar. But again, I appreciate the feedback and realize some people have have different opinions about this.
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KineticEchoes02 02/08/2022 10:37 | #280944
A good, fairly diverse chart. Like you say - very 90s/00s focussed - would be good to see some more early classics in there. Quite a few in common with my 100. Stoked to see John Butler Trio included - great album and great Aussie band! (Edited)
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sssvnnn 04/15/2014 13:00 | #109290
sssvnnn 04/15/2014 13:00 | #109290
Elliott Smith,Sufjan Stevens, Coldplay are good musicians.
But the Chart is focused too much on a few artists. There are so many songwriter who did brilliant music in the past.
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Moondance 10/04/2022 21:32 | #290157
We are polar opposites in some ways ~ you favour the 90's/00's & I favour the 70's....that, I guess, is a quirk of the year we arrived on Planet Earth and how the music of our teens - 20's impacted upon us in such a profound way. We are similar in other ways ~ where the songwriter and the lyricists capture our senses. We only have 4 albums in common but soon, when I add Elliott Smith to my chart - we will have 5 in common. I love the diversity of this site and I totally respect your chart. BTW ~ nice to see one Aussie artist (John Butler) hit the top 100 ~ I can assure you that there are plenty more Aussie songwriters worthy of a listen.
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chavaloricardin 04/15/2023 06:51 | #296101
"Illinois" es uno de los 8 álbumes que tenemos en común y es genial verlo como el número 1 en este gráfico. Hubiera sido aún mejor si añadieras comentarios en los álbumes que seleccionaste para entender de mejor forma las razones por las que los agregaste, de cualquier forma, buen trabajo.
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"Illinois" is one of the 8 albums we have in common and it's great to see it as number 1 on this chart. It would have been even better if you added comments on the albums you selected to better understand the reasons why you added them anyway, good work.
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