Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by MasterWhitey 
- Chart updated: 04/06/2015 22:15
- (Created: 03/07/2014 03:06).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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I exclusively listened to rock (Green Day, AC/DC, The Beatles, Sex Pistols, Alice Cooper) when I was younger, to the point where I thought that any other genre was terrible, I would never go out of my way to try to discover music I've never heard and I was never obsessive about listening to music until I discovered Muse.
When I first heard Time is Running Out, I just wanted to find out more about this band and go out of my way to listen to anything by them. What I discovered was a whole discography of diverse, melodic modern rock that I've never heard anything like before and I was the one who introduced them to myself. I've never introduced music to myself before and found out it was very rewarding.
Since my favorite Muse songs were on this album, (Stockholm Syndrome, Time is Running Out, HYSTERIA) I went out during a huge snow storm, bought it, and went home to just sit and listen to it. I never really listened to albums without skipping to my favorite songs before so this sort of approach to an album was new to me. I put it in my CD player, turned my speakers up extremely loud, and had an experience that changed my whole perspective on music.
The music wasn't just heavy or catchy, it was also beautiful, somber, and atmospheric, stuff i never took into account when listening to music. I loved the orchestrations, I loved the swelling electronics, every song blew my mind, even the mellow "Endlessly". I felt like this music was just made for me, an album I could call my own. My whole perspective on music exploded in just 1 hour, after that I just loved discovering any music all on my own, stopped prejudging entire genres and bands, and fell in love with albums as a whole.
There may be albums that are better than Absolution,there may be bands better than Muse, but there's no music that means more to me than this album and this band. [First added to this chart: 04/29/2014]
When I first heard Time is Running Out, I just wanted to find out more about this band and go out of my way to listen to anything by them. What I discovered was a whole discography of diverse, melodic modern rock that I've never heard anything like before and I was the one who introduced them to myself. I've never introduced music to myself before and found out it was very rewarding.
Since my favorite Muse songs were on this album, (Stockholm Syndrome, Time is Running Out, HYSTERIA) I went out during a huge snow storm, bought it, and went home to just sit and listen to it. I never really listened to albums without skipping to my favorite songs before so this sort of approach to an album was new to me. I put it in my CD player, turned my speakers up extremely loud, and had an experience that changed my whole perspective on music.
The music wasn't just heavy or catchy, it was also beautiful, somber, and atmospheric, stuff i never took into account when listening to music. I loved the orchestrations, I loved the swelling electronics, every song blew my mind, even the mellow "Endlessly". I felt like this music was just made for me, an album I could call my own. My whole perspective on music exploded in just 1 hour, after that I just loved discovering any music all on my own, stopped prejudging entire genres and bands, and fell in love with albums as a whole.
There may be albums that are better than Absolution,there may be bands better than Muse, but there's no music that means more to me than this album and this band. [First added to this chart: 04/29/2014]
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2003
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2014]
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2001
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7,528
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2014]
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1989
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23,059
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2014]
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1991
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28,510
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2014]
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1999
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15,008
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2014]
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2002
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10,275
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Blur's 2nd masterpiece after Parklife. Heart wretching pain and dark beauty, Damon pours his inner demons on this album instead of using made up characters as he did on earlier albums.
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1999
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3,967
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2014]
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1997
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63,674
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2014]
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2007
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11,946
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2014]
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2001
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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 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1970s | 12 | 12% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1990s | 28 | 28% | |
| 2000s | 24 | 24% | |
| 2010s | 15 | 15% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Radiohead | 4 | 4% | |
| Queens Of The Stone Age | 4 | 4% | |
| Blur | 3 | 3% | |
| Muse | 3 | 3% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
| King Crimson | 2 | 2% | |
| Kanye West | 2 | 2% | |
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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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| ! | 05/09/2019 06:46 | Johnnyo | 2,557 | 80/100 |
| ! | 10/31/2016 20:31 | Seab | 2,005 | 93/100 |
| ! | 03/26/2016 07:52 |  SaulCortes1992 | 37 | 55/100 |
| ! | 03/25/2016 20:12 |  Cojo7 | 38 | 84/100 |
| ! | 03/25/2016 16:45 |  Nyoink77 | 272 | 89/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 87.1/100, a mean average of 87.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.3/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 8.9.
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From Johnnyo 05/09/2019 06:46 | #236028
7 albums in common. very nice chart
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From SaulCortes1992 03/26/2016 04:31 | #162591
SaulCortes1992 03/26/2016 04:31 | #162591
jajajajajajajaja
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From Cojo7 03/25/2016 20:12 | #162529
Cojo7 03/25/2016 20:12 | #162529
Too much britpop, but good list other then that.
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exileonthehell 03/25/2016 17:40 | #162508
exileonthehell 03/25/2016 17:40 | #162508
To me it starts on The Stone Roses
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From LedZep 03/25/2016 13:42 | #162487
LedZep 03/25/2016 13:42 | #162487
Great chart until I saw Kanye… Still good if you ignore that
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From LordMark 03/25/2016 11:24 | #162483
24 albums in common, including Queens of the Stone Age's self-titled debut!
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From timcrapnell 09/23/2015 18:30 | #150312
I have 45 of the albums in this chart. Nice one!
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Space-Dementia 09/23/2015 15:29 | #150300
Space-Dementia 09/23/2015 15:29 | #150300
Yes! I love this chart! I also love Muse!
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Davy 09/23/2015 13:13 | #150298
Davy 09/23/2015 13:13 | #150298
Great chart :D Really enjoyed reading your story on Absolution ;)
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From platus 09/23/2015 08:21 | #150293
Refreshing chart.
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