Top 44 Greatest Music Albums by matthewpratt

Here's some of the best full-length albums of all time! 80% of each album are 4 and 5 stars.

• Chart updated: 04/06/2010 12:55
• (Created: 02/09/2010 08:36).
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Pornography 

 The Cure

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Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

713 charts

Rank Score:

5,963

Rank in 1982:

4

Rank in 1980s:

36

Overall Rank:

280

Average Rating:

 80 (986 votes)

Comments:

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Disintegration 

 The Cure

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Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,836 charts

Rank Score:

26,692

Rank in 1989:

2

Rank in 1980s:

4

Overall Rank:

30

Average Rating:

 86 (2,048 votes)

Comments:

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3.

Faith 

 The Cure

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Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

394 charts

Rank Score:

2,128

Rank in 1981:

7

Rank in 1980s:

124

Overall Rank:

819

Average Rating:

 78 (598 votes)

Comments:

23

4.

Black Celebration 

 Depeche Mode

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

370 charts

Rank Score:

2,705

Rank in 1986:

10

Rank in 1980s:

101

Overall Rank:

642

Average Rating:

 78 (502 votes)

Comments:

29

6.

Technique 

 New Order

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Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

373 charts

Rank Score:

2,197

Rank in 1989:

11

Rank in 1980s:

118

Overall Rank:

792

Average Rating:

 78 (506 votes)

Comments:

22

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First And Last And Always 

 The Sisters Of Mercy

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

138 charts

Rank Score:

785

Rank in 1985:

25

Rank in 1980s:

318

Overall Rank:

2,082

Average Rating:

 77 (173 votes)

Comments:

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In The Flat Field 

 Bauhaus

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

256 charts

Rank Score:

1,393

Rank in 1980:

32

Rank in 1980s:

202

Overall Rank:

1,247

Average Rating:

 78 (291 votes)

Comments:

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Hatful Of Hollow 

 The Smiths

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Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

629 charts

Rank Score:

6,142

Rank in 1984:

6

Rank in 1980s:

35

Overall Rank:

276

Average Rating:

 85 (1,041 votes)

Comments:

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20.

The Queen Is Dead 

 The Smiths

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

2,486 charts

Rank Score:

34,806

Rank in 1986:

1

Rank in 1980s:

1

Overall Rank:

16

Average Rating:

 88 (2,911 votes)

Comments:

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24.

The Joshua Tree 

 U2

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,855 charts

Rank Score:

18,496

Rank in 1987:

1

Rank in 1980s:

7

Overall Rank:

53

Average Rating:

 83 (2,452 votes)

Comments:

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Top 44 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	0	0%
1970s	1	2%
1980s	11	25%
1990s	22	50%
2000s	10	23%
2010s	0	0%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
The Cure	3	7%
Depeche Mode	2	5%
Mortal	2	5%
The Smiths	2	5%
Morrissey	2	5%
The Bravery	2	5%
Bush	1	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	21	48%
	19	43%
	2	5%
	1	2%
	1	2%

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90/100	01/19/2012 10:42	videoheadcleaner	250	85/100
70/100	12/30/2011 22:08	Johnnyo	2,523	80/100
80/100	09/23/2010 01:47	Steff3n	352	78/100
60/100	04/24/2010 03:19	macunaima	2	55/100
65/100	03/07/2010 10:51	cartoken	964	75/100

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From Timbo1564 05/16/2016 15:13

Some good ones here. I also like Sandra McCracken's In Feast or Fallow (2010) a lot.

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From macunaima 04/24/2010 10:19

Some great albums there. But I'd have liked to see a little more variety in styles.

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From cartoken 03/07/2010 18:54

many good choices.... except Sam's Town, which imo is the worst second album aver !!

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From videoheadcleaner 02/09/2010 15:08

Great seeing the three Cure albums, all of which I love as well. I like the 80s choices in the list as well.

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