Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by
jrs67 
This chart lists my favourite (and not necessarily the "best" or "greatest") albums of all time.
- Chart updated: 08/26/2015 13:15
- (Created: 02/14/2010 23:23).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 2 | 4% | |
| 1970s | 3 | 6% | |
| 1980s | 30 | 60% | |
| 1990s | 7 | 14% | |
| 2000s | 7 | 14% | |
| 2010s | 1 | 2% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Kate Bush | 3 | 6% | |
| U2 | 2 | 4% | |
| The National | 2 | 4% | |
| The Beatles | 2 | 4% | |
| The Smiths | 2 | 4% | |
| Fleetwood Mac | 2 | 4% | |
| Pretenders | 2 | 4% | |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 11 from 13th to 2nd Revolver by The Beatles |
| Up 8 from 44th to 36th Abbey Road by The Beatles |
| Up 6 from 12th to 6th The Dreaming by Kate Bush |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 13 from 2nd to 15th Boxer by The National |
| Down 12 from 5th to 17th Grace by Jeff Buckley |
| Down 8 from 39th to 47th London Calling by The Clash |
| New entries |
|---|
| Low by David Bowie |
| Sign "O" The Times by Prince |
| No Parlez by Paul Young |
| Leavers |
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| Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics |
| Horses by Patti Smith |
| Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized® |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 10/23/2018 10:29 | 133 | 82/100 | |
| ! | 01/24/2017 22:54 | Seab | 2,005 | 93/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2015 17:15 | vdnoorfr | 3 | 82/100 |
| ! | 11/22/2011 22:27 | 956 | 78/100 | |
| ! | 07/14/2011 16:29 | 1,251 | 79/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 70.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 19.8.
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A properly different chart to the usual conventions on this site. Love some of the choices. Plus, Kate Bush and The Smiths AND Prince all in the top 10...whew!
Hounds of Love truly is a gem. Glad it is your favourite within a long list of strong contenders! All the best to you, little light shining!
Great chart! Nice to see ABC!
Boxer is a great album!
No Beatles?
Awful. F-.
Sputnik's inclusion pushes my rating up to 90... Brilliant!
telefunker: "Mirage" may not be the best FM album ever, but it is my personal favorite. And that's basically what this list is about--- my 50 all-time favorite albums. "Mirage" was the first FM record I bought (thus, the sentimental value attached to it. Plus, the songs are very good if you give them half a chance!) while "Fleetwood Mac" and "Rumours" were more my parents' albums.
I love Boxer too. It's a great album. Some of these 80's era albums though, especially in the higher number range, I gotta wonder about. I guess you just dig synthesizer more than I do.
You, sir JRS, are made of win. Mostly because of Tori, but still.
how on hallowed earth is mirage the best fleetwood mac album? let alone 5th best of all time?
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