Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by micha122

my favorite songs whose albums are not included in the charts:
10.Beside You - Iggy Pop
9. Erase Me - Kid Cudi
8. I Know Its Over - Smiths
7. I`ve Just Seen A Face - Beatles
6. Near Wild Heaven - R.E.M.
5. Rock`n`Roll Nigger - Pattie Smith
4. Hey - Pixies
3. Spoonfull - Cream
2. Day I Tried To Live - Soundgarden
1. Oh, Jim - Lou Reed

• Chart updated: 05/22/2016 18:45
• (Created: 04/05/2014 02:16).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Unknown Pleasures 

 Joy Division

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[First added to this chart: 04/15/2014]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

1,963 charts

Rank Score:

23,059

Rank in 1979:

3

Rank in 1970s:

9

Overall Rank:

38

Average Rating:

 86 (2,315 votes)

Comments:

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The Stooges 

 The Stooges

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[First added to this chart: 04/21/2014]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

687 charts

Rank Score:

4,446

Rank in 1969:

16

Rank in 1960s:

53

Overall Rank:

389

Average Rating:

 80 (769 votes)

Comments:

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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 

 Arctic Monkeys

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The best nowadays [First added to this chart: 04/15/2014]

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

1,609 charts

Rank Score:

16,854

Rank in 2006:

1

Rank in 2000s:

7

Overall Rank:

70

Average Rating:

 83 (2,347 votes)

Comments:

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Kind Of Blue 

 Miles Davis

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Davis+Hendrix = a reason to build a time machine [First added to this chart: 04/15/2014]

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

1,638 charts

Rank Score:

23,583

Rank in 1959:

1

Rank in 1950s:

1

Overall Rank:

36

Average Rating:

 89 (2,260 votes)

Comments:

168

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White Light/White Heat 

 The Velvet Underground

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The beatles founded the mainstream, velvet underground the alternative [First added to this chart: 04/15/2014]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

986 charts

Rank Score:

9,468

Rank in 1968:

6

Rank in 1960s:

27

Overall Rank:

160

Average Rating:

 84 (1,400 votes)

Comments:

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Electric Ladyland 

 The Jimi Hendrix Experience

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The best guitarist of all time [First added to this chart: 04/15/2014]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,672 charts

Rank Score:

18,117

Rank in 1968:

2

Rank in 1960s:

14

Overall Rank:

58

Average Rating:

 86 (1,960 votes)

Comments:

109

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Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 

 Pavement

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[First added to this chart: 04/15/2014]

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

921 charts

Rank Score:

8,939

Rank in 1994:

8

Rank in 1990s:

36

Overall Rank:

172

Average Rating:

 83 (1,140 votes)

Comments:

86

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Sister 

 Sonic Youth

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[First added to this chart: 04/15/2014]

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

508 charts

Rank Score:

3,381

Rank in 1987:

9

Rank in 1980s:

80

Overall Rank:

523

Average Rating:

 80 (638 votes)

Comments:

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At Fillmore East 
Live

 The Allman Brothers Band

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[First added to this chart: 04/17/2014]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

594 charts

Rank Score:

4,068

Rank in 1971:

20

Rank in 1970s:

103

Overall Rank:

433

Average Rating:

 82 (715 votes)

Comments:

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A Trip To Marineville 

 Swell Maps

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[First added to this chart: 01/26/2015]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

73 charts

Rank Score:

249

Rank in 1979:

90

Rank in 1970s:

892

Overall Rank:

5,400

Average Rating:

 76 (69 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	7	7%
1960s	12	12%
1970s	13	13%
1980s	22	22%
1990s	20	20%
2000s	17	17%
2010s	9	9%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Arctic Monkeys	2	2%
Nirvana	1	1%
The Clash	1	1%
The Cure	1	1%
The Doors	1	1%
James Blake	1	1%
Rancid	1	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%
	57	57%
	33	33%
	5	5%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%
	1	1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 11 from 17th to 6th Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Up 9 from 27th to 18th A Love Supreme by John Coltrane
Up 3 from 32nd to 29th The Rolling Stones, Now! by The Rolling Stones

Biggest fallers
Down 36 from 20th to 56th My War by Black Flag
Down 29 from 9th to 38th Hex Enduction Hour by The Fall
Down 1 from 6th to 7th Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain by Pavement

New entries
Born Again by Black Sabbath

Leavers
Sabotage by Black Sabbath

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From ObsoleteEntity 04/05/2016 01:22

22 similar artists between our charts. I'd never heard the Swell Maps, though. Love them already. I love charts that introduce us to great stuff. Thanks for that! Chart added to faves.

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From rafalink 04/04/2016 20:43

One of the most interesting charts that I seen here on BEA.

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From louisjwyatt 04/04/2016 16:28

Still one of my favorite charts on the site. Swell Maps is massively underrated.

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From BraddlesHendo 04/04/2016 14:27

Can I borrow some of your fave albums to play

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From LAF2 04/10/2015 02:56

Fantastic.

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From maverick470 04/09/2015 19:56

Interesting chart. A lot of less popular works included by popular artists with the popular albums left out.

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From Gionzi 04/09/2015 18:57

I'm very intrigued by this chart. Many alternative albums to usual classics. Interesting choices.

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From reverendgreen 04/09/2015 18:08

Coolest chart I've ever seen!

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From louisjwyatt 04/09/2015 15:11

Sonic Youth, Dino Jr. and Swell Maps in the top ten? I dig it.

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From Secondsoul 04/09/2015 14:07

Excellent. Love the way you have covered all decades and included some great albums. Well Done!

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