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:

1,917 charts

Rank Score:

24,942

Rank in 1979:

3

Rank in 1970s:

9

Overall Rank:

38

Average Rating:

 86 (2,273 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:

660 charts

Rank Score:

4,347

Rank in 1969:

16

Rank in 1960s:

54

Overall Rank:

412

Average Rating:

 80 (753 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:

1,578 charts

Rank Score:

18,444

Rank in 2006:

1

Rank in 2000s:

7

Overall Rank:

66

Average Rating:

 83 (2,312 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:

1,611 charts

Rank Score:

25,042

Rank in 1959:

1

Rank in 1950s:

1

Overall Rank:

37

Average Rating:

 89 (2,213 votes)

Comments:

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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:

959 charts

Rank Score:

9,960

Rank in 1968:

6

Rank in 1960s:

27

Overall Rank:

158

Average Rating:

 84 (1,381 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:

1,628 charts

Rank Score:

18,725

Rank in 1968:

2

Rank in 1960s:

15

Overall Rank:

63

Average Rating:

 86 (1,919 votes)

Comments:

108

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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:

892 charts

Rank Score:

9,196

Rank in 1994:

8

Rank in 1990s:

36

Overall Rank:

176

Average Rating:

 83 (1,123 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:

491 charts

Rank Score:

3,496

Rank in 1987:

9

Rank in 1980s:

77

Overall Rank:

516

Average Rating:

 80 (624 votes)

Comments:

43

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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:

571 charts

Rank Score:

4,206

Rank in 1971:

20

Rank in 1970s:

102

Overall Rank:

426

Average Rating:

 82 (706 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:

72 charts

Rank Score:

344

Rank in 1979:

71

Rank in 1970s:

710

Overall Rank:

4,137

Average Rating:

 76 (67 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%
Bright Eyes	1	1%
The Libertines	1	1%
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	1	1%
Django Reinhardt	1	1%
The Stooges	1	1%
Leonard Cohen	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	56	56%
	33	33%
	5	5%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	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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100/100	04/05/2016 01:19	ObsoleteEntity	90	94/100
100/100	04/04/2016 20:42	rafalink	182	77/100
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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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