Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by patip1 
- Chart updated: 01/09/2017 23:45
- (Created: 04/05/2014 21:02).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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I've been a Beatles fan since I was 8 and had all their albums since I was 15 - I'm not going to change my mind - they are for me the greatest and 'Abbey Road' is a peak that will endure. The Band goes out with a classic array of well-constructed songs delivered while at the apex of their playing powers.
[First added to this chart: 04/06/2014]
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1969
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57,117
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An exercise of symphonic-like proportions.
[First added to this chart: 04/06/2014]
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1975
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44,681
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Fragile and delicate. Maybe the truest form of tragic artistic statement unaffected by commercialism.
[First added to this chart: 04/06/2014]
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1972
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17,534
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Perhaps the last of the truly great ones of my era?
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1995
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29,009
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Bewitching, child-like yet sensual.
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1995
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6,773
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Get on board this train!
[First added to this chart: 04/18/2014]
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1976
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12,096
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A true artist and incomparable performer. This compilation includes three classic songs: 'Black is the colour'...'Wild is the Wind' & 'Strange Fruit'. What a voice!
[First added to this chart: 05/01/2015]
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The Jamaican genius at his most searching.
[First added to this chart: 04/22/2014]
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1980
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1,363
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The name says it all - " Holland and Holland and Lamont Dozier too are here to make it all ok with you"
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I like Taylor and think she is talented beyond the gigantic machinery that propels her music to the masses.
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2012
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1,228
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 7 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 23 | 23% | |
| 1980s | 32 | 32% | |
| 1990s | 16 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2010s | 9 | 9% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| Radiohead | 3 | 3% | |
| David Bowie | 2 | 2% | |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 2 | 2% | |
| Prince | 2 | 2% | |
| Joy Division | 2 | 2% | |
| U2 | 2 | 2% | |
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32 | 32% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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| Parachutes by Coldplay |
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| A Head Full Of Dreams by Coldplay |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 06/09/2023 00:26 | mrmcrook | 769 | 92/100 |
| ! | 01/11/2023 00:41 | Moondance | 477 | 85/100 |
| ! | 08/10/2017 16:42 | iannicolson | 309 | 90/100 |
| ! | 04/09/2017 15:52 | Seab | 2,005 | 93/100 |
| ! | 01/31/2017 21:19 |  bobbyb5 | 725 | 90/100 |
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From mrmcrook 06/09/2023 00:27 | #297507
Good range of genres. Good whack of NZ bands represented.
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From Moondance 01/11/2023 00:42 | #292710
Cool chart - loving the NZ/Aussie selections (of course)!
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From bobbyb5 01/31/2017 21:24 | #184672
bobbyb5 01/31/2017 21:24 | #184672
A suggestion: maybe replace Supremes Greatest Hits with the far superior Anthology. Greatest Hits cuts off in 1966. It misses all their great 67 thru 70 hits. A LOT of them.
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From Rhett 10/25/2016 15:00 | #177412
Very interesting and worth digging into. Some really great albums on this chart. Also a terrible Coldplay album on this chart.
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LedZep 03/13/2016 15:19 | #161845
LedZep 03/13/2016 15:19 | #161845
Taylor Swift? :/ Good chart, it is a little confusing when you mix Taylor Swift with real musicians but it's still nice
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louisjwyatt 09/21/2015 23:23 | #150245
louisjwyatt 09/21/2015 23:23 | #150245
Very eclectic chart with many personal touches.
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From platus 09/21/2015 08:49 | #150215
This is an ok chart.
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SuedeSwede 11/09/2014 13:25 | #126570
SuedeSwede 11/09/2014 13:25 | #126570
Nice to see Young Marble Giants, Talk Talk, and Killing Joke here. Also a lot of picks that I have no clue about. The 10 Beatles is a little off-putting, alas, this is still very personal with a lot of flavour.
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jomth 11/09/2014 06:09 | #126556
jomth 11/09/2014 06:09 | #126556
Nice chart with a nice top 5 list
(10 beatles albums in the top 100 hmmm)
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HoldenM 11/09/2014 05:23 | #126554
HoldenM 11/09/2014 05:23 | #126554
Love how personal this is.
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