Top 90 Greatest Music Albums
by Big A2 
1-50: The essentials. These are the albums my life wouldn't be the same without. Decided with pen and paper off the top of my head very quickly. Organised into loose order later, also very quickly. It tends to stick to 60s-70s and may have too many "alt rock cliches", but screw it, I like what I like.
50-90: The best of the rest. They don’t necessarily mean to me what the top 50 do, but their impact on me still can't be overstated.
- Chart updated: 07/01/2017 05:45
- (Created: 03/19/2010 11:56).
- Chart size: 90 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 06/15/2013]
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1977
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18,473
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1967
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14,789
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[First added to this chart: 03/26/2010]
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1968
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35,166
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[First added to this chart: 07/15/2011]
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1968
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2,545
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[First added to this chart: 09/28/2011]
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1972
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40,468
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[First added to this chart: 07/23/2010]
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1979
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28,939
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[First added to this chart: 03/26/2010]
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1967
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40,371
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[First added to this chart: 07/23/2010]
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1969
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53,659
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[First added to this chart: 11/21/2015]
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1978
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2,196
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[First added to this chart: 03/29/2012]
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1969
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Total albums: 90. Page 1 of 9
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Top 90 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 32 | 36% | |
| 1970s | 44 | 49% | |
| 1980s | 8 | 9% | |
| 1990s | 3 | 3% | |
| 2000s | 3 | 3% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 6 | 7% | |
| Frank Zappa | 6 | 7% | |
| David Bowie | 5 | 6% | |
| Talking Heads | 3 | 3% | |
| Wire | 3 | 3% | |
| Can | 3 | 3% | |
| The Kinks | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 90 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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Down 1 from 62nd to 63rd |
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| ! | 03/05/2018 23:23 |  LedZep | 1,099 | 84/100 |
| ! | 03/05/2018 18:49 | BLO | 26 | 91/100 |
| ! | 03/05/2018 17:06 | Ulf | 185 | 80/100 |
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BestEverAlbums 03/05/2018 09:00 in Chart of the day (#2325): By Big A2“Today's chart of the day Top 90 Greatest Music Albums by Big A2 () 1. Marquee Moon by Television (1977) 2. Forever Changes by Love (1967) 3. The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles (1968) 4. We're Only In It For The Money by The Mothers of Invention (1968) 5. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy…”
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btener11 05/24/2013 20:22 | #77052
btener11 05/24/2013 20:22 | #77052
the clash were "the only punk band who really meant what they preached" ... really??
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EyeKanFly 05/24/2013 15:44 | #77006
EyeKanFly 05/24/2013 15:44 | #77006
It's a really great chart, and the comments for the first few albums are wonderful. However, it's only representative of about 15 years of music history ('65-'80) with two outliers (Freewheelin' & Speaking in Tongues). It makes a really fantastic pseudo-decade chart, but it's just very contained within that time period.
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Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/06/2016 12:23 | #174389
Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/06/2016 12:23 | #174389
Only 10 albums in common but I like this chart a lot. The bands of the 60's & 70's are still influencing current bands but the 60's/70's is where it started. I am also a big Bowie fan and its great to see the overlooked "Heroes" so high.
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xMUSICSNOBx 09/07/2016 00:57 | #174445
xMUSICSNOBx 09/07/2016 00:57 | #174445
Cohesive, yet diverse. Lots of stuff I've heard and liked, some stuff i didn't, but that is to be expected in any chart. Personally i would have Kid A higher, and do. But otherwise, good chart.
Suggestions:
Ghost Stories; Coldplay
What For?; Toro Y Moi
Calling out; EZTV
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rafalink 06/23/2015 17:00 | #144437
rafalink 06/23/2015 17:00 | #144437
Great list, but it's too full of cliche that I couldn't check anything differente to listen to. And it's a list based only in two decades, like mine, but that why I'm searching for some almbums from another decades (in my case 90's and 00's).
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