Top 95 Greatest Music Albums
by menz812 
I've decided to revisit my rankings after multiple years and listening to a whole lot more music. Looking forward to rejoining the community.
- Chart updated: 06/26/2020 02:45
- (Created: 04/29/2014 04:04).
- Chart size: 95 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2014]
Year of Release:
1975
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42,478
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This album was my gateway into a whole genre of music, and made me fall in love with the idea of listening to albums from the first track to the end, rather than song by song. The album also has one of my favorite songs to hear live (Wake Up), as my favorite song of the decade (Rebellion)
[First added to this chart: 04/29/2014]
Year of Release:
2004
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32,387
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2014]
Year of Release:
1971
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36,913
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[First added to this chart: 06/23/2014]
Year of Release:
2002
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16,350
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2014]
Year of Release:
1973
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56,996
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What I love about listening to this album is you can listen to the song that lasts just a few minutes, and then you can find a live track where they just open up the song and explore it in so many ways.
[First added to this chart: 06/11/2017]
Year of Release:
1970
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4,250
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[First added to this chart: 04/13/2015]
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2012
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13,761
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2014]
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2010
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18,704
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This was the album that I listened to throughout my time studying abroad in South Africa, so I typically associate it with a lot of special memories. From a musical standpoint, Sleeping Lessons is a top 10 song of the 2000s for me, and Australia is typically a song I will reference when people ask for a playlist of spectacular, easily accessible/enjoyable songs.
[First added to this chart: 04/29/2014]
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2007
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2,224
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2014]
Year of Release:
1977
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21,339
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Total albums: 95. Page 1 of 10
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Top 95 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 10 | 11% | |
| 1970s | 21 | 22% | |
| 1980s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1990s | 6 | 6% | |
| 2000s | 31 | 33% | |
| 2010s | 23 | 24% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Pink Floyd | 5 | 5% | |
| Arcade Fire | 4 | 4% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 3% | |
| Wilco | 3 | 3% | |
| The Shins | 3 | 3% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
| Vampire Weekend | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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54 | 57% | |
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29 | 31% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 95 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 10 from 58th to 48thKaputt by Destroyer |
| Up 5 from 11th to 6thAmerican Beauty by Grateful Dead |
| Up 3 from 49th to 46thBoxer by The National |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 20 from 69th to 89thTorches by Foster The People |
| Down 8 from 42nd to 50thEl Camino by The Black Keys |
| Down 4 from 30th to 34thLondon Calling by The Clash |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 06/10/2018 05:30 | panapsal | 231 | 93/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2018 22:48 | iannicolson | 307 | 90/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2018 21:38 | vancevisuals | 206 | 85/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2018 17:23 |  Rhyner | 1,452 | 99/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2018 12:25 | PaperVinnie | 451 | 81/100 |
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vancevisuals 06/09/2018 21:39 | #216429
American Beauty, Heroes, Imagine and Crime of the Century plus my two favorite Pink Floyd albums in your top ten make for a good list
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Ulf 06/09/2018 09:42 | #216394
noice
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manurock 06/09/2018 09:12 | #216392
When I saw you had Funeral #1 I clicked on your chart decided to give you a bad rating but your comment to why you rank it #1 makes complete sense and has made me appreciate a little more that album. Nice chart overall.
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platus 11/08/2017 20:44 | #200995
Good chart!
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quadrophenia17 03/11/2017 18:46 | #187284
Where's the commentary?
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Lgk21 03/11/2017 13:33 | #187278
Great choices, I'd love to see some commentary on them.
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jhuik 07/09/2016 11:06 | #170933
jhuik 07/09/2016 11:06 | #170933
26 in common, yo. Good variety of styles and eras.
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ShadowColossi 02/15/2016 05:46 | #159776
ShadowColossi 02/15/2016 05:46 | #159776
Very nice. suprisingly similar to my own
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n8rob 12/09/2015 23:46 | #154247
Dude, this is great. Nice choices. I love how you're so heavy in the 00's, 10's, and 70's, inexplicably.
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LittleMatt 12/09/2015 14:16 | #154219
Solid List
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