Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
by bigvern63

Chart updated: 02/19/2024 19:45
(Created: 04/04/2010 18:08).
Chart size: 40 albums.

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Closer

Joy Division

The last 4 tracks of 'Closer', for me, remain the most moving music I have ever heard. How much of that is influenced by what happened to Ian Curtis afterwards and his legacy, who knows, but the counter of that is that if he had not been in such a dark place, he would not have written these tracks in the first place. You simply can't fake this type of sound and whilst I loved New Order, nothing they produced matched that unique Joy Divisions sound. [First added to this chart: 08/23/2010]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,519 charts

Rank Score:

14,346

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Simply the best band of the last 25 years, Radiohead stand on the podium with the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin in producing quality album after quality album. The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A - all masterpieces that quite rightly sit in the top 20 of the overall BEA chart, but 'In Rainbows' is my favourite. Why? I am not sure, just love this record!! [First added to this chart: 08/23/2010]

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

2,990 charts

Rank Score:

40,329

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Average Rating:

89 (3,988 votes)

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399

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The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

Late to the party with Pink Floyd, remember hearing 'Another Brick in the Wall' when I was a teenager and felt it wasn't cutting edge enough for me. Then on flight to Dubai about 10 years, put the headphones and listened to this album and was blown away. It is a seamless piece of music, timeless in its appeal and I probably listen to this album as much as anything else now. The Dark Side of the Moon showed me the light when it cam to appreciating the brilliance of Pink Floyd. [First added to this chart: 08/23/2010]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,173 charts

Rank Score:

56,194

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As a Sussex lad myself for the last 45 years, I can say that The Cure are the best thing to come out of Crwaley (some might say the only good thing!!). They have it all, a dark edge, but a lightness too, very cool, without seemingly taking themselves too seriously and most importantly, they write some fantastic music. My initial introduction to them were the more pop orientated tracks (Love Cats, The Caterpillar), came back to Disintegration later on in life and it is undeniably their peak, not a bad track on the album, the lighter feel of some of the classic tracks like Lullaby and Love Song paving the way for the more dark, brooding sound of Prayers of Rain onwards. [First added to this chart: 03/25/2012]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,865 charts

Rank Score:

25,560

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Not sure there is anything more to say about The Beatles. From 'Rubber Soul through to 'Abbey Road', 5 classic albums that changed the face of popular music and displayed an inventiveness of sound that is often imitated to this day, rarely matched. Quite simply the best and the most influential band ever and 'Abbey Road' is my favourite of their great albums, flows from start to finish and aside from a couple of singalong duds, contains great tracks throughout, 'Golden Slumbers' being my favourite of all the songs on this record. [First added to this chart: 08/23/2010]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,777 charts

Rank Score:

53,876

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Average Rating:

92 (4,677 votes)

Comments:

477

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It's A Wonderful Life

Sparklehorse

[First added to this chart: 11/14/2014]

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

201 charts

Rank Score:

1,116

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239

Overall Rank:

1,530

Average Rating:

78 (188 votes)

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Turn On The Bright Lights

Interpol

[First added to this chart: 08/23/2010]

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,313 charts

Rank Score:

12,702

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Average Rating:

84 (1,652 votes)

Comments:

128

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Blur

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

614 charts

Rank Score:

3,770

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Overall Rank:

445

Average Rating:

79 (849 votes)

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Geogaddi

Boards Of Canada

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

411 charts

Rank Score:

3,328

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518

Average Rating:

80 (478 votes)

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Plastic Beach

Gorillaz

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

776 charts

Rank Score:

6,116

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261

Average Rating:

80 (1,275 votes)

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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	4	10%
1970s	11	28%
1980s	7	18%
1990s	7	18%
2000s	7	18%
2010s	3	8%
2020s	1	3%

Artist	Albums	%

The Smiths	2	5%
Radiohead	2	5%
Pink Floyd	2	5%
The Beatles	2	5%
The Who	1	3%
The Specials	1	3%
Sparklehorse	1	3%
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Country	Albums	%

	30	75%
	7	18%
	1	3%
	1	3%
	1	3%

Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 7 from 13th to 6th It's A Wonderful Life by Sparklehorse

Biggest fallers
Down 15 from 20th to 35th Master Of Reality by Black Sabbath
Down 8 from 17th to 25th In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
Down 8 from 29th to 37th Trans Europa Express by Kraftwerk

New entries
13 by Blur
Geogaddi by Boards Of Canada
Plastic Beach by Gorillaz
Music For The Masses by Depeche Mode
Tangk by Idles
Psyence Fiction by Unkle

Leavers
The Inevitable End by Röyksopp
High Violet by The National
Doolittle by Pixies
The Disintegration Loops I by William Basinski
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco
Definitely Maybe by Oasis

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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums ratings

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BestEverAlbums 10/30/2012 08:00 in Chart of the day (#382): By bigvern63

“Today's chart of the day Top 50 Greatest Music Albums by bigvern63 () 1. In Rainbows by Radiohead (2007) 2. Abbey Road by The Beatles (1969) 3. Kid A by Radiohead (2000) 4. Hunky Dory by David Bowie (1971) 5. Closer by Joy Division (1980) 6. The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles (1968) 7.…”

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Very nice