Top 40 Greatest Music Albums by bigvern63

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• (Created: 04/04/2010 18:08).
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Closer 

 Joy Division

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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:

1,513 charts

Rank Score:

15,664

Rank in 1980:

2

Rank in 1980s:

11

Overall Rank:

79

Average Rating:

 85 (1,912 votes)

Comments:

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Disintegration 

 The Cure

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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:

1,832 charts

Rank Score:

26,864

Rank in 1989:

2

Rank in 1980s:

4

Overall Rank:

30

Average Rating:

 86 (2,043 votes)

Comments:

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Music For The Masses 

 Depeche Mode

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Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

490 charts

Rank Score:

3,721

Rank in 1987:

8

Rank in 1980s:

70

Overall Rank:

471

Average Rating:

 79 (611 votes)

Comments:

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The Queen Is Dead 

 The Smiths

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

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

2,484 charts

Rank Score:

35,195

Rank in 1986:

1

Rank in 1980s:

1

Overall Rank:

16

Average Rating:

 88 (2,906 votes)

Comments:

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Bend Sinister 

 The Fall

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

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

78 charts

Rank Score:

302

Rank in 1986:

63

Rank in 1980s:

680

Overall Rank:

4,629

Average Rating:

 76 (84 votes)

Comments:

5

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Meat Is Murder 

 The Smiths

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

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

825 charts

Rank Score:

6,441

Rank in 1985:

4

Rank in 1980s:

33

Overall Rank:

260

Average Rating:

 82 (1,284 votes)

Comments:

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Fisherman's Blues 

 The Waterboys

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

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

224 charts

Rank Score:

1,362

Rank in 1988:

21

Rank in 1980s:

206

Overall Rank:

1,274

Average Rating:

 79 (225 votes)

Comments:

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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	%
Pink Floyd	2	5%
The Beatles	2	5%
The Smiths	2	5%
Radiohead	2	5%
Swans	1	3%
Ian Brown	1	3%
The Clash	1	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	31	78%
	7	18%
	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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95/100	11/04/2016 21:38	Seab	2,007	93/100
85/100	02/23/2016 10:08	ShadowColossi	93	88/100
95/100	10/08/2015 14:29	luis721	173	93/100
90/100	10/22/2014 06:56	greatson	904	80/100
90/100	10/08/2014 21:45	Martinborras	300	79/100

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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 85.9/100, a mean average of 84.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.0/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 11.6.

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From ShadowColossi 02/23/2016 10:08

Very nice

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From greatson 10/22/2014 06:56

Classical and a bit melancholic chart - well done so far!

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From sssvnnn 02/21/2014 23:08

Good

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From Santiago 02/07/2014 17:19

Great chart! All the right records!

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From MrFrogger 06/09/2013 22:42

Really, really great, love seeing Closer up there

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From KinkyAfro 04/19/2013 22:05

Wow! we share the same no1 and the only other chart ive ever seen Music of the Spheres in. Also Electronic in there as well, love it. Not a fan of Bowie but other than that this is great.

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From album guru joe 10/31/2012 06:20

Very good chart :)

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From junodog4 10/30/2012 15:40

You must have been blown away by In Rainbows... This is a strong chart.

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From Fedfan 10/17/2012 20:33

I'm in love with your list,also lots of stuff that just didn't make my top 50 in here :D

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From silverwing 04/01/2012 00:25

For me it hits and misses (through my own personal taste, rather than quality of the albums) but I think your top 10 is pretty darn solid. Good chart! :)

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