Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
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- Chart updated: 04/11/2011 16:57
- (Created: 04/12/2010 23:10).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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1976
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1,394
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1966
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24,824
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1983
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1,499
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1959
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21,811
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1967
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21,388
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1979
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856
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1980
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10,009
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1971
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38,231
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1979
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30,385
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 2 | 4% | |
| 1960s | 2 | 4% | |
| 1970s | 33 | 66% | |
| 1980s | 7 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 6 | 12% | |
| 2000s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Frank Zappa | 1 | 2% | |
| Miles Davis | 1 | 2% | |
| Van Morrison | 1 | 2% | |
| The Specials | 1 | 2% | |
| Meat Loaf | 1 | 2% | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | 1 | 2% | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1 | 2% | |
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24 | 48% | |
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15 | 30% | |
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3 | 6% | |
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2 | 4% | |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 10/10/2020 06:35 | Moondance | 476 | 85/100 | |
| 03/12/2015 22:11 |  paladisiac | 118 | 77/100 | |
| 02/09/2015 23:19 | mostlymor | 45 | 89/100 | |
| 12/03/2014 11:16 | BraddlesHendo | 496 | 91/100 | |
| 09/01/2013 10:47 |  sssvnnn | 2,870 | 83/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 79.1/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 12.4.
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From BraddlesHendo 12/03/2014 11:18 | #128595
Probably haven't checked this site for ages but your lust very good, quite different. Midnight Oil what a legendary album and Vanessa Mae what a babe
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From sssvnnn 09/01/2013 10:47 | #84959
sssvnnn 09/01/2013 10:47 | #84959
I can´t stand grandaddies dancing on stage in a school uniform...
but in a cool Chart like this even AC/DC is bearable.
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junodog4 01/09/2013 19:21 | #60834
junodog4 01/09/2013 19:21 | #60834
Lots of great music here... but I'm not a fan of the guitar-theatrics (Steve Vai, Joe Satch, etc...)
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From greendayareawesome 05/08/2010 13:53 | #11567
great chart
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From NathanTen 05/01/2010 15:15 | #11292
I have no idea how anything by Steve Vai or The Killers finds inclusion on a greatest albums of all-time list, but other than those frightful blemishes, some good stuff.
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From JeffN999 04/18/2010 23:27 | #10743
Interesting list. I assume you limited yourself to one album by each artist. You obviously haven't embraced the music of the past decade (or for the most part, the past two decades). It's cool that you march to your own drummer a little (if picking one Waits album - most would probably pick Rain Dogs, and not a lot of people would pick Some Girls over Exile, Sticky Fingers, or Let it Bleed). I can't really give any list that includes Billy Joel anything more than four stars and I think your list is a little light on the 60s, 90s, and 00s - but it has some interesting picks and a lot of great albums. Cheers.
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From EseChandler 04/18/2010 18:51 | #10735
I've seen you left a comment on my list. Four albums in common are "so many"? :D Anyway, your list is pretty good. There are some albums I've yet to enjoy.
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ffudnebbuh 04/16/2010 04:12 | #10677
ffudnebbuh 04/16/2010 04:12 | #10677
"Some Girls' has been on my own top 50, I think that it is an underrated album, I guess, because it had a hit single a lot of stones fans dismiss it..but I don't know really..
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From ffudnebbuh 04/16/2010 03:56 | #10676
ffudnebbuh 04/16/2010 03:56 | #10676
you should add another 25..
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RaineyWins 04/13/2010 04:10 | #10525
RaineyWins 04/13/2010 04:10 | #10525
I also love "Small Change", good list
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