Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by Amirkhosro

The order is kinda random after the top 10.
No live or classical albums.

Chart updated: 01/30/2025 20:15
(Created: 06/16/2014 08:31).
Chart size: 100 albums.

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A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

[First added to this chart: 06/16/2014]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,329 charts

Rank Score:

15,688

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Average Rating:

87 (1,505 votes)

Comments:

102

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White Light/White Heat

The Velvet Underground

[First added to this chart: 06/16/2014]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

987 charts

Rank Score:

9,046

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[First added to this chart: 12/16/2014]

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

101 charts

Rank Score:

484

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

529

Overall Rank:

3,100

Average Rating:

75 (129 votes)

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The Shape Of Jazz To Come

Ornette Coleman

[First added to this chart: 06/16/2014]

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

437 charts

Rank Score:

3,865

Rank in 1959:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

444

Average Rating:

81 (512 votes)

Comments:

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Hex Enduction Hour

The Fall

[First added to this chart: 10/05/2024]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

248 charts

Rank Score:

1,508

Rank in 1982:

Rank in 1980s:

183

Overall Rank:

1,152

Average Rating:

77 (254 votes)

Comments:

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Passion: Music For The Last Temptation Of Christ
Soundtrack

Peter Gabriel

[First added to this chart: 06/16/2014]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

148 charts

Rank Score:

880

Rank in 1989:

Rank in 1980s:

294

Overall Rank:

1,887

Average Rating:

76 (207 votes)

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Tago Mago

Can

[First added to this chart: 10/28/2014]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

952 charts

Rank Score:

9,410

Rank in 1971:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

150

Average Rating:

83 (1,048 votes)

Comments:

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Geogaddi

Boards Of Canada

[First added to this chart: 02/08/2016]

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

400 charts

Rank Score:

3,407

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

516

Average Rating:

80 (467 votes)

Comments:

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Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

[First added to this chart: 06/16/2014]

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

1,649 charts

Rank Score:

22,176

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[First added to this chart: 06/16/2014]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

916 charts

Rank Score:

7,546

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

205

Average Rating:

83 (1,098 votes)

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	5	5%
1960s	13	13%
1970s	27	27%
1980s	13	13%
1990s	21	21%
2000s	15	15%
2010s	6	6%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%

Miles Davis	3	3%
Radiohead	3	3%
Aphex Twin	3	3%
Charles Mingus	3	3%
The Fall	2	2%
Boards Of Canada	1	1%
J Dilla	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	52	52%
	34	34%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	1	1%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Live?	Albums	%
No	94	94%
Yes	6	6%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	98	98%
Yes	2	2%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 1 from 12th to 11th Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar

Biggest fallers
Down 1 from 11th to 12th Third by Soft Machine
Down 1 from 17th to 18th Untrue by Burial
Down 1 from 18th to 19th The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico

New entries
Perfect From Now On by Built To Spill

Leavers
Free Jazz by Ornette Coleman Double Quartet

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RevolverCB72 05/23/2023 09:26 | #297181

Very eclectic chart and nice to see a lot of the classic Jazz albums high up there.

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From Moondance 10/15/2022 03:57 | #290490

Good, different ~

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From Johnnyo 10/14/2022 19:25 | #290471

Lots of great picks here. Love this chart

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From Johnnyo 10/01/2022 18:08 | #290099

Excellent chart

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Amirkhosro 11/06/2021 21:25 | #275939

@plasticships My pleasure.

@rockbluesfolkjaz If you dig Untrue I recommend checking out his EP's, particularly Kindered and Rival Dealer. Great stuff with some unexpectedly hype and heavy songs here and there.

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rockbluesfolkjaz 10/19/2021 18:24 | #275182

A lot of interesting choices here, many of which I'm unfamiliar with. I'm listening to "Untrue" as I write this.

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plasticships 08/04/2021 03:00 | #272239

Thanks for turning me on to so much great music.

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From RioBravo 06/08/2021 03:32 | #270698

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From RioBravo 06/10/2021 17:57 | #270523

@Amir interesting quote, man. Looked for it and found its context - an open letter to Miles Davis, a known "reality-escaping" heroin addict. Here's the full paragraph:
"Just because I'm playing jazz I don't forget about me. I play or write me the way I feel through jazz, or whatever. Music is, or was, a language of the emotions. If someone has been escaping reality, I don't expect him to dig my music, and I would begin to worry about my writing if such a person began to really like it. My music is alive and it's about the living and the dead, about good and evil. It's angry yet it's real because it knows it's angry."

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Amirkhosro 06/08/2021 17:15 | #270475

@RioBravo I'mm see that video very soon. I've been on a heavy Mingus kick lately, listening to his relatively lesser known records as well the classics. Interesting quote by him I saw the other day: “If someone has been escaping reality, I don't expect him to dig my music.” Don't know why, but it makes sense.

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