Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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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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[First added to this chart: 06/16/2014]
Year of Release:
1965
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15,525
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[First added to this chart: 06/16/2014]
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1968
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8,797
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[First added to this chart: 12/16/2014]
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[First added to this chart: 06/16/2014]
Year of Release:
1959
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3,880
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[First added to this chart: 10/05/2024]
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1982
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1,481
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[First added to this chart: 06/16/2014]
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1989
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866
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[First added to this chart: 10/28/2014]
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1971
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9,197
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[First added to this chart: 02/08/2016]
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2002
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3,387
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[First added to this chart: 06/16/2014]
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1959
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21,864
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[First added to this chart: 06/16/2014]
Year of Release:
1970
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7,406
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 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% |
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| Radiohead | 3 | 3% | |
| Aphex Twin | 3 | 3% | |
| Charles Mingus | 3 | 3% | |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 3% | |
| The Fall | 2 | 2% | |
| Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band | 1 | 1% | |
| Fleetwood Mac | 1 | 1% | |
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52 | 52% | |
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34 | 34% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 12th to 11thGood Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 11th to 12thThird by Soft Machine |
| Down 1 from 17th to 18thUntrue by Burial |
| Down 1 from 18th to 19thThe Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico |
| New entries |
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| Perfect From Now On by Built To Spill |
| Leavers |
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| Free Jazz by Ornette Coleman Double Quartet |
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| ! | 01/31/2025 18:43 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,095 | 85/100 |
| ! | 10/30/2024 14:35 |  Tamthebam | 651 | 85/100 |
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From RevolverCB72 05/23/2023 09:26 | #297181
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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rockbluesfolkjaz 10/19/2021 18:24 | #275182
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
plasticships 08/04/2021 03:00 | #272239
Thanks for turning me on to so much great music.
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From leniad 10/18/2020 00:05 | #259389
good picks and variety
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Boltzmann 10/05/2020 21:54 | #259042
Boltzmann 10/05/2020 21:54 | #259042
A lot of personality shines through here and there, enjoying The Feelies at the moment.
Funny that you say you only add "pop" music, since I do the same, but I consider jazz as non-"pop" as well; to me there was clear distinction and major gap made with rock 'n' roll -"major" as in "important" not so much "big", since of course rock 'n' roll had one leg in jazz for at least two decades - similar to the gap between classical and jazz in the early 20th century in the sense that there was a clear disdain coming from the more traditional side. Anyway, not sure what I want to achieve with this... just like to philosophize about the way music evolves.
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salahshoori 09/20/2020 23:30 | #258481
salahshoori 09/20/2020 23:30 | #258481
SAW II higher than WLWH and Confield, That's interesting!
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Facetious 04/16/2020 12:55 | #250022
Facetious 04/16/2020 12:55 | #250022
My favourite Nusrat album is probably Shahen Shah or Shahbaaz. The others I mentioned are great too.
Also, I second all of doubleA's recommendations (apart from Entain, which I haven't heard), especially Quique.
Btw what's your opinion of each disc of The Velvet Underground Super Deluxe Edition?
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