Top 50 Greatest Music Albums by Kleinfall

My top 50 albums of all time list. I would love some ratings/feedback/suggestions/whatever. The list is definitely still a work in progress.

• Chart updated: 05/12/2011 00:22
• (Created: 05/01/2010 09:14).
• Chart size: 50 albums.

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Murmur 

 R.E.M.

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[First added to this chart: 03/01/2011]

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

1,136 charts

Rank Score:

10,359

Rank in 1983:

1

Rank in 1980s:

18

Overall Rank:

136

Average Rating:

 83 (1,414 votes)

Comments:

98

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Paul's Boutique 

 Beastie Boys

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[First added to this chart: 05/01/2010]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

865 charts

Rank Score:

6,752

Rank in 1989:

4

Rank in 1980s:

30

Overall Rank:

245

Average Rating:

 82 (1,037 votes)

Comments:

54

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Remain In Light 

 Talking Heads

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[First added to this chart: 11/25/2010]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

2,025 charts

Rank Score:

28,553

Rank in 1980:

1

Rank in 1980s:

3

Overall Rank:

26

Average Rating:

 87 (2,287 votes)

Comments:

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Doolittle 

 Pixies

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[First added to this chart: 05/08/2010]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,541 charts

Rank Score:

33,055

Rank in 1989:

1

Rank in 1980s:

2

Overall Rank:

18

Average Rating:

 88 (2,939 votes)

Comments:

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Purple Rain 
Soundtrack

 Prince And The Revolution

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[First added to this chart: 12/14/2010]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

1,426 charts

Rank Score:

16,250

Rank in 1984:

1

Rank in 1980s:

9

Overall Rank:

72

Average Rating:

 83 (1,650 votes)

Comments:

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Closer 

 Joy Division

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[First added to this chart: 11/09/2010]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,514 charts

Rank Score:

15,658

Rank in 1980:

2

Rank in 1980s:

11

Overall Rank:

79

Average Rating:

 85 (1,912 votes)

Comments:

125

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Surfer Rosa 

 Pixies

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[First added to this chart: 05/19/2010]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

1,309 charts

Rank Score:

12,446

Rank in 1988:

2

Rank in 1980s:

13

Overall Rank:

104

Average Rating:

 84 (1,863 votes)

Comments:

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Let It Be 

 The Replacements

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Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

825 charts

Rank Score:

7,576

Rank in 1984:

5

Rank in 1980s:

26

Overall Rank:

212

Average Rating:

 82 (932 votes)

Comments:

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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	9	18%
1970s	13	26%
1980s	8	16%
1990s	13	26%
2000s	7	14%
2010s	0	0%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
The Beatles	5	10%
The Rolling Stones	4	8%
Radiohead	4	8%
David Bowie	4	8%
Led Zeppelin	2	4%
R.E.M.	2	4%
Joy Division	2	4%
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Country	Albums	%
	24	48%
	21	42%
	2	4%
	2	4%
	1	2%

Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest fallers
Down 1 from 31st to 32nd Is This It by The Strokes
Down 1 from 32nd to 33rd The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
Down 1 from 33rd to 34th Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

New entries
Let It Be by The Replacements

Leavers
On Fire by Galaxie 500

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95/100	01/15/2017 17:00	Seab	2,007	93/100
85/100	08/08/2015 02:42	bluesbrew82	61	82/100
70/100	03/12/2014 22:51	mickilennial	715	77/100
85/100	03/09/2014 13:16	antiloopje	144	81/100
95/100	01/20/2014 20:31	tglegoman4	22	80/100

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From bluesbrew82 08/08/2015 02:43

Great chart, so far so good.

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From tglegoman4 01/20/2014 20:31

Kid A and Sgt. at the top.

Bravo man. This is a great list just from that observation.

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From btener11 08/28/2013 21:55

very nice

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From arthurbittencourt 06/05/2013 05:16

beautiful chart, almost perfect ( as nothing really is )

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From bigvern63 10/17/2012 21:35

Great chart, a lot of albums I love in there and I have been thinking about buying some music by Modest Mouse, as it features pretty high in your chart, I think I will take that as a recommendation.

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From Fedfan 10/17/2012 20:12

not a bad album in here, great list !

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From garypkelleher123 09/05/2012 14:15

Great list.

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From ProfessorSquid 04/20/2012 18:19

Same number one as me and thirteen of the same albums so it's fair to say I approve this chart.

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From Captain Spacker 04/13/2012 15:12

Got my top 10 in there so can't be too bad

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From album guru joe 11/25/2011 07:15

Great list :)

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