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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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 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| The Beatles | 5 | 10% | |
| David Bowie | 4 | 8% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 4 | 8% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 8% | |
| Nirvana | 2 | 4% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 2 | 4% | |
| R.E.M. | 2 | 4% | |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 1 from 31st to 32ndIs This It by The Strokes |
| Down 1 from 32nd to 33rdThe Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd |
| Down 1 from 33rd to 34thAladdin Sane by David Bowie |
| New entries |
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| Let It Be by The Replacements |
| Leavers |
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| On Fire by Galaxie 500 |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 01/15/2017 17:00 | Seab | 2,005 | 93/100 |
| ! | 08/08/2015 02:42 | bluesbrew82 | 61 | 82/100 |
| ! | 03/12/2014 22:51 | 715 | 77/100 | |
| ! | 03/09/2014 13:16 | 144 | 81/100 | |
| ! | 01/20/2014 20:31 | tglegoman4 | 22 | 80/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 86.6/100, a mean average of 86.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.7/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 8.4.
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Great chart, so far so good.
Kid A and Sgt. at the top.
Bravo man. This is a great list just from that observation.
very nice
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.
not a bad album in here, great list !
Great list.
Same number one as me and thirteen of the same albums so it's fair to say I approve this chart.
Got my top 10 in there so can't be too bad
Great list :)
Can't argue with Kid A at number 1!
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