Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
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chrisdread 
If I could only have 50 albums, it would be these.
- Chart updated: 05/14/2010 17:51
- (Created: 05/06/2010 02:55).
- 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 | 14 | 28% | |
| 1980s | 15 | 30% | |
| 1990s | 7 | 14% | |
| 2000s | 5 | 10% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| The Clash | 3 | 6% | |
| Frank Zappa | 2 | 4% | |
| Radiohead | 2 | 4% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 4% | |
| Roxy Music | 2 | 4% | |
| David Bowie | 2 | 4% | |
| Talking Heads | 2 | 4% | |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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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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| ! | 03/01/2018 22:33 |  paladisiac | 119 | 77/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2016 00:12 |  buzzdainer | 669 | 90/100 |
| ! | 02/19/2014 10:42 |  sssvnnn | 2,865 | 83/100 |
| ! | 11/07/2013 12:16 |  Bach | 956 | 78/100 |
| ! | 10/06/2013 23:09 |  NickVolos | 112 | 92/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 82.6/100, a mean average of 79.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.7/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 14.1.
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buzzdainer 07/07/2016 00:12 | #170727
Forever Changes, London Calling, and Doolittle in your top six is a fine way to start. I'd love to see you expand this to 100 at some point.
sssvnnn 02/19/2014 10:42 | #103596
Very good Chart.
NickVolos 10/06/2013 22:43 | #87755
Nice to see "Forever Changes" at the top, where it truly belongs. And "Wizard, A True Star" in the list.
I find it original but I find some choices overestimated (Zappa, Chumbawamba). It's a great chart anyway :)
Triple Seis 07/30/2010 09:06 | #13880
Increible chart, Frank Zappa, Roxy Music. Impresionante, felicitaciones
Was not Was...I love it.
I don't know if I should love it or hate it. 10 out of 10 for doin' you own thing though.
Impeccable taste, good sir: I deducted 5% for your stubborn refusal to acknowledge 'you know who'!
covecove 06/09/2010 04:35 | #12731
I enyoed The The as part of the chart it is a really enigmatic choice and it definitely kept my attention going
Interesting
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