Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by mostlymor 
- Chart updated: 01/20/2024 14:15
- (Created: 06/24/2014 14:38).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 4 | 4% | |
| 1960s | 9 | 9% | |
| 1970s | 30 | 30% | |
| 1980s | 17 | 17% | |
| 1990s | 22 | 22% | |
| 2000s | 13 | 13% | |
| 2010s | 5 | 5% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Donald Fagen | 3 | 3% | |
| Steely Dan | 3 | 3% | |
| Joni Mitchell | 3 | 3% | |
| U2 | 2 | 2% | |
| Ben Folds Five | 2 | 2% | |
| Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 2 | 2% | |
| Frank Zappa | 2 | 2% | |
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53 | 53% | |
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26 | 26% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 14 from 70th to 56th Fantasy by Carole King |
| Up 12 from 69th to 57th What's Going On by Marvin Gaye |
| Up 12 from 30th to 18th This Is Hazelville by Captain |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 78 from 17th to 95th Weasels Ripped My Flesh by The Mothers Of Invention |
| Down 76 from 18th to 94th Hot Rats by Frank Zappa |
| Down 44 from 56th to 100th The Steamer by The Stan Getz Quartet |
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 American Gothicby David Ackles |
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 90/100  | 12/10/2021 13:08 |  Cytoma | | 90/100 |
| 100/100 | 02/17/2021 05:30 |  pjohnsongolf | | 89/100 |
| 40/100 | 12/06/2020 01:18 | DrewHamster | | 74/100 |
| 95/100 | 12/05/2020 17:46 |  seb7 | | 91/100 |
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seb7 07/22/2021 17:36
On a revisit: Personally, I don't like having compilations in my list, but you do you. !!!!!!!!!!STEVE /FUCKING/ MCQUEEN!!!!!!! is such an awesome album. I agree that it does totally encapsulate everything that was awesome about the 80s.
seb7 12/05/2020 17:46
Weird but great. Such interesting picks!
Yann 02/17/2019 21:39
Totally agree with your description of The Nightfly. Personal nostalgia matching the theme of nostagia of the album
good stuff on there but too much disco
DommeDamian 08/26/2017 07:56
Fine chart. Got a little too much disco for my taste, but some excellence in there too. Plus I really like your little descriptions, that makes the chart more interesting. :)
CharlieBarley 08/25/2017 05:34
Good chart, I enjoyed reading the comments, nice to see someone else who appreciates Radiohead's TKOL remix album, albeit it is not on my all-time chart but in my 2010s chart. I must admit that Reeling In The Years aside I have never heard any Steely Dan. I will have to listen to Aja and their greatest hits. Ditto Donald Fagen. Education of musical tastes is what this is all about for me. Enjoyed this chart, its eclectic and fun and I like how you placed The Eagles next to The Dead Kennedys. Cool stuff.
An interesting chart with a lot of personality. Steely Dan's Aja was buried deep in my playlist... thanks for the nudge ;)
Very good chart
O.T. 07/29/2017 20:30
Beautiful list. Personal but with arguments for nearly each choice. Funny how the german Steely Dan fans of our generation say "Gaucho" as the british say "Aja". I found the 80s quite interesting, but yes, I remember well too, when "Swoon" and "Steve McQueen" came out and how their beauty unfolded slowly. A friend of mine liked David Ackles a lot, maybe Steve Young would be a good companion or David Blue oder Mac Gayden but you might have them on your list already.
authorunknown 07/18/2017 14:55
Interesting list. Many good classic 70s, Bowie and Fagen but also some personal newer favorites like Sufjan, Josh Rouse, Pnau. AND Eg and Alice! I've been looking for that album for a while now....
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