Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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deadhouse 
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- Chart updated: 05/24/2026 16:45
- (Created: 07/07/2014 21:26).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1970
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8,740
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1971
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8,742
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1965
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14,620
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1980
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14,248
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1972
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5,056
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1967
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37,066
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1959
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6,784
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1996
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3,551
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1985
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11,099
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1996
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681
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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 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1960s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1970s | 25 | 25% | |
| 1980s | 18 | 18% | |
| 1990s | 25 | 25% | |
| 2000s | 7 | 7% | |
| 2010s | 5 | 5% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Miles Davis | 6 | 6% | |
| Swans | 6 | 6% | |
| Black Sabbath | 4 | 4% | |
| Can | 4 | 4% | |
| Skinny Puppy | 3 | 3% | |
| The Velvet Underground | 3 | 3% | |
| Charles Mingus | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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49 | 49% | |
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20 | 20% | |
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8 | 8% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 09/13/2020 15:09 | RioBravo | 200 | 84/100 |
| ! | 07/06/2019 18:59 | vruslov | 582 | 89/100 |
| ! | 09/22/2017 14:48 |  LedZep | 1,099 | 84/100 |
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BestEverAlbums 07/02/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5361): By deadhouse
BestEverAlbums 07/02/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5361): By deadhouse“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1970) 2. by by (1965) 4. (1980) 5. by by (1967) 7. by (1959) 8. by by (1985) 10. by (1967) 12. by (1971) 13. by (1959) 14. by (1970) 15. by (1968) 16. by by (1979) 19. by (1966) 20. by (1969) 21. by (1960) 22. by (1959) 23. by…”
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Decurso TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/17/2014 09:17 | #116931
Decurso TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/17/2014 09:17 | #116931
John Coltrane and Death. That cracked me up! Great the way it shifts gears back and forth between metal and jazzy/avant garde type stuff. Very unique tastes.
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sssvnnn 02/14/2017 20:49 | #185586
sssvnnn 02/14/2017 20:49 | #185586
Very good chart.
You ranked a lot of my favourite artists very high: Miles, Tom Waits, Velvet Underground.
So I like it.
(Maybe a little bit too dark and neurotic?) (Edited)
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greatson 07/09/2014 08:32 | #116331
greatson 07/09/2014 08:32 | #116331
Great metal to jazz chart!
It´s not always my personal taste but I respect your chart a lot!
Very knowledgable and energetic!
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BorderFreeAndrew 07/02/2026 12:30 | #315143
I'm the kind of person who, whenever I look at the chart of the day I go straight to the Countries list to see if they have anything good from outside the typical Anglosphere (US,UK,Aus,Canada). Then I sigh with disappointment if their main non-English countries are Norway and Sweden because it inevitably means they have a lot of one of my least favorite genres - death/black metal. Sorry, but I get enough headaches as it is. So the last thing I need raping my ears is brutal sheets of noise with cookie monster screams on top. So due to my anti-tinnitus bias, I'll refrain from rating your chart. But hey, nice to see some Can, Waits, and Cohen in your top 20. (Edited)
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LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/22/2017 14:49 | #198528
LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/22/2017 14:49 | #198528
That's what I call master chart. Well done, fantastic albums (Edited)
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