The Top 50 Albums of All Time by Sound & Vision Magazine (2010)
To help celebrate Sound & Vision Magazine's 50th-anniversary year, the editors and critics selected their "Top 50 Albums of All Time".
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1966
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74,266
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1966
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34,036
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1968
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20,732
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1969
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22,639
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1965
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39,774
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1967
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68,629
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1971
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30,775
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1970
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8,356
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1971
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57,939
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1967
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59,670
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The Top 50 Albums of All Time composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 21 | 42% | |
| 1970s | 22 | 44% | |
| 1980s | 5 | 10% | |
| 1990s | 2 | 4% | |
| 2000s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 4 | 8% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 4 | 8% | |
| The Who | 3 | 6% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 4% | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 2 | 4% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 2 | 4% | |
| The Band | 2 | 4% | |
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The Top 50 Albums of All Time ratings
74/100 (from 66 votes)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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80/100  | 12/11/2020 07:56 |  pjohnsongolf | | 89/100 |
70/100 | 11/11/2020 13:00 | Larcx13 | | 83/100 |
55/100 | 09/25/2020 03:33 | ChadMiles | | 64/100 |
90/100 | 08/02/2020 17:59 |  Timestarter | | 89/100 |
70/100 | 07/10/2020 17:45 |  Goliath | | 86/100 |
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70/100
From Goliath 07/10/2020 17:49
Goliath 07/10/2020 17:49
Another magazine list that focuses on the ground breaking albums, not the great ones, (a subtle but important difference).
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45/100
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Jbalbinolr 11/22/2017 13:17
Jbalbinolr 11/22/2017 13:17
You won´t discover anything here.
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40/100
From EcethZig3010 04/12/2017 00:05
Lo mismo de siempre
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40/100
From gon2bed 07/08/2016 08:21
This is suppose to be all time but yet they have 42% for the 60's and 44% for the 70's... Anyone who loves this pole is clearly biased to these decades. There's plenty of albums as good as these decades worth.
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30/100
From mianfei 07/08/2016 00:33
Too routine and lacking any surprises, but at the same time free of most ludicrously overrated records.
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95/100
From stangetzaway 07/06/2016 12:30
Easily the best of the critics/writers polls that I've seen.
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75/100
From Azkushang 10/13/2015 00:44
Decent
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40/100
From gon2bed 02/07/2015 14:46
60's and 70's biased for a mag... Editors and critics need replacing now.
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75/100
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GandalfORiley345 03/27/2014 03:38
GandalfORiley345 03/27/2014 03:38
Are You Experienced it´shy far the best Jimi Hendrix album, Why Electric Ladyland
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70/100
From mascamangas 02/28/2014 11:17
I love 60´s, but repeats same bands far too much.
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