Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by Duke of Akershus 
- Chart updated: 11/10/2014 20:45
- (Created: 05/14/2010 19:55).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
Decade | Albums | % | |
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1930s | 0 | 0% | |
1940s | 0 | 0% | |
1950s | 0 | 0% | |
1960s | 10 | 10% | |
1970s | 28 | 28% | |
1980s | 12 | 12% | |
1990s | 11 | 11% | |
2000s | 26 | 26% | |
2010s | 13 | 13% | |
2020s | 0 | 0% |
Artist | Albums | % | |
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Led Zeppelin | 5 | 5% | |
Bruce Springsteen | 5 | 5% | |
Pink Floyd | 4 | 4% | |
Tom Waits | 4 | 4% | |
Black Sabbath | 3 | 3% | |
Rush | 3 | 3% | |
The Strokes | 3 | 3% | |
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Country | Albums | % | |
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42 | 42% | |
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37 | 37% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
Biggest climbers |
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![]() In Sorte Diaboli by Dimmu Borgir |
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Biggest fallers |
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![]() Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles |
![]() The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses |
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95/100 ![]() | 05/25/2018 14:24 | ![]() | ![]() | 91/100 |
90/100 ![]() | 01/26/2017 02:28 | Seab | ![]() | 93/100 |
70/100 ![]() | 01/09/2015 23:13 | ![]() | ![]() | 86/100 |
85/100 ![]() | 01/09/2015 20:52 | ![]() | ![]() | 87/100 |
75/100 ![]() | 01/09/2015 20:05 | Schnouttz | ![]() | 71/100 |
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Great chart. Good to see some love for Angles too.
Great list lots of love for Tom Waits and also including The Triffids Calenture is wonderful

To hell with originality. It's what you like and there is some good stuff on here.
interesting chart. 70s and 00s heavily represented. Nearly 25% crossover with my chart.

A great chart - good to see The Boss getting the recognition he deserves.
interesting. good spread.

A little bit standard but that doesn't matter. There are some interisting albums on there but also some that I don't get like adele's.

Aweasome chart diverses genres and decades and bands
Very Nice

Good and rustic Chart.
Good taste, I believe that everything that I don´t know sounds good.

Fantastic, it's great to see Nick Cave get some top ten love
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