Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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- Chart updated: 01/18/2018 06:15
- (Created: 07/25/2014 14:16).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Avant-Garde Jazz/Third Stream
Favorite Song: B - Trio and Group Dancers
Favorite Song: B - Trio and Group Dancers
Year of Release:
1963
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12,804
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Spiritual Jazz/Avant-Garde Jazz
Favorite Song: A Love Supreme Pt. III - Persuance [First added to this chart: 01/15/2018]
Favorite Song: A Love Supreme Pt. III - Persuance [First added to this chart: 01/15/2018]
Year of Release:
1965
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15,591
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West Coast Hip Hop/Conscious Hip Hop
Favorite Song: Mortal Man [First added to this chart: 07/18/2015]
Favorite Song: Mortal Man [First added to this chart: 07/18/2015]
Year of Release:
2015
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31,304
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Neo-Psychedelia/Psychedelic Rock
Favorite Song: Mind Mischief [First added to this chart: 08/03/2014]
Favorite Song: Mind Mischief [First added to this chart: 08/03/2014]
Year of Release:
2012
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14,505
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Punk Rock/New Wave
Favorite Song: Lost in the Supermarket [First added to this chart: 07/18/2015]
Favorite Song: Lost in the Supermarket [First added to this chart: 07/18/2015]
Year of Release:
1979
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30,585
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Shoegaze/Dream Pop
Favorite Song: When The Sun Hits [First added to this chart: 07/27/2014]
Favorite Song: When The Sun Hits [First added to this chart: 07/27/2014]
Year of Release:
1993
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Rank Score:
10,807
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Grunge/Alternative Rock
Favorite Song: Lithium [First added to this chart: 05/19/2017]
Favorite Song: Lithium [First added to this chart: 05/19/2017]
Year of Release:
1991
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37,752
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East Coast Hip Hop/Conscious Hip Hop
Favorite Song: Thieves In The Night [First added to this chart: 07/25/2014]
Favorite Song: Thieves In The Night [First added to this chart: 07/25/2014]
Year of Release:
1998
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1,391
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Shoegaze
Favorite Song: To Here Knows When [First added to this chart: 07/25/2014]
Favorite Song: To Here Knows When [First added to this chart: 07/25/2014]
Year of Release:
1991
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28,313
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Southern Hip Hop/Conscious Hip Hop
Favorite Song: Rosa Parks [First added to this chart: 07/27/2014]
Favorite Song: Rosa Parks [First added to this chart: 07/27/2014]
Year of Release:
1998
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5,987
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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 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1970s | 3 | 3% | |
| 1980s | 9 | 9% | |
| 1990s | 23 | 23% | |
| 2000s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 43 | 43% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Run The Jewels | 1 | 1% | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1 | 1% | |
| The Roots | 1 | 1% | |
| Charles Mingus | 1 | 1% | |
| The Weeknd | 1 | 1% | |
| Purity Ring | 1 | 1% | |
| Binary Star | 1 | 1% | |
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66 | 66% | |
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14 | 14% | |
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10 | 10% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 1st to 2ndA Love Supreme by John Coltrane |
| Down 1 from 2nd to 3rdTo Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar |
| Down 1 from 3rd to 4thLonerism by Tame Impala |
| New entries |
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| The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus |
| Leavers |
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| Plans by Death Cab For Cutie |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 04/17/2025 17:32 | DrewHamster | 316 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/27/2024 14:28 | Johnnyo | 2,570 | 80/100 |
| ! | 08/06/2021 21:10 |  BARDAMU | 8 | 80/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2020 00:43 |  FunkyStudent21 | 18 | 83/100 |
| ! | 11/14/2018 00:02 |  JulianR | 570 | 75/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 87.1/100, a mean average of 88.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.4/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 9.4.
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From Johnnyo 08/27/2024 14:28 | #304988
Very, very good chart.
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From BARDAMU 08/06/2021 21:10 | #272307
BARDAMU 08/06/2021 21:10 | #272307
We hardly knew ye. Peace out, my man.
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From JulianR 11/14/2018 00:05 | #224891
JulianR 11/14/2018 00:05 | #224891
Cool selection! The one thing that confuses me is that your two favorite albums of all time are both jazz albums, and then there isn't a single other jazz album in the whole chart! That feels a bit like fishing for clout. Or you just have very, very specific taste in jazz.... Anyway, the chart is full of great picks! Keep it up
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pjohnsongolf 11/13/2018 18:41 | #224880
pjohnsongolf 11/13/2018 18:41 | #224880
Great chart!Im gonna have to check out that Mingus album!
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DommeDamian 11/13/2018 10:52 | #224868
DommeDamian 11/13/2018 10:52 | #224868
"Hiding like thieves in the night from life / Illusions of oasis makin' you look twice" :0
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ForegroundNoise 11/13/2018 09:52 | #224867
ForegroundNoise 11/13/2018 09:52 | #224867
Really really like the pics, great mix of artists and genres - excluding the pre-90s. This is a good start to a greatest ever album chart but having had a quick sift through your ratings I feel there's a lot of undiscovered gems of the older decades that you're missing out on. Here's a few I think you might enjoy:
Can - Ege Bamyasi (1972)
The Stooges - Fun House (1970)
Nico - Chelsea Girl (1967)
Neil Young - Harvest (1972)
Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden (1988)
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From Scoott 10/24/2017 23:31 | #200037
Love most of the albums with a couple here and there that I absolutely hate- which means this is a pretty good chart
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LedZep 10/24/2017 17:37 | #200017
LedZep 10/24/2017 17:37 | #200017
Love that Tycho album you've included! My favourite has to be Past Is Prologue though, you can check that one if you haven't already.
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From platus 10/24/2017 12:38 | #200014
Ok chart
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From TheKing 03/25/2017 09:33 | #188047
Wow. This is amazing. Every album here was soothing, love your honesty
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