Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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Ottokar 
"The long and winding road ..." would serve well as a motto for my chart.
You will find The Beatles as well as some punk rock.
To have the ultimate diversity in my chart I decided to have only one record per artist, and so my Top 100 consists of 100 different bands/artists.
Please feel free to comment on my chart.
- Chart updated: 04/24/2022 09:15
- (Created: 07/28/2014 11:44).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1974
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6,382
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1966
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46,259
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1997
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59,234
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1983
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521
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1992
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722
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2008
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3,101
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1975
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11,403
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I know most people prefer Dark Side Of The Moon - well, I don't
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1975
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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 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1970s | 27 | 27% | |
| 1980s | 26 | 26% | |
| 1990s | 26 | 26% | |
| 2000s | 15 | 15% | |
| 2010s | 3 | 3% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 1% |
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| Doves (UK) | 1 | 1% | |
| The Embrooks | 1 | 1% | |
| Goldfrapp | 1 | 1% | |
| Pixies | 1 | 1% | |
| Feist | 1 | 1% | |
| Salad | 1 | 1% | |
| Bauhaus | 1 | 1% | |
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61 | 61% | |
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21 | 21% | |
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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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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 11/13/2025 21:53 |  MadhattanJack | 355 | 86/100 |
| ! | 03/12/2025 13:57 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,090 | 86/100 |
| ! | 01/20/2023 22:06 | KineticEchoes02 | 110 | 88/100 |
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BestEverAlbums 01/20/2023 09:00 in Chart of the day (#4105): By Ottokar
BestEverAlbums 01/20/2023 09:00 in Chart of the day (#4105): By Ottokar“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Ottokar () 1. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis (1974) 2. Revolver by The Beatles (1966) 3. OK Computer by Radiohead (1997) 4. Burning From The Inside by Bauhaus (1983) 5. L by Godley & Creme (1978) 6. Nonsuch by XTC (1992) 7. The…”
View forum post →From BestEverAlbums 10/12/2021 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3640): By Ottokar
BestEverAlbums 10/12/2021 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3640): By Ottokar“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Ottokar () 1. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis (1974) 2. Revolver by The Beatles (1966) 3. OK Computer by Radiohead (1997) 4. Burning From The Inside by Bauhaus (1983) 5. L by Godley & Creme (1978) 6. Nonsuch by XTC (1992) 7. The…”
View forum post →From BestEverAlbums 02/11/2020 09:00 in Chart of the day (#3033): By Ottokar
BestEverAlbums 02/11/2020 09:00 in Chart of the day (#3033): By Ottokar“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Ottokar () 1. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis (1974) 2. Revolver by The Beatles (1966) 3. OK Computer by Radiohead (1997) 4. Burning From The Inside by Bauhaus (1983) 5. L by Godley & Creme (1978) 6. Nonsuch by XTC (1992) 7. The…”
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MadhattanJack 11/13/2025 21:57 | #311650
MadhattanJack 11/13/2025 21:57 | #311650
I really liked the Embrooks album - one of the better 60s-psychedelic garage-band retro/throwback albums I've heard, right up there with Naz Nomad & the Nightmares' "Give Daddy the Knife Cindy", The Orange Alabaster Mushroom, Jacco Gardner's "Cabinet Of Curiosities," and of course Bananagun. (Not quite at Dukes of Stratosphear level, but that's asking a lot.) Anyway, great chart! Very nice! (Edited)
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KineticEchoes02 01/20/2023 22:06 | #293105
I like it - you've done well to go with 1 album per artist! Good diversity, with some lesser known albums in there importantly mixed with the ultimate classics.
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Moondance 01/20/2023 09:51 | #293079
Cool chart ~ perhaps too much UK based music, but nice to see a couple of albums from south of the equator.
On this day when David Crosby departed planet Earth, it was nice to see CSNY's 'Deja Vu' in the chart - even if at #100.
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mianfei 10/16/2021 15:06 | #275093
I have mixed emotions about this chart. On the one hand, it has some rarely-seen artists (Japan, Godley and Creme, even Thomas Dolby and Manfred Mann could qualify as that), some uncommon but outstanding albums like ‘Miss America’, and as ‘Boltzmann’ said it is difficult to classify.
On the other hand, there is much familiar “alternative” music that I find underserving. Nirvana, Oasis, Green Day, the Sex Pistols, the Verve, Arcade Fire, and even ‘Peter Gabriel’ (IV) fit into this category.
Additionally, even with a one-album limit there are artists (Goldey and Creme, David Sylvian, Peter Gabriel) who clearly cheat that rule – something I have a bone with because if you limit the number of albums per artist this should logically apply equally to individual musicians.
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