Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
philbutrin 
This chart is still a work in progress... content & ranking will change as I explore the site more and find albums I've missed :-)
:-)
- Chart updated: 09/01/2015 22:15
- (Created: 07/31/2014 23:28).
- 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 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 7 | 7% | |
| 1980s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1990s | 54 | 54% | |
| 2000s | 16 | 16% | |
| 2010s | 4 | 4% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Throwing Muses | 5 | 5% | |
| Medicine | 3 | 3% | |
| Pixies | 2 | 2% | |
| Cocteau Twins | 2 | 2% | |
| Pale Saints | 2 | 2% | |
| Fleetwood Mac | 2 | 2% | |
| Red House Painters | 2 | 2% | |
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59 | 59% | |
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26 | 26% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 12 from 27th to 15th Disintegration by The Cure |
| Up 2 from 25th to 23rd Hips And Makers by Kristin Hersh |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 4 from 22nd to 26th Throwing Muses (1986) by Throwing Muses |
| Down 1 from 15th to 16th Antarctica by Windy And Carl |
| Down 1 from 16th to 17th New Grape Time by New Grape |
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| Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | philbutrin | 2000s decade chart | 2014 | |
| Top 98 Music Albums of 1993 | philbutrin | 1993 year chart | 2014 | |
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| Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | DanielU | 1990s decade chart | 2020 |  |
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| 4AD Music |  CellarDoor | Custom chart | 2014 |  |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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80/100  | 03/20/2025 14:09 | SomethingSpecial | | 85/100 |
100/100 | 02/17/2021 05:42 |  pjohnsongolf | | 89/100 |
100/100 | 10/08/2020 13:54 | Steppenwolf666 | | 89/100 |
80/100 | 12/20/2018 15:25 |  DommeDamian | | 89/100 |
90/100 | 12/05/2018 13:12 |  Julelios | | 89/100 |
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Julelios 12/05/2018 13:13
Very good chart !
JulianR 10/30/2017 21:59
some shoegaze I would recommend: (artist- album)
Panda Riot - Infinity Maps
A Place to Bury Strangers - Exploding Head
Alison's Halo - Eyedazzler
and of course check out Slowdive
JulianR 08/17/2017 21:21
interesting! lots of albums i've never heard
Thank you, i've made a lot of great discoveries to this chart!
Also nice that some albums cannot be found anywhere on the web to listen to them (like New Grape), which makes them kind of mysterious
LedZep 06/15/2017 11:45
I love it when a chart is so personal
alexgagne 02/18/2016 15:10
Unique and honest chart.
A lot of solid 90's records.
A Damned good list.
Secondsoul 04/04/2015 22:29
Great chart. A few I haven't yet heard, will definitely return to check them out
HoldenM 04/04/2015 12:05
Excellent chart.
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