Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by chris lancaster 
One album per artist.
- Chart updated: 04/13/2020 17:15
- (Created: 05/30/2010 15:47).
- 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 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1970s | 7 | 7% | |
| 1980s | 12 | 12% | |
| 1990s | 29 | 29% | |
| 2000s | 14 | 14% | |
| 2010s | 32 | 32% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Arcade Fire | 1 | 1% | |
| Ride | 1 | 1% | |
| Saint Etienne | 1 | 1% | |
| Vampire Weekend | 1 | 1% | |
| Immortal Technique | 1 | 1% | |
| Mount Eerie | 1 | 1% | |
| Nas | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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50 | 50% | |
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39 | 39% | |
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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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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 4 from 55th to 51st Varmints by Anna Meredith |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 51st to 52nd The Thieves Banquet by Akala |
| Down 1 from 52nd to 53rd Everybody Down by Kae Tempest |
| Down 1 from 53rd to 54th 3 Feet High And Rising by De La Soul |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this chart. | Show all 139 ratings for this chart.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/18/2020 03:57 | DrewHamster | 317 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/17/2020 22:25 |  Boltzmann | 247 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/17/2020 10:41 |  DommeDamian | 1,004 | 89/100 |
| ! | 10/18/2019 09:52 | Timooosterink | 131 | 90/100 |
| ! | 03/26/2019 01:30 | bkogz | 45 | 92/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some charts can have several thousand ratings)
This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 79.9/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.5/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 18.0.
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DommeDamian 01/17/2020 10:41 | #246909
PARKLIFE!!!!!
Parklife at number1 ! I do not see that often but it is a great album. Great chart!
jdenny2018 06/04/2018 16:31 | #216131
Solid list
bobbyb5 06/04/2018 14:17 | #216127
Lots and lots of bonus points for Flowered Up and Nightclubbing.
Graeme2 12/03/2017 16:23 | #202554
Nice to see flowered up, carter and the UK rapping people.
LedZep 11/17/2017 23:25 | #201531
Pretty unique, props to you
travelful 11/17/2017 16:56 | #201492
Good chart, very personal. However I never like the one album per artist rule...it's just hard to fully grasp ones musical taste with that method.
summerallthetime 04/01/2017 07:56 | #188506
Run COME SAVE me
Good chart, have a few i really like and a ton i've never heard of
Davy 03/31/2017 17:40 | #188479
glorious 90s
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