Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by LittleMatt 
Just my silly little musical opinion on my favourite albums
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- Chart updated: 03/07/2023 11:15
- (Created: 08/05/2014 12:01).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Genre: New Wave, Alternative Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Sweetest Perfection, Waiting For The Night, Clean. [First added to this chart: 04/06/2015]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Sweetest Perfection, Waiting For The Night, Clean. [First added to this chart: 04/06/2015]
Year of Release:
1990
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12,092
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Genre: Post-Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Moya, Blaise Bailey Finnegan 3 [First added to this chart: 04/24/2021]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Moya, Blaise Bailey Finnegan 3 [First added to this chart: 04/24/2021]
Year of Release:
1999
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2,177
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Genre: Indie
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Ada, Racing Like A Pro, Green Gloves [First added to this chart: 01/25/2019]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Ada, Racing Like A Pro, Green Gloves [First added to this chart: 01/25/2019]
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2007
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9,100
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Genre: Folk Rock, Pop
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: The Boxer, Why Don't You Write Me, Song For The Asking [First added to this chart: 08/05/2014]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: The Boxer, Why Don't You Write Me, Song For The Asking [First added to this chart: 08/05/2014]
Year of Release:
1970
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11,682
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Genre: Progressive Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Wish You Were Here, Welcome To The Machine, Have a Cigar. [First added to this chart: 08/05/2014]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Wish You Were Here, Welcome To The Machine, Have a Cigar. [First added to this chart: 08/05/2014]
Year of Release:
1975
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41,547
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Genre: Folk Rock, Southern Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Alabama, Heart of Gold, Old Man. [First added to this chart: 08/05/2014]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Alabama, Heart of Gold, Old Man. [First added to this chart: 08/05/2014]
Year of Release:
1972
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11,601
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Genre: Indie Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Farewell Transmission, Old Black Hen, Hold On Magnolia [First added to this chart: 04/24/2021]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Farewell Transmission, Old Black Hen, Hold On Magnolia [First added to this chart: 04/24/2021]
Year of Release:
2003
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3,822
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Genre: Indie Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: We Will Not Be Lovers, Fisherman's Blues, Sweet Thing. [First added to this chart: 02/27/2023]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: We Will Not Be Lovers, Fisherman's Blues, Sweet Thing. [First added to this chart: 02/27/2023]
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1988
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1,247
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Genre: Soft Rock
Top 3 Tracks On The I Dont Wanna Talk About It, Sailing, Its Not The Spotlight [First added to this chart: 02/07/2016]
Top 3 Tracks On The I Dont Wanna Talk About It, Sailing, Its Not The Spotlight [First added to this chart: 02/07/2016]
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1975
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Genre: Folk Rock.
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Always on My Mind, Call Me, Diamond Dolls
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Always on My Mind, Call Me, Diamond Dolls
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 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1970s | 33 | 33% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1990s | 11 | 11% | |
| 2000s | 15 | 15% | |
| 2010s | 21 | 21% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Pink Floyd | 5 | 5% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 5% | |
| Kanye West | 4 | 4% | |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor | 4 | 4% | |
| The National | 3 | 3% | |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 3 | 3% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
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38 | 38% | |
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| ! | 12/06/2023 10:06 | Moondance | 476 | 85/100 |
| ! | 12/16/2022 17:54 | telegram | 35 | 84/100 |
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BestEverAlbums 12/06/2023 09:00 in Chart of the day (#4425): By LittleMatt
BestEverAlbums 12/06/2023 09:00 in Chart of the day (#4425): By LittleMatt“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by LittleMatt () 1. Violator by Depeche Mode (1990) 2. Slow Riot For New Zerø Kanada by Godspeed You! Black Emperor (1999) 3. Boxer by The National (2007) 4. Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel (1970) 5. Wish You Were Here by Pink…”
View forum post →From BestEverAlbums 12/16/2022 09:00 in Chart of the day (#4070): By LittleMatt
BestEverAlbums 12/16/2022 09:00 in Chart of the day (#4070): By LittleMatt“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by LittleMatt () 1. Violator by Depeche Mode (1990) 2. Slow Riot For New Zerø Kanada by Godspeed You! Black Emperor (1999) 3. Boxer by The National (2007) 4. Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel (1970) 5. Wish You Were Here by Pink…”
View forum post →From BestEverAlbums 12/14/2021 09:00 in Chart of the day (#3703): By LittleMatt
BestEverAlbums 12/14/2021 09:00 in Chart of the day (#3703): By LittleMatt“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by LittleMatt () 1. Violator by Depeche Mode (1990) 2. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd (1975) 3. Boxer by The National (2007) 4. Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel (1970) 5. Harvest by Neil Young (1972) 6. In The Aeroplane Over…”
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manurock 02/09/2015 16:25 | #134473
Great chart. We share quite a few prog rock albums. Great to see most of Neil Young's good albums appear so early (where is on the beach though?).
EDIT: I don't tend to answer to chart comments on the person's chart but I just have to say thank you for your kind comment and for wanting to check on my albums :)
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awesomness425 05/04/2015 01:30 | #140792
awesomness425 05/04/2015 01:30 | #140792
You Judge Mine because it's too personal then i see yours and you have 4 PF in the top 10. Hypocrite
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Kaiser 02/09/2015 23:23 | #134505
Kaiser 02/09/2015 23:23 | #134505
Brilliant open minded chart. I'm sure this will be still better with the time.
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sssvnnn 01/07/2015 22:57 | #131015
sssvnnn 01/07/2015 22:57 | #131015
Good chart.
I think your "10" decade chart is better and more surprising.
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WildHorses 12/28/2014 18:54 | #130298
WildHorses 12/28/2014 18:54 | #130298
What you've said to me I give it back to you! loved to see Mispalced Childhood there, Soon to be added to mine!
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