Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by LittleMatt

Just my silly little musical opinion on my favourite albums

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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]
Year of Release:
1988
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1,342
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Genre: Goth Rock, Noise Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: One Hundred Years, The Hanging Garden, Pornography.
[First added to this chart: 08/05/2014]
Year of Release:
1982
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5,931
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Genre: Rock, New Wave.
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Brothers In Arms, Walk of Life, So Far Away.
[First added to this chart: 08/05/2014]
Year of Release:
1985
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7,222
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Genre: Indie Rock, Alternative.
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: I Know Its Over, Never Had No One Ever, The Boy With A Thorn In His Side.
[First added to this chart: 01/25/2015]
Year of Release:
1986
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34,556
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Genre: Alternative
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Waterfall, Made of Stone, I Wanna Be Adored
[First added to this chart: 06/17/2018]
Year of Release:
1989
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23,357
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Genre: Rock, Experimental
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Red Rain, We Do What We're Told, Sledgehammer
[First added to this chart: 06/01/2018]
Year of Release:
1986
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7,093
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Genre: Experimental, Synthpop
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Architecture And Morality, Souvenir, She's Leaving.
[First added to this chart: 12/26/2015]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
1,087
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Genre: Progressive Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Eye In The Sky, Silence & I, Gemini
[First added to this chart: 12/26/2015]
Year of Release:
1982
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1,042
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Genre: Progressive Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Stationary Traveller, Refugee, West Berlin
[First added to this chart: 06/14/2016]
Year of Release:
1984
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220
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Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Look At Me, Mancini Shuffle, Short Note.
[First added to this chart: 02/27/2023]
Year of Release:
1981
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78
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


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%
Country Albums %


United States 45 45%
United Kingdom 38 38%
Canada 9 9%
France 2 2%
Germany 2 2%
Mixed Nationality 1 1%
Australia 1 1%
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Soundtrack? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

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From 12/17/2022 02:45
Interesting chart. Delighted to see Short Note by Matt Finish make your top 100 - no disagreement from me on that!
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From 12/16/2022 17:55
Very nice chart. A little too much metal, but still very nice.
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From 12/16/2022 17:17
Great chart
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From 09/28/2020 09:02
Another remix of the same old, Pitchfork-approved albums.
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From 06/23/2020 13:23
When ITAOTS is at the top = instantly like!
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From 05/29/2020 13:46
Good chart close to mine i find it nice and gave you 85 points.
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From 09/24/2019 19:28
It's a 100 from me! Top chart. Nice work.
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From 09/24/2019 11:02
Great variety! Anyone who has a Flaming Lips album in their top 10 is a kindred spirit!
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From 07/11/2019 19:26
Nice mix, good to see Ghost, BMTH and Baroness in there
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Best Albums of the 1990s
1. OK Computer by Radiohead
2. Nevermind by Nirvana
3. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
4. The Bends by Radiohead
5. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
6. Automatic For The People by R.E.M.
7. Ten by Pearl Jam
8. Grace by Jeff Buckley
9. Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins
10. In Utero by Nirvana
11. (What's The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis
12. Illmatic by Nas
13. Dummy by Portishead
14. Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
15. Weezer (Blue Album) by Weezer
16. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins
17. Homogenic by Björk
18. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
19. Spiderland by Slint
20. Violator by Depeche Mode
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