Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by Brando1788 
This chart is a work in progress. I listen to a new album every week or so - starting with the 60s and moving up.
- Chart updated: 11/08/2025 00:45
- (Created: 08/07/2014 19:01).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top Three Tracks: Reckoner, Nude, All I Need
[First added to this chart: 02/20/2020]
Year of Release:
2007
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43,866
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"It's not like the movies. They fed us on little white lies."
Top Three Tracks: Idioteque, National Anthem, How to Disappear Completely [First added to this chart: 02/12/2020]
Top Three Tracks: Idioteque, National Anthem, How to Disappear Completely [First added to this chart: 02/12/2020]
Year of Release:
2000
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42,251
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"Can't count to all the lovers I've burned through so why do I still burn for you?"
Top Three Tracks: Carry Me Ohio, Gentle Moon, Salvador Sanchez [First added to this chart: 06/06/2022]
Top Three Tracks: Carry Me Ohio, Gentle Moon, Salvador Sanchez [First added to this chart: 06/06/2022]
Year of Release:
2003
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2,247
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Top Three Tracks: Pink Bullets, So Says I, Gone For Good
[First added to this chart: 03/29/2021]
Year of Release:
2003
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4,799
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Top Three Tracks: For Emma, Flume, Re: Stacks
[First added to this chart: 11/23/2020]
Year of Release:
2007
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11,065
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Top Three Tracks: Apartment Story, Gospel, Green Gloves
[First added to this chart: 05/16/2022]
Year of Release:
2007
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9,474
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Top Three Tracks: Like a Stone, I Am the Highway, Show Me How To Live
[First added to this chart: 08/07/2014]
Year of Release:
2002
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1,708
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Top Three Tracks: Dani California, Snow (Hey Oh), Slow Cheetah
[First added to this chart: 08/07/2014]
Year of Release:
2006
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3,041
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Top Three Tracks: Fight Test, Do You Realize??, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1
[First added to this chart: 06/22/2021]
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2002
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10,898
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Top Three Tracks: Closer, Use Somebody, Sex on Fire
[First added to this chart: 08/07/2014]
Year of Release:
2008
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1,926
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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 | 19 | 19% | |
| 1970s | 3 | 3% | |
| 1980s | 9 | 9% | |
| 1990s | 30 | 30% | |
| 2000s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2010s | 19 | 19% | |
| 2020s | 8 | 8% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 7 | 7% | |
| Metallica | 5 | 5% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 4% | |
| Matthew Good | 4 | 4% | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | 4 | 4% | |
| Bon Iver | 4 | 4% | |
| The National | 3 | 3% | |
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| ! | 06/24/2025 14:12 |  NowhereMan | 292 | 82/100 |
| ! | 01/26/2025 12:19 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 10/28/2024 20:56 | Johnnyo | 2,565 | 80/100 |
| ! | 02/06/2024 07:38 |  Tamthebam | 649 | 85/100 |
| ! | 02/05/2024 14:49 |  Goliath | 351 | 86/100 |
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From Tamthebam 02/06/2024 07:45 | #301754
Tamthebam 02/06/2024 07:45 | #301754
Where are all the great 70's albums .... and 80's albums. It is almost like you fell asleep for 20 years and woke up again in the 90's. But despite that there are some good choices here.
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From Moondance 11/03/2022 20:20 | #291020
A good chart....despite the 'lack of love' for the 70's ~
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From Johnnyo 11/03/2022 08:43 | #291009
Very good chart
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From mrmcrook 01/14/2022 21:54 | #279394
Good list. Great bands. Bit of variety thrown in. Well done
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From 0129114 07/09/2020 03:42 | #255287
you canadian eh bud?
lmao is matthew good that good? LMAO
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RoundTheBend 06/16/2020 02:15 | #253617
RoundTheBend 06/16/2020 02:15 | #253617
Needs more Beatles... hehe - just a reply to previous comment. You like what you like and that's exactly what you should do.
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CharlieBarley 10/28/2016 19:56 | #177679
CharlieBarley 10/28/2016 19:56 | #177679
Great chart man. A lot of variety.
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jhuik 08/16/2015 01:25 | #147740
jhuik 08/16/2015 01:25 | #147740
Appreciate the love for Matt Good and other under-appreciated Canuck rockers.
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