Top 40 Greatest Music Albums by discolapin 
Perhaps not neccesarily the BEST ever, but my favorites.
- Chart updated: 05/22/2020 12:15
- (Created: 06/14/2010 05:29).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 06/13/2010]
Year of Release:
1977
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Rank Score:
34,142
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[First added to this chart: 06/13/2010]
Year of Release:
1968
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Rank Score:
43,260
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[First added to this chart: 06/13/2010]
Year of Release:
1972
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1,414
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[First added to this chart: 06/13/2010]
Year of Release:
1979
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Rank Score:
2,742
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[First added to this chart: 06/13/2010]
Year of Release:
1997
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76,912
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[First added to this chart: 05/09/2015]
Year of Release:
1968
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Rank Score:
15,291
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[First added to this chart: 03/28/2011]
Year of Release:
1987
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Rank Score:
9,272
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[First added to this chart: 06/13/2010]
Year of Release:
2006
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Rank Score:
540
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[First added to this chart: 06/13/2010]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
7,251
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[First added to this chart: 02/04/2018]
Total albums: 40. Page 1 of 4
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 5 | 13% | |
| 1970s | 22 | 55% | |
| 1980s | 4 | 10% | |
| 1990s | 4 | 10% | |
| 2000s | 4 | 10% | |
| 2010s | 1 | 3% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Radiohead | 2 | 5% | |
| Steely Dan | 2 | 5% | |
| Stevie Wonder | 2 | 5% | |
| Fleetwood Mac | 2 | 5% | |
| The Beatles | 2 | 5% | |
| Todd Rundgren | 1 | 3% | |
| John Prine | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 17 from 40th to 23rd Kid A by Radiohead |
| Up 1 from 18th to 17th After The Gold Rush by Neil Young |
| Up 1 from 17th to 16th Exile On Main St. by The Rolling Stones |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 6 from 30th to 36th The Long Run by Eagles |
| Down 3 from 23rd to 26th The Globe by Big Audio Dynamite II |
| Down 3 from 37th to 40th John Prine by John Prine |
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90/100  | 08/01/2020 19:19 | matterhornrider | | 92/100 |
 70/100 | 09/22/2015 17:52 |  rafalink | | 77/100 |
| 70/100 | 01/06/2011 22:15 |  Triple Seis | | 79/100 |
| 90/100 | 06/26/2010 18:24 |  Juan Schwartz | | 86/100 |
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| Best Artists of the 1970s | |
|---|---|
| 1. Pink Floyd | |
| 2. David Bowie | |
| 3. Led Zeppelin | |
| 4. Neil Young | |
| 5. The Rolling Stones | |
| 6. The Clash | |
| 7. Fleetwood Mac | |
| 8. Black Sabbath | |
| 9. The Who | |
| 10. Genesis | |
| 11. Stevie Wonder | |
| 12. Bob Dylan | |
| 13. Yes | |
| 14. Paul McCartney | |
| 15. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 16. Joni Mitchell | |
| 17. Bob Marley | |
| 18. Nick Drake | |
| 19. Joy Division | |
| 20. Queen |