Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by 
SleepDealer 
The latest version limits albums to a maximum of two per artist.
Criteria for inclusion essentially revolve around there being a personal connection with the music. A more 'objective' list would look rather different, but probably a lot less interesting at the same time.
- Chart updated: 09/01/2019 20:45
- (Created: 09/02/2014 15:36).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 09/09/2014]
Year of Release:
1968
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Rank Score:
1,500
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[First added to this chart: 09/09/2014]
Year of Release:
1990
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9,764
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[First added to this chart: 09/09/2014]
Year of Release:
1998
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1,541
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[First added to this chart: 04/30/2015]
Year of Release:
2015
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16,348
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[First added to this chart: 08/11/2018]
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[First added to this chart: 09/09/2014]
Year of Release:
1997
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1,824
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[First added to this chart: 08/11/2018]
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[First added to this chart: 09/09/2014]
Year of Release:
1968
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,270
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Buy album
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[First added to this chart: 12/16/2018]
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[First added to this chart: 09/09/2014]
Year of Release:
1967
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Rank Score:
15,488
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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 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 12 | 12% | |
| 1970s | 17 | 17% | |
| 1980s | 20 | 20% | |
| 1990s | 15 | 15% | |
| 2000s | 21 | 21% | |
| 2010s | 14 | 14% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Stereolab | 2 | 2% | |
| 横田進 [Susumu Yokota] | 2 | 2% | |
| 東祥高 [Yoshitaka Azuma] | 2 | 2% | |
| Belle And Sebastian | 2 | 2% | |
| Jens Lekman | 2 | 2% | |
| 日向敏文 [Toshifumi Hinata] | 2 | 2% | |
| Yoshio Suzuki | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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41 | 41% | |
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20 | 20% | |
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19 | 19% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 1 from 18th to 19th Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout |
| Down 1 from 19th to 20th Haha Sound by Broadcast |
| Down 1 from 20th to 21st Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone |
| New entries |
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| Wave Notation 2: Still Way by Satoshi Ashikawa |
| Leavers |
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| プシュケ [Psyche] by 坂本昌之 [Masayuki Sakamoto] |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 03/20/2025 14:50 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,106 | 85/100 |
| ! | 03/12/2025 17:20 |  slatsheit | 26 | 88/100 |
| ! | 02/17/2020 08:21 |  ForegroundNoise | 472 | 87/100 |
| ! | 02/13/2020 08:34 |  DommeDamian | 1,003 | 89/100 |
| ! | 02/12/2020 17:20 | pctrooper | 332 | 88/100 |
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From ForegroundNoise 02/17/2020 08:22 | #247889
ForegroundNoise 02/17/2020 08:22 | #247889
Really intrigued by your taste, a great mixture of genres and nationalities. Would love to see some notes so as to understand the person behind the list!!
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ExTeaSea 01/08/2020 02:24 | #246535
ExTeaSea 01/08/2020 02:24 | #246535
What a cool chart! I should check out those Japanese albums.
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Tha1ChiefRocka 06/15/2019 15:59 | #237564
Tha1ChiefRocka 06/15/2019 15:59 | #237564
I rated it, but I never left a comment. I'm gonna nick a couple of these for my own chart. You've got the Japanese ambient market cornered. :)
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sophialeviev 07/19/2018 02:51 | #218475
sophialeviev 07/19/2018 02:51 | #218475
Good shit! So much here I have to check out. Good work.
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Wh3n1nR0me 09/03/2017 20:50 | #197198
Wh3n1nR0me 09/03/2017 20:50 | #197198
Eclectic selection, what's not to like?
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bobbyb5 08/04/2017 04:45 | #195498
bobbyb5 08/04/2017 04:45 | #195498
Fuckin awesome. I love it.
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CharlieBarley 03/09/2017 03:01 | #187169
CharlieBarley 03/09/2017 03:01 | #187169
Good chart. Quite a few I've heard of and like. Some of the ones I don't know I want to check out. 10 albums in common.
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sageamagoo 03/09/2017 01:55 | #187164
sageamagoo 03/09/2017 01:55 | #187164
Love this chart—extremely personal, diverse, and good! Will definitely be taking suggestions from here in the future :)
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LedZep 03/08/2017 22:51 | #187157
LedZep 03/08/2017 22:51 | #187157
Don't like some of the choices, but it's a personal and interesting chart. "Criteria for inclusion essentially revolve around there being a personal connection with the music. A more 'objective' list would look rather different, but probably a lot less interesting at the same time."
Couldn't have put it better myself, that's basically the same thing as with my chart.
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From TheHutts 03/08/2017 19:18 | #187148
I think you're on a similar wavelength to me, and I like pretty much everything on here that I've heard - I should make an effort to track down the rest.
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