Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by ninecurses 
- Chart updated: 06/20/2010 02:56
- (Created: 06/20/2010 02:56).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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1967
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 22 | 44% | |
| 1970s | 23 | 46% | |
| 1980s | 3 | 6% | |
| 1990s | 2 | 4% | |
| 2000s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 5 | 10% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 4 | 8% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 6% | |
| The Clash | 2 | 4% | |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 4% | |
| Neil Young | 2 | 4% | |
| Van Morrison | 2 | 4% | |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 09/22/2017 11:32 | iannicolson | 309 | 90/100 |
| ! | 02/18/2017 13:33 | Seab | 2,005 | 93/100 |
| ! | 04/17/2014 10:57 |  Bach | 956 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/04/2012 00:10 | Supercakes | 104 | 79/100 |
| ! | 07/14/2011 16:21 |  Triple Seis | 1,251 | 79/100 |
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From TheKing 08/24/2024 11:29 | #304841
Come back and update this chart please! It rules :)
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From Mandro 05/05/2011 16:08 | #21164
Mandro 05/05/2011 16:08 | #21164
great chart, indeed =)
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From chris lancaster 02/19/2011 23:03 | #18524
Great to see Public Enemy in there. That's my favourite hip hop album of all time!
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From ninecurses 07/15/2010 11:49 | #13537
For anyone familiar with those greatest album lists - and there are hundreds going back about 35 years - my list is rather predictable. To me that simply means that the critics have mostly gotten it right during that time.
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From URNOTEME 07/10/2010 05:56 | #13421
For someone who has been listening to music as long as I have this list is a bit predictable. I am pretty most of these albums are in the Rolling Stone top 50 of all time.
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chrisdread 06/22/2010 15:19 | #13122
chrisdread 06/22/2010 15:19 | #13122
Mmmmmm, nice!
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Freddie55 06/22/2010 10:00 | #13115
Freddie55 06/22/2010 10:00 | #13115
Very good collection. They are all great or at least really good.
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CellarDoor 06/21/2010 13:09 | #13082
CellarDoor 06/21/2010 13:09 | #13082
"Nuggets" is a compilation ALBUM, and it happens to be one of my best ever albums, so it's on my Best Ever Albums chart :) And I really didn't get your "Teen Dream" comment, I mean you don't have to wait a year before rating an album. I don't know what criteria you use to rate an album, but none of mine include the number of years since its release... Anyhow - you still happen to have fine taste :) Cheers
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cartoken 06/21/2010 05:50 | #13074
cartoken 06/21/2010 05:50 | #13074
thanks, your chart has some picks that i like a lot (The Velvet Underground And Nico, Electric Ladyland, In Utero, Public Enemy, Horses and Remain in Light)and of course i heard most of your picks but i have to do the same complain about your chart (too old). but i understand that policy to name only albums that have proven their greatness with time. i'm just not into that policy, when i feel that an album is great and that i love it very much i don't need any time to realize that (but the opposite is not true, some albums that i used not really like, had became absolute vital albums, best example is The Queen Is Dead), but of course my chart is continually changing with more listening and new discoveries (old and new stuff) . and about the other objection, you've already answered: 5 beatles albums !. i think that this is the classic generation clash: 00s/90s Vs 60s/70s and Radiohead Vs The Beatles.... but at least we have one album in common: The Sex Pistols. but i'll check the albums that i haven't heard yet from your chart (Forever Changes, In A Silent Way, Another Green World...etc)
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ffudnebbuh 06/20/2010 19:20 | #13063
ffudnebbuh 06/20/2010 19:20 | #13063
great, al green and randy newman
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