Top 80 Greatest Music Albums by Oid 
- Chart updated: 03/19/2019 21:15
- (Created: 09/11/2014 00:15).
- Chart size: 80 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 03/19/2019]
Year of Release:
1997
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Rank Score:
13,800
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Highlights:
The Gunner's Dream
The Final Cut
When The Tigers Broke Free
Not Now John
The Hero's Return [First added to this chart: 09/10/2014]
The Gunner's Dream
The Final Cut
When The Tigers Broke Free
Not Now John
The Hero's Return [First added to this chart: 09/10/2014]
Year of Release:
1983
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2,450
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A Little God In My Hands
Screen Shot
Nathalie Neal
Bring The Sun
Oxygen [First added to this chart: 09/11/2014]
A Little God In My Hands
Screen Shot
Nathalie Neal
Bring The Sun
Oxygen [First added to this chart: 09/11/2014]
Year of Release:
2014
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Rank Score:
7,129
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[First added to this chart: 02/13/2018]
Year of Release:
2012
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Rank Score:
8,291
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Ful Stop
Daydreaming
Present Tense
Decks Dark [First added to this chart: 05/09/2016]
Ful Stop
Daydreaming
Present Tense
Decks Dark [First added to this chart: 05/09/2016]
Year of Release:
2016
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Rank Score:
17,163
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The Art Of Peer Pressure
Swimming Pools (Drank)
Sherane AKA Master Splinter's Daughter
MAAD City [First added to this chart: 09/10/2014]
The Art Of Peer Pressure
Swimming Pools (Drank)
Sherane AKA Master Splinter's Daughter
MAAD City [First added to this chart: 09/10/2014]
Year of Release:
2012
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Rank Score:
25,756
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The Fourth Of July
Should Have Known Better
All Of Me Wants All Of You
Death With Dignity [First added to this chart: 12/30/2015]
The Fourth Of July
Should Have Known Better
All Of Me Wants All Of You
Death With Dignity [First added to this chart: 12/30/2015]
Year of Release:
2015
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18,371
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She Wanted To Leave
Mutilated Lips
It's Gonna Be (Alright)
I'm Dancing In The Show Tonight [First added to this chart: 05/25/2015]
She Wanted To Leave
Mutilated Lips
It's Gonna Be (Alright)
I'm Dancing In The Show Tonight [First added to this chart: 05/25/2015]
Year of Release:
1997
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Rank Score:
3,554
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Chateau Lobby #4
The Night Josh Tillman Came To Our Apartment
I Love You Honeybear
Nothing Good Ever Happens At The Goddamn Thirsty Crow [First added to this chart: 09/29/2017]
Chateau Lobby #4
The Night Josh Tillman Came To Our Apartment
I Love You Honeybear
Nothing Good Ever Happens At The Goddamn Thirsty Crow [First added to this chart: 09/29/2017]
Year of Release:
2015
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6,174
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Us And Them
Eclipse
Any Colour You Like
The Great Gig In The Sky
Brain Damage [First added to this chart: 09/10/2014]
Us And Them
Eclipse
Any Colour You Like
The Great Gig In The Sky
Brain Damage [First added to this chart: 09/10/2014]
Year of Release:
1973
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Rank Score:
71,191
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Top 80 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 4 | 5% | |
| 1970s | 8 | 10% | |
| 1980s | 3 | 4% | |
| 1990s | 14 | 18% | |
| 2000s | 17 | 21% | |
| 2010s | 34 | 43% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Radiohead | 7 | 9% | |
| Pink Floyd | 5 | 6% | |
| David Bowie | 5 | 6% | |
| Kanye West | 4 | 5% | |
| Arcade Fire | 4 | 5% | |
| Sufjan Stevens | 3 | 4% | |
| LCD Soundsystem | 3 | 4% | |
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Top 80 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 5 from 7th to 2nd To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar |
| Up 4 from 9th to 5th My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 3 from 1st to 4th The Age Of Adz by Sufjan Stevens |
| Down 3 from 3rd to 6th Turn On The Bright Lights by Interpol |
| Down 3 from 4th to 7th The Suburbs by Arcade Fire |
| New entries |
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 Pure Comedyby Father John Misty |
| Leavers |
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 808s & Heartbreakby Kanye West |
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Top 80 Greatest Music Albums ratings
89/100 (from 25 votes)
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 100/100  | 08/06/2018 01:36 | mjp11 | | 95/100 |
| 95/100 | 08/05/2018 21:01 |  jdenny2018 | | 92/100 |
| 100/100 | 08/05/2018 14:21 |  Rhyner | | 99/100 |
| 95/100 | 08/05/2018 10:56 | panapsal | | 93/100 |
| 70/100 | 08/05/2018 09:32 |  Boltzmann | | 79/100 |
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From mjp11 08/06/2018 01:37
Awesome list! Gives me a lot of ideas for what I need to listen to.
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80/100
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ForegroundNoise 08/05/2018 08:38
ForegroundNoise 08/05/2018 08:38
Great to see so many 21st century indie-faves here, but from looking at your 70s picks which just alternate between four Floyd and four Bowie, I feel that you've given the decades before the 90s only a cursory glance. 33 albums from this decade (which remember isn't even over yet) seems excessive versus the measly three doled out to the 1980s.
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90/100
From Ulf 04/18/2018 10:16
very good chart
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90/100
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CharlieBarley 12/05/2017 00:32
CharlieBarley 12/05/2017 00:32
Mostly a fine collection of albums. Great number one. I have only recently heard Age of Adz and it changed my mind about Sufjan Stevens. For me it's his best album of the three I've heard. Its very good stuff. Plenty of other good artists like the Floyd, Radiohead, Bowie and Kanye West. But sorry I don't like Death Grips or Wilco. But we can't all like everything the same. You have pretty good taste in music. Above average.
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90/100
From Lgk21 12/04/2017 23:09
Pretty cool chart.
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HoldenM 12/04/2017 18:30
HoldenM 12/04/2017 18:30
I dig it like Dugtrio.
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80/100
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JulianR 08/22/2017 06:06
JulianR 08/22/2017 06:06
Oh My God I love your picks! We have very similar taste! Age of Adz, The Final Cut, and Low all deserve more recognition! And it's great to see some love for both Amnesiac and Kid A!
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80/100
From Simon_bramhall 04/24/2016 00:59
Excellent. Many albums in common, interesting chart, some of your choices have me curious enough to check them out.
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100/100
From martinjaa 01/19/2016 20:27
I like your chart!
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Space-Dementia 01/16/2016 17:05
Space-Dementia 01/16/2016 17:05
41 in common!
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| Best Artists of the 2000s | |
|---|---|
| 1. Radiohead | |
| 2. Arcade Fire | |
| 3. The Strokes | |
| 4. Coldplay | |
| 5. Sufjan Stevens | |
| 6. Arctic Monkeys | |
| 7. Wilco | |
| 8. Animal Collective | |
| 9. Muse | |
| 10. The White Stripes | |
| 11. Kanye West | |
| 12. Phil Elverum | |
| 13. Interpol | |
| 14. Modest Mouse | |
| 15. Queens Of The Stone Age | |
| 16. Madvillain | |
| 17. Godspeed You! Black Emperor | |
| 18. LCD Soundsystem | |
| 19. The National | |
| 20. The Flaming Lips |