Top 80 Greatest Music Albums
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- Chart updated: 03/19/2019 21:15
- (Created: 09/11/2014 00:15).
- Chart size: 80 albums.
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Homemade Dynamite [First added to this chart: 09/29/2017]
Top 80 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | |
| LCD Soundsystem | 3 | 4% | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 3 | 4% | |
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Top 80 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 5 from 7th to 2ndTo Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar |
| Up 4 from 9th to 5thMy Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 3 from 1st to 4thThe Age Of Adz by Sufjan Stevens |
| Down 3 from 3rd to 6thTurn On The Bright Lights by Interpol |
| Down 3 from 4th to 7thThe Suburbs by Arcade Fire |
| New entries |
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| Pure Comedy by Father John Misty |
| Leavers |
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| 808s & Heartbreak by Kanye West |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 08/06/2018 01:36 | mjp11 | 36 | 96/100 |
| ! | 08/05/2018 21:01 |  jdenny2018 | 102 | 91/100 |
| ! | 08/05/2018 14:21 |  Rhyner | 1,457 | 99/100 |
| ! | 08/05/2018 10:56 | panapsal | 232 | 93/100 |
| ! | 08/05/2018 09:32 |  Boltzmann | 247 | 79/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 4% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 89.2/100, a mean average of 90.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.6/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 9.6.
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Awesome list! Gives me a lot of ideas for what I need to listen to.
ForegroundNoise 08/05/2018 08:38 | #219247
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.
very good chart
CharlieBarley 12/05/2017 00:32 | #202641
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.
Pretty cool chart.
HoldenM 12/04/2017 18:30 | #202621
I dig it like Dugtrio.
JulianR 08/22/2017 06:06 | #196532
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!
Excellent. Many albums in common, interesting chart, some of your choices have me curious enough to check them out.
I like your chart!
Space-Dementia 01/16/2016 17:05 | #156731
41 in common!
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| Best Ever Artists | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. Radiohead | |
| 3. Pink Floyd | |
| 4. David Bowie | |
| 5. Bob Dylan | |
| 6. Led Zeppelin | |
| 7. The Rolling Stones | |
| 8. Arcade Fire | |
| 9. Nirvana | |
| 10. Neil Young | |
| 11. The Velvet Underground | |
| 12. Kendrick Lamar | |
| 13. Miles Davis | |
| 14. The Smiths | |
| 15. The Beach Boys | |
| 16. R.E.M. | |
| 17. Kanye West | |
| 18. Pixies | |
| 19. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 20. Jimi Hendrix |
