Top 50 Greatest Music Albums by light1ning

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• Chart updated: 09/23/2014 05:45
• (Created: 09/23/2014 05:16).
• Chart size: 50 albums.

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Modal Soul 

 Nujabes

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[First added to this chart: 09/23/2014]

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

136 charts

Rank Score:

1,213

Rank in 2005:

28

Rank in 2000s:

223

Overall Rank:

1,422

Average Rating:

 82 (186 votes)

Comments:

15

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In Rainbows 

 Radiohead

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[First added to this chart: 09/23/2014]

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

2,899 charts

Rank Score:

46,776

Rank in 2007:

1

Rank in 2000s:

1

Overall Rank:

5

Average Rating:

 90 (3,907 votes)

Comments:

391

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Is This It 

 The Strokes

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[First added to this chart: 09/23/2014]

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

2,457 charts

Rank Score:

30,200

Rank in 2001:

1

Rank in 2000s:

4

Overall Rank:

24

Average Rating:

 86 (3,008 votes)

Comments:

276

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Funeral 

 Arcade Fire

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[First added to this chart: 09/23/2014]

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

2,876 charts

Rank Score:

36,947

Rank in 2004:

1

Rank in 2000s:

3

Overall Rank:

15

Average Rating:

 88 (3,650 votes)

Comments:

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Spirit Of Eden 

 Talk Talk

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[First added to this chart: 09/23/2014]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

911 charts

Rank Score:

10,674

Rank in 1988:

3

Rank in 1980s:

17

Overall Rank:

132

Average Rating:

 84 (993 votes)

Comments:

68

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The Velvet Underground & Nico 

 The Velvet Underground & Nico

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[First added to this chart: 09/23/2014]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,033 charts

Rank Score:

42,385

Rank in 1967:

2

Rank in 1960s:

4

Overall Rank:

10

Average Rating:

 89 (3,515 votes)

Comments:

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Room On Fire 

 The Strokes

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[First added to this chart: 09/23/2014]

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

736 charts

Rank Score:

6,143

Rank in 2003:

4

Rank in 2000s:

41

Overall Rank:

277

Average Rating:

 80 (1,216 votes)

Comments:

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An Awesome Wave 

 alt-J

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[First added to this chart: 09/23/2014]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

689 charts

Rank Score:

6,736

Rank in 2012:

6

Rank in 2010s:

30

Overall Rank:

250

Average Rating:

 78 (994 votes)

Comments:

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White Lighter 

 Typhoon (US)

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[First added to this chart: 09/23/2014]

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

127

Rank in 2013:

219

Rank in 2010s:

1,886

Overall Rank:

9,436

Average Rating:

 71 (20 votes)

Comments:

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Darkness On The Edge Of Town 

 Bruce Springsteen

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[First added to this chart: 09/23/2014]

Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

888 charts

Rank Score:

7,536

Rank in 1978:

1

Rank in 1970s:

53

Overall Rank:

217

Average Rating:

 82 (1,157 votes)

Comments:

79

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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	2	4%
1970s	3	6%
1980s	2	4%
1990s	2	4%
2000s	19	38%
2010s	22	44%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
The Strokes	3	6%
Bruce Springsteen	3	6%
Radiohead	2	4%
Arcade Fire	2	4%
Kanye West	2	4%
Nujabes	2	4%
Nick Drake	1	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	29	58%
	12	24%
	4	8%
	2	4%
	1	2%
	1	2%
	1	2%

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85/100	10/29/2018 01:01	JulianR	571	75/100
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85/100	09/25/2014 07:40	Nykeaula	78	87/100

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From JulianR 10/29/2018 01:02

This is a cool list! You've got the wrong late-era Talk Talk album up there, but because the rest of the list is so good (and Spirit Of Eden is great anyway) we'll let it slide

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