Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
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Top 100 Songs:
1) Made Of Stone - The Stone Roses (1989 Silvertone)
2) Christine - The House Of Love (1988 Creation)
3) This Charming Man - The Smiths (1983 Rough Trade)
4) The Drowners - Suede (1992 Nude)
5) The Only One I Know - The Charlatans (1990 Dead Dead Good)
6) Like A Daydream - Ride (1990 Creation)
7) Anarchy In The UK - Sex Pistols (1976 EMI)
8) Velocity Girl - Primal Scream (1986 Creation)
9) Transmission - Joy Division (1979 Factory)
10) NYC - Interpol (2002 Matador)
11) De-luxe - Lush (1990 4AD)
12) Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order (1986 Factory)
13) Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division (1980 Factory)
14) Outdoor Miner (Long Version) - Wire (1979 Harvest)
15) Girls & Boys - Blur (1994 Food)
16) Soon - My Bloody Valentine (1990 Creation)
17) Eagle - ABBA (1977 Epic)
18) Life On Mars - David Bowie (1971 RCA)
19) Sunday Morning - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967 Verve)
20) Don't You Want Me Baby - The Human League (1981 Virgin)
21) Tainted Love - Soft Cell (1981 Some Bizarre)
22) A Day In The Life Of - The Beatles (1967 Apple)
23) West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys (1985 Parlophone)
24) Catch The Breeze - Slowdive (1991 Creation)
25) Party Fears Two - Associates (1982 Fiction)
26) Everything Counts - Depeche Mode (1983 Mute)
27) A To Fade In - Adorable (1992 Creation)
28) Teenage Kicks - The Undertones (1978 Good Vibrations)
29) A Design For Life - Manic Street Preachers (1996 Columbia)
30) Lolita - AR Kane (1987 4AD)
31) Busby Berkeley Dreams - Magnetic Fields (1999 Merge)
32) Wonderful Life - Hurts (2010 Sony)
33) Arnold Layne - Pink Floyd (1967 EMI)
34) Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand (2004 Domino)
35) Shot By Both Sides - Magazine (1978 Virgin)
36) The Story of the Blues Part One - J.F. Wah! (1982 Eternal)
37) The Third Time We Opened The Capsule - Kitchens Of Distinction (1989 One Little Indian)
38) Hives Hives - Xiu Xiu (2003 5 Rue Christine)
39) Sleep - The Third Eye Foundation (1996 Linda's Strange Vacation)
40) This Is How It Feels - Inspiral Carpets (1990 Mute)
41) Break On Through - The Doors (1967 Elektra)
42) Goodnight London - Money (2013 Bella Union)
43) Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2 (1984 Island)
44) The Killing Moon - Echo & the Bunnymen (1984 Korova)
45) Daddy's Gone - Glasvegas (2007 Sane Man)
46) Venus - Television (1977 Elektra)
47) Just Like Heaven - The Cure (1987 Fiction)
48) Heart Of Glass - Blondie (1978 Chrysalis)
49) Creep - Radiohead (1992 Parlophone)
50) Tugboat - Galaxie 500 (1988 Aurora)
51) The Model - Kraftwerk (1978 Capitol)
52) There She Goes - The La's (1990 Go! Discs)
53) Bunker Buster - Viet Cong (2015 Jagjaguwar)
54) Oblivious - Aztec Camera (1983 Rough Trade)
55) My Back Pages - The Byrds (1967 Columbia)
56) Dr. Mabuse - Propaganda (1984 ZTT)
57) Look Of Love - ABC (1982 Neutron)
58) A Deeper Sleep For Steven - Pale Saints (1990 4AD)
59) Debaser - Pixies (1989 4AD)
60) Smells Like Teenspirit - Nirvana (1991 Geffen)
61) Dream Harder - Metrotone (1998 Enraptured)
62) Why Does The Rain - The Loft (1984 Creation)
63) Empty Words - Bowery Electric (1996 Kranky)
64) Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? - Culture Club (1982 Virgin)
65) Should The Bible Be Banned? - McCarthy (1988 September)
66) Teenage Riot - Sonic Youth (1988 Blast First)
67) Revolution - Spacemen 3 (1988 Fire)
68) Fiction Romance - Buzzcocks (1978 United Artistes)
69) Treason - The Teardrop Explodes (1980 Fontana)
70) Enola Gay - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1980 Virgin)
71) Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners (1982 Mercury)
72) Temptation - Heaven 17 (1983 Virgin)
73) Hard To Explain - The Strokes (2001 Rough Trade)
74) Kinky Afro - Happy Mondays (1990 Factory)
75) Some Candy Talking - Jesus & Mary Chain (1986 Blanco y Negro)
76) Search & Destroy - Iggy & The Stooges (1973 Columbia)
77) Falling Down - Chapterhouse (1990 Dedicated)
78) New Rose - The Damned (1976 Stiff)
79) The Cedar Room - Doves 2000 Heavenly)
80) The Art Teacher - Rufus Wainwright (2004 Dreamworks)
81) Mr Peterson - Perfume Genius (2010 Turnstile)
82) Come Home - James (1990 Fontana)
83) Sally Free & Easy - Flying Saucer Attack (1996 Domino)
84) Lazy Line Painter Jane - Belle & Sebastian (1997 Jeepster)
85) This Bliss - Accelera Deck (1998 Endorphin)
86) At Home He's A Tourist - Gang Of Four (1979 EMI)
87) Winterlight - Clearlake (2000 Domino)
88) Land - Patti Smith (1975 Arista)
89) You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - Dead Or Alive (1984 Epic)
90) Simply Thrilled Honey - Orange Juice (1980 Postcard)
91) A Miracle - The Hidden Cameras (2003 Rough Trade)
92) Love At First Sight - The Gist (1981 Rough Trade)
93) Stutter - Elastica (1993 Deceptive)
94) Why Won't You Talk About It - The Radio Dept (2003 XL Recordings)
95) Do You Remember The First Time? - Pulp (1999 Island)
96) This Corrosion - The Sisters of Mercy (1987 Merciful Release)
97) Lazy Day - The Boo Radleys (1992 Creation)
98) GMF - John Grant (2013 Bella Union)
99) Fell In Love With A Girl - The White Stripes (2001 XL Recordings)
100) Remember Me - British Sea Power (2002 Rough Trade)
- Chart updated: 11/21/2022 15:15
- (Created: 07/18/2010 18:50).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1993
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1989
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1986
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1991
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1990
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1994
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1984
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1980
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 4 | 4% | |
| 1970s | 12 | 12% | |
| 1980s | 37 | 37% | |
| 1990s | 26 | 26% | |
| 2000s | 13 | 13% | |
| 2010s | 7 | 7% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 1% |
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| Depeche Mode | 6 | 6% | |
| The Smiths | 5 | 5% | |
| Blur | 4 | 4% | |
| Various Artists | 4 | 4% | |
| ABBA | 4 | 4% | |
| My Bloody Valentine | 3 | 3% | |
| New Order | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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| Down 1 from 1st to 2nd The House Of Love by The House Of Love |
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85/100 (from 78 votes)
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90/100  | 06/22/2023 23:09 |  MadhattanJack | | 84/100 |
75/100 | 01/02/2023 22:56 | Moondance | | 84/100 |
 90/100 | 09/20/2020 16:14 |  DommeDamian | | 90/100 |
| 90/100 | 03/27/2019 12:37 |  mickilennial | | 77/100 |
| 95/100 | 01/27/2019 01:36 |  IgnacioJoaquin | | 93/100 |
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From MadhattanJack 06/22/2023 23:11
MadhattanJack 06/22/2023 23:11
This chart is great! I don't even mind all the ABBA inclusions because my ex-wife used to like them and I sort of got used to it, but aside from that, this chart is just one or two XTC albums away from being essentially perfect.
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75/100
From Moondance 01/02/2023 23:05
With only 2 albums in common, we have very different musical tastes - which is understandably cool - we all respond to music in our own unique ways. I thought the inclusion of 4 "Now That's What I Call Music" compilation albums was interesting.
My major issue with this chart is that there is not a single album from the southern hemisphere.
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From johnner 01/27/2019 12:57
johnner 01/27/2019 12:57
Shattypants I’ve heard music from those genres, sadly they don’t hit my sweet spot.
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80/100
From Shattypants 01/27/2019 00:12
Pretty good. would recommend listening to some more hip-hop and R&B.
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70/100
From Ulf 04/18/2018 08:37
Well 3 albums in common but this is still and nice chart but you should do some comments
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100/100
From 
Pronouns 04/18/2018 08:34
Pronouns 04/18/2018 08:34
Flying Saucer Attack?! This is our Music by Galaxie 500?! HECK yes!!!
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85/100
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LedZep 06/03/2017 22:41
LedZep 06/03/2017 22:41
The effort put here is really astonishing. Props to you sir!
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70/100
From platus 03/04/2017 08:34
Good chart
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100/100
From 
HoldenM 03/03/2017 09:04
HoldenM 03/03/2017 09:04
Still perfect.
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95/100
From 
exileonthehell 03/09/2016 23:52
exileonthehell 03/09/2016 23:52
Cool british stuff
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