100 Greatest Albums Ever by Q (2003) 
Q was a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. These are their best albums of all time. Q is a music and entertainment magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. In 2003, Q compiled their definitive list of the 100 Best Albums Of All Time.
(Official website: https://www.qthemusic.com)
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100 Greatest Albums Ever composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 10 | 10% | |
| 1970s | 21 | 21% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1990s | 42 | 42% | |
| 2000s | 15 | 15% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Radiohead | 3 | 3% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 2% | |
| Oasis | 2 | 2% | |
| U2 | 2 | 2% | |
| Coldplay | 2 | 2% | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | 2 | 2% | |
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49 | 49% | |
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41 | 41% | |
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100 Greatest Albums Ever similar charts
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| 100 Greatest Albums Ever | Q | Overall chart | 2006 | |
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | Channel 4 | Overall chart | 2005 | |
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | Q | Overall chart | 1997 | |
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums |  RFNAPLES | Overall chart | 2013 | |
| Greatest 100 Albums of All Time | The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums with NME | Overall chart | 2006 | |
| Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums | Virgin | Overall chart | 2000 | |
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | Narcan | Overall chart | 2011 | |
| Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums | Virgin | Overall chart | 1998 | |
| Overall Top 100 Ranked Correctly |  Mother Nature's Son | Custom chart | 2014 |  |
| NME 's 100 Best Albums Of All Time | New Music Express | Overall chart | 2003 | |
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Year charts
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
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| Q Albums of the Year 2019 | Q | 2019 year chart | 2019 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2018 | Q | 2018 year chart | 2018 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2017 | Q | 2017 year chart | 2017 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2016 | Q | 2016 year chart | 2016 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2015 | Q | 2015 year chart | 2015 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2014 | Q | 2014 year chart | 2014 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2013 | Q | 2013 year chart | 2013 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2011 | Q | 2011 year chart | 2011 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2010 | Q | 2010 year chart | 2010 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2009 | Q | 2009 year chart | 2009 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2008 | Q | 2008 year chart | 2008 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2007 | Q | 2007 year chart | 2007 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2006 | Q | 2006 year chart | 2006 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2005 | Q | 2005 year chart | 2005 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2004 | Q | 2004 year chart | 2004 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2003 | Q | 2003 year chart | 2003 | |
Decade charts
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
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| The 100 Greatest Albums Of The '90s | Q | 1990s decade chart | 2015 | |
| 50 Best Albums of the '70s | Q | 1970s decade chart | 1998 | |
Overall charts
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
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| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | Q | Overall chart | 1997 | |
| 100 Greatest Albums Ever | Q | Overall chart | 2006 | |
| 100 Greatest Albums Ever | Q | Overall chart | 2003 | |
[Q was founded in 1986 and disbanded in 2020.]
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complete garbage that promotes this magazine's biases and pet bands. sickening
This shows why so many magazines cannot be accepted.
The list has so many bands who were just popular fads. Ash? Oasis? Coldplay? OutKast? Linking Park? Ryan Adams? I might be biased because I hated that era of music so much and it turned me away from the commercial radio that was the only available listening in cloistered Melbourne suburbs, but why did Q’s writers think in such a short-term manner if they knew anything at all about the history of music?
It is true that limitations on the number of albums per artist add a welcome flavour and allow for a few non-fad artists to be included, but some of those artists, like Beck, have always been awful and overrated.
I had to do a double take when I saw Eminem in the top 10. No offense but was not expecting that
really bad.
Q mag has great taste in albums; it has 22 albums in common and 24 artists in common with me which is so good! This chart is so my taste. Q is a great mag.
Madonna's Ray Of Light in 17 and The Velvet Undergrond And Nico in 54??? Q is a magazine about what?
I like the choices, but the order...
Alanis, linkin park...no. Just. No.
where is pet sounds?
What in the name of all that's holy did I just look at??
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