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.
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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% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Radiohead | 3 | 3% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
| Nirvana | 2 | 2% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 2 | 2% | |
| Manic Street Preachers | 2 | 2% | |
| Eminem | 2 | 2% | |
| David Bowie | 2 | 2% | |
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100 Greatest Albums Ever similar charts
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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Other overall charts
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NME 's 100 Best Albums Of All Time | New Music Express | Overall chart | 2003 | |
| 100 Best Albums - 2024 Edition | Apple Music | Overall chart | 2024 | |
| NME Readers' All-Time Top 100 Albums | New Music Express | Overall chart | 1988 | |
Other charts by Q
A total of 21 charts from Q are available; the 3 most recent of this type are highlighted below.
| 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 | |
100 Greatest Albums Ever ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 05/15/2021 15:31 | Hophophop | 4 | 65/100 |
| ! | 12/11/2020 07:57 |  pjohnsongolf | 272 | 89/100 |
| ! | 08/25/2020 11:30 |  Larcx13 | 1,145 | 86/100 |
| ! | 08/23/2020 16:35 |  Goliath | 351 | 86/100 |
| ! | 03/29/2020 20:48 | Szyfman | 174 | 85/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 62.5/100, a mean average of 58.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 59.1/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 27.3.
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From Hophophop 05/15/2021 15:32 | #269811
complete garbage that promotes this magazine's biases and pet bands. sickening
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From mianfei 03/15/2019 02:09 | #233560
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.
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From Azkushang 10/13/2015 00:49 | #151379
really bad.
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From gon2bed 01/18/2015 12:41 | #131843
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.
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From vmp 11/23/2014 13:03 | #127763
Madonna's Ray Of Light in 17 and The Velvet Undergrond And Nico in 54??? Q is a magazine about what?
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From eyal91 08/11/2014 14:23 | #119216
I like the choices, but the order...
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From ThomCNTV 11/29/2013 19:01 | #95399
where is pet sounds?
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SingingPeasant96 08/15/2013 12:14 | #83969
SingingPeasant96 08/15/2013 12:14 | #83969
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From PibbOwnsPepper 03/13/2013 11:01 | #68108
Not exactly a bad list just in wrong order
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junodog4 02/04/2013 16:48 | #63929
junodog4 02/04/2013 16:48 | #63929
It's not bad... a little typical.
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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. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 19. Pixies | |
| 20. Jimi Hendrix |
