Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
by dmihans 
This is a list of my Top 40 Favorite Albums, all based on personal experiences and reasons. I could add plenty of other records to this list, but ultimately, this is temporarily how I feel. Enjoy the list, and feel free to leave feedback! Keep in mind once more though that this is entirely MY opinion, and you are beyond entitled to have yours. Thanks! - Drew
Honorable Mentions:
John Mayer- Born & Raised
Kanye West- The College Dropout
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- The Heist
Muse - The Resistance
Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP
- Chart updated: 02/14/2015 13:15
- (Created: 10/16/2014 01:24).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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I grew up as a Beatles fanatic, which I credit to my Dad especially, who idolized John Lennon growing up. I used to make photo albums using all of our printer ink illustrating the lives of the Fab Four, my favorite member always being George Harrison. Abbey Road doesn't have the quirks of Sgt. Pepper's or Revolver, but the medley completing my favorite Beatles masterpiece easily cements its place at the top of this list.
[First added to this chart: 10/15/2014]
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1969
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I always remembered Pink Floyd growing up as "the band with the long songs". My parents both grew up loving their music and collecting their records, and eventually I gave them a try. While "Dark Side of the Moon" is their most renowned album in their strong discography, "Wish You Were Here" flows so smoothly and the title track was one I played all throughout my early high school years during the lowest part of my life. Powerful.
[First added to this chart: 10/15/2014]
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1975
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43,735
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I gave Dark Side of the Moon a chance after "Wish You Were Here", "Animals", and "The Wall". Both of my parents had the record, but didn't own it on CD, which was what I grew up on. Last year, I set my record player up, and I put on Dark Side first and foremost and finally got to really appreciate it for what it was. Great, great album from start to finish.
[First added to this chart: 10/15/2014]
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1973
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58,607
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A flawless debut from my favorite modern day band, stripped down from the mega band they'd soon become. Every time I've listened to this, I've been able to clear my mind, and it will forever serve as a personal classic.
[First added to this chart: 10/15/2014]
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2000
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7,121
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The White Album has some better songs than Abbey Road and Let it Be. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was always my favorite Beatles song, and "Rocky Raccoon" was a bonfire classic every year at my dad's family reunions. However, there a few duds, and don't get me wrong; I can listen to the entire album from start to finish (there are few BAD Beatles tracks), but it's just not quite on the same level as the aforementioned albums in my opinion. Remember, this is a list of my personal favorite albums of all time, or else I would've thrown some Radiohead on here (haven't gotten into that phase yet).
[First added to this chart: 10/15/2014]
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1968
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If you couldn't tell, I lean towards the later Beatles discography as opposed to the "Beatlemania" and crazy acid phase. My aunt came over one time when I was younger with a boom box and her, my sister, and I spent all day recording our voices over classic songs. I'm a terrible singer, but I remember reciting "Let it Be" perfectly over the microphone and putting her in shock. I was just one of those kids growing up.
[First added to this chart: 10/15/2014]
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1970
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I'll always remember hearing this album play on my family vacation car rides, and it was what got me into Coldplay. I always loved the tunes, but didn't actually realize who they were until Viva la Vida was released. At that point, I went back in their catalog and found this album and fell in love with it all over again, and I was at the age where it permanently left a mark in my music taste. It doesn't quite top Parachutes, but some songs such as "Amsterdam", "Warning Sign", and "In My Place" became some of my favorite songs.
[First added to this chart: 10/15/2014]
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2002
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Led Zeppelin is a part of everyone's lives, whether they know it or not. So many famous riffs, basslines, and Robert Plant's voice by itself projected them to superstardom. My mom actually owned every one of their studio albums on vinyl (which I learned last year), and while I knew all the hits from every album I've still yet to really get to know the ins and outs of their collection. I absolutely love IV though, it was one of the first records I played when I set up my turn table, and its been a favorite of mine ever since. I don't mean to sound like "that guy", but listening to "Stairway to Heaven" without thinking about being "that guy" gives me goosebumps every single time.
[First added to this chart: 10/15/2014]
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1971
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Okay, we get it, this album isn't traditional Pink Floyd. It doesn't have the crazy noises and Roger Waters didn't try to make a movie of it, but just shut up and listen to it on a beautiful sunny morning and dare to tell me this album sucks. If you don't change your views about life during "Coming Back to Life" I don't know what its going to take. This isn't a flawless album by any means, but its nowhere near bad, and I'm excited to hear "The Endless River" because I have a feeling it will sound familiar.
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1994
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X&Y has its moments to me. It is the beginning of Coldplay's transition from more of an indie-pop front to just straight up pop. However, songs such as "Swallowed in the Sea", "The Hardest Part", "Fix You", and the title track still shows Coldplay's prowess even while changing their sound. This album has a very spacey, almost atmospheric aesthetic to it, and it's one of my favorite records to blast out loud.
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2005
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 5 | 13% | |
| 1970s | 8 | 20% | |
| 1980s | 1 | 3% | |
| 1990s | 4 | 10% | |
| 2000s | 13 | 33% | |
| 2010s | 9 | 23% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 6 | 15% | |
| Pink Floyd | 5 | 13% | |
| Coldplay | 4 | 10% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 2 | 5% | |
| Kid Cudi | 2 | 5% | |
| Green Day | 2 | 5% | |
| Wilco | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 12 from 38th to 26thEchoes, Silence, Patience & Grace by Foo Fighters |
| Up 12 from 24th to 12thIllmatic by Nas |
| Up 9 from 33rd to 24thRumours by Fleetwood Mac |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 7 from 20th to 27thOnce Again by John Legend |
| Down 7 from 22nd to 29thAnimals by Pink Floyd |
| Down 7 from 27th to 34thYankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco |
| Leavers |
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| Exile On Mainstream by Matchbox Twenty |
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| 03/11/2015 02:51 |  makerofbuckets | 182 | 87/100 | |
| 02/13/2015 23:18 | cobbo95 | 266 | 81/100 | |
| 01/23/2015 18:33 |  AMEIER | 79 | 84/100 | |
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From AMEIER 03/30/2015 14:53 | #138247
AMEIER 03/30/2015 14:53 | #138247
For me your chart kisses the perfect…
You have such a nice taste, that I can even count on that.
Congratulations!!
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From makerofbuckets 03/11/2015 02:51 | #136535
makerofbuckets 03/11/2015 02:51 | #136535
seems like you've had a lot of musical experiences in a car
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From cobbo95 02/13/2015 23:20 | #134902
A lot of good choices on this list. I also really like the comments section of why they mean so much. Gives it that personal touch instead of just being a list.
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From AMEIER 01/23/2015 18:34 | #132338
AMEIER 01/23/2015 18:34 | #132338
I simply LOVED your list. So nice to see it, with our many some interests.
Great, job, and nice to have charts like you do have here, Cheers!!!
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From Martinborras 10/16/2014 22:10 | #124620
Martinborras 10/16/2014 22:10 | #124620
Great chart! Full of classics with many albums of the Floyd and The Beatles. I'd like to see the top 100!
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