Top 50 Greatest Music Albums by Zipper

I've always been an avid music listener/buyer but slowed down about 5 years ago. Kids, work, etc. made it hard to listen and keep up with new stuff. Then someone gave me a copy of Interpol's 'Our love to admire'. That one album set me off on a buying spree of music about a year ago and led me to find this website.

• Chart updated: 05/17/2011 20:56
• (Created: 07/27/2010 09:41).
• Chart size: 50 albums.

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Pet Sounds 

 The Beach Boys

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[First added to this chart: 07/27/2010]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,838 charts

Rank Score:

41,387

Rank in 1966:

2

Rank in 1960s:

5

Overall Rank:

12

Average Rating:

 88 (3,254 votes)

Comments:

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The Dark Side Of The Moon 

 Pink Floyd

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[First added to this chart: 07/27/2010]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,106 charts

Rank Score:

64,619

Rank in 1973:

1

Rank in 1970s:

1

Overall Rank:

2

Average Rating:

 92 (5,298 votes)

Comments:

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Spilt Milk 

 Jellyfish

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[First added to this chart: 07/27/2010]

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

110 charts

Rank Score:

937

Rank in 1993:

28

Rank in 1990s:

331

Overall Rank:

1,797

Average Rating:

 75 (121 votes)

Comments:

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Kind Of Blue 

 Miles Davis

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[First added to this chart: 07/27/2010]

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

1,638 charts

Rank Score:

23,603

Rank in 1959:

1

Rank in 1950s:

1

Overall Rank:

36

Average Rating:

 89 (2,260 votes)

Comments:

168

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The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill 

 Lauryn Hill

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[First added to this chart: 07/27/2010]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

652 charts

Rank Score:

6,339

Rank in 1998:

4

Rank in 1990s:

53

Overall Rank:

270

Average Rating:

 78 (809 votes)

Comments:

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The Final Cut 

 Pink Floyd

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[First added to this chart: 07/27/2010]

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

396 charts

Rank Score:

2,308

Rank in 1983:

11

Rank in 1980s:

114

Overall Rank:

771

Average Rating:

 71 (1,015 votes)

Comments:

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Blood On The Tracks 

 Bob Dylan

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[First added to this chart: 07/27/2010]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,853 charts

Rank Score:

22,183

Rank in 1975:

2

Rank in 1970s:

11

Overall Rank:

41

Average Rating:

 87 (2,180 votes)

Comments:

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Shadows Collide With People 

 John Frusciante

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[First added to this chart: 07/27/2010]

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

486

Rank in 2004:

46

Rank in 2000s:

521

Overall Rank:

3,106

Average Rating:

 78 (120 votes)

Comments:

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Our Love To Admire 

 Interpol

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[First added to this chart: 07/27/2010]

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

232 charts

Rank Score:

1,252

Rank in 2007:

22

Rank in 2000s:

211

Overall Rank:

1,379

Average Rating:

 75 (434 votes)

Comments:

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Uprising 

 Bob Marley & The Wailers

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[First added to this chart: 07/27/2010]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

255 charts

Rank Score:

1,378

Rank in 1980:

33

Rank in 1980s:

204

Overall Rank:

1,270

Average Rating:

 77 (286 votes)

Comments:

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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	1	2%
1960s	5	10%
1970s	11	22%
1980s	7	14%
1990s	19	38%
2000s	7	14%
2010s	0	0%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Pink Floyd	2	4%
Wilco	1	2%
Lauryn Hill	1	2%
Red Hot Chili Peppers	1	2%
Roger Waters	1	2%
Bon Iver	1	2%
Sade	1	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	28	56%
	16	32%
	3	6%
	1	2%
	1	2%
	1	2%

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95/100	02/10/2019 16:14	sageamagoo	236	92/100
95/100	01/21/2017 18:24	Seab	2,009	93/100
85/100	04/28/2011 08:11	aubegl	37	77/100
75/100	04/22/2011 00:35	JeffN999	54	81/100
75/100	01/22/2011 10:22	Mercer Villagers	33	84/100

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From sageamagoo 02/10/2019 16:14

Love the chart! Spilt Milk and Irresistible Bliss are personal favourites I rarely see together on one list. Would love to see 100 albums if you ever decide to come back!

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From FlashRah 10/17/2011 06:46

Cool list, you nicely divided some obvious ones with some not so obvious ones to create this chimera of balance and diversity.

As opposed to a chimera that isn't diverse? What am I saying?

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From Hayden 05/23/2011 22:36

Great list!

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From aubegl 04/28/2011 08:11

I like it! Very diverse

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From JeffN999 04/22/2011 00:41

Nice list and some interesting choices. Not many Pink Floyd fans would rank The Final Cut as their best album and I'm sure Stones fans would similarly be scratching their heads at Undercover being ranked higher than Exile, Banquet, Bleed, and Fingers. Even Our Love to Admire is an odd choice to see ranked higher than the first two albums. Definitely marching to your own drummer - which is cool I guess. (And those aren't the only three examples - your whole list is full of unconventional choices like that). I'm not much of a metal fan so the Iron M and Tool don't work for me much. Overall, a pretty well balanced and surprising list. Cheers.

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