Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by Steppenwolf666 
A few well known masterpieces and lots of less known but equally good lp's, which should be known by a much wider audience. These range from experimental, to innovative, to unique, to exceptional prog/psych/folk rock. Unfortunately 100 is no where near enough to enter all my favourite albums.
- Chart updated: 08/23/2025 11:45
- (Created: 11/01/2014 22:24).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Year of Release:
1968
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1973
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 30 | 30% | |
| 1970s | 67 | 67% | |
| 1980s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1990s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2000s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2010s | 1 | 1% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Hawkwind | 5 | 5% | |
| Ten Years After | 5 | 5% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 4 | 4% | |
| Golden Earring | 3 | 3% | |
| Renaissance | 3 | 3% | |
| The Kinks | 2 | 2% | |
| ABBA | 2 | 2% | |
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64 | 64% | |
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11 | 11% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 7 from 9th to 2ndBreathe Awhile by Arcadium |
| Up 7 from 8th to 1stIt'll All Work Out In Boomland by T2 |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 3 from 4th to 7thCatapilla by Catapilla |
| Down 2 from 1st to 3rdPuzzle by Mandrake Memorial |
| Down 2 from 2nd to 4thMoontan by Golden Earring |
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| ! | 03/20/2025 14:04 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,098 | 85/100 |
| ! | 03/12/2024 01:52 |  Robert Anton Wil | 120 | 91/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2023 06:49 | Johnnyo | 2,568 | 80/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2023 05:23 | Moondance | 476 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/05/2023 23:41 | Rm12398 | 98 | 89/100 |
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From Johnnyo 01/06/2023 06:49 | #292536
Good chart.
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From Moondance 01/06/2023 05:32 | #292535
A very (very) unique chart and I can fully appreciate you predominant love of UK 60's/70's prog/folk/rock. Our tastes are influenced by when & where we were at a certain span of time (I get it - i'm predominantly locked into late 60's/70's songwriters).
I have picked up a few interesting albums from your chart that I will add to my relevant year charts - & for that I am grateful.
Having said all that, I prefer charts that are a bit more diverse in spanning the entire 60 years of amazing creativity in music ~ and that also include at least one (maybe more) albums from south of the equator (just a personal bugbear of mine:))
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From Rm12398 01/05/2023 23:41 | #292529
Really nice to see Renaissance and Hawkwind feature so much here. A lot I haven't heard in here as well. Great list!
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From uphill 01/03/2023 15:52 | #292478
so much to discover...
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Arthurknight 11/10/2022 07:06 | #291185
Arthurknight 11/10/2022 07:06 | #291185
Third really is deserving of so much love, thank you for Golden Earring (completely new listen!)
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seb7 06/20/2021 18:22 | #270871
seb7 06/20/2021 18:22 | #270871
Steppenwolf, you are the coolest person on this site.
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BARDAMU 04/14/2021 19:30 | #268535
BARDAMU 04/14/2021 19:30 | #268535
What a fucking excellent chart. Plenty to dig into on here.
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From seb7 03/08/2021 20:40 | #267105
seb7 03/08/2021 20:40 | #267105
I really don't agree with your #1 placement. Disraeli Gears is even more inconsistent than Layla. Otherwise its an interesting list. Nice Ten Years After.
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Boltzmann 12/30/2019 00:39 | #246065
Boltzmann 12/30/2019 00:39 | #246065
As a dutch person I cannot understand how you can take Golden Earring even remotely seriously (but I say that of almost all music that originates from The Netherlands). Other than that, I can see that your chart focuses on the offspring of rock 'n' roll, especially the part that got inspired by Jimi Hendrix' sonic experimentations. To see him placed only at position 24 makes me a bit sad, but at least he's there, so I shouldn't whine.
Black Widow has brought me some enjoyment, and makes me wonder why the occult theme suddenly popped up in the 1970 from them and Black Sabbath independently. That's not to say that they're similar musically; Black Widow reminds me of The Doors rather. Which makes me wonder, how come there's no Doors on your chart? I don't suppose you don't know them, right? The band Love also strikes some resemblances.
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From Tony58 09/14/2019 19:18 | #242611
Very good and interesting chart. A fair bit I know and love, and some intriguing entries I will investigate.
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