Top 10 Greatest Music Albums
by Michael S. Hansen

Yes, I know, it's all mainstream! How boring... but I think credit should go where credit is due! So I apologise to Radiohead, The Stone Roses, that german Pink Floyd clone Klauz-something, Marvin Gaye and all the other's that didn't make this list... not that they should care :-)

As for Help as no. 1 - it's just packed with the most fantastic 2:30 minute songs ever written, let me refresh your memory:

"Help!" - abso-bloody-lutely rockin' - the whole world knows what's coming when they strike that first chord!
"The Night Before" - great hit...
"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" - John doing Bob Dylan, and he's better at it than mr. Zimmerman!
"I Need You" - No, You need to get this album!
"Another Girl" - They just keep 'em coming!
"You're Going to Lose That Girl" - Not amazing lyrics, hehe, but the tunes are fantastic...
"Ticket to Ride" - Ringo at his best...
"Act Naturally" - Every rose has it's thorns :-)
"It's Only Love" - Well, that's how I feel about "Help!"
"You Like Me Too Much" - It's a great, happy album free of suicide wishes and self-destruction!
"Tell Me What You See" - Even the greatest album has a filler!
"I've Just Seen a Face" - Or two!
"Yesterday" - Yes, here we find the world's most recorded song - right here on "Help!"
"Dizzy Miss Lizzy" - Rock'n'Roll, baby!

• Chart updated: 04/06/2010 12:49
• (Created: 07/02/2007 13:34).
• Chart size: 10 albums.

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1.

Help! 
Soundtrack

 The Beatles

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

985 charts

Rank Score:

6,921

Rank in 1965:

5

Rank in 1960s:

37

Overall Rank:

234

Average Rating:

 81 (1,945 votes)

Comments:

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2.

Bridge Over Troubled Water 

 Simon & Garfunkel

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Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,285 charts

Rank Score:

12,163

Rank in 1970:

4

Rank in 1970s:

29

Overall Rank:

104

Average Rating:

 84 (1,536 votes)

Comments:

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3.

Revolver 

 The Beatles

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Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,575 charts

Rank Score:

50,138

Rank in 1966:

1

Rank in 1960s:

2

Overall Rank:

4

Average Rating:

 91 (4,581 votes)

Comments:

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4.

Blonde On Blonde 

 Bob Dylan

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Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,030 charts

Rank Score:

25,094

Rank in 1966:

3

Rank in 1960s:

11

Overall Rank:

32

Average Rating:

 88 (2,398 votes)

Comments:

175

5.

Led Zeppelin II 

 Led Zeppelin

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,947 charts

Rank Score:

21,203

Rank in 1969:

3

Rank in 1960s:

13

Overall Rank:

41

Average Rating:

 87 (2,744 votes)

Comments:

175

6.

Electric Ladyland 

 The Jimi Hendrix Experience

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Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,687 charts

Rank Score:

17,566

Rank in 1968:

2

Rank in 1960s:

14

Overall Rank:

59

Average Rating:

 86 (1,982 votes)

Comments:

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7.

The Beatles (The White Album) 

 The Beatles

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Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

2,944 charts

Rank Score:

37,662

Rank in 1968:

1

Rank in 1960s:

6

Overall Rank:

14

Average Rating:

 89 (3,821 votes)

Comments:

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8.

The Wall 

 Pink Floyd

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

2,249 charts

Rank Score:

25,507

Rank in 1979:

2

Rank in 1970s:

7

Overall Rank:

31

Average Rating:

 86 (3,494 votes)

Comments:

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9.

Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) 

 Led Zeppelin

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

3,151 charts

Rank Score:

39,331

Rank in 1971:

1

Rank in 1970s:

4

Overall Rank:

12

Average Rating:

 90 (3,994 votes)

Comments:

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10.

Brothers In Arms 

 Dire Straits

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

861 charts

Rank Score:

7,189

Rank in 1985:

3

Rank in 1980s:

27

Overall Rank:

222

Average Rating:

 78 (1,177 votes)

Comments:

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Top 10 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	6	60%
1970s	3	30%
1980s	1	10%
1990s	0	0%
2000s	0	0%
2010s	0	0%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
The Beatles	3	30%
Led Zeppelin	2	20%
Simon & Garfunkel	1	10%
Bob Dylan	1	10%
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	1	10%
Pink Floyd	1	10%
Dire Straits	1	10%

Country	Albums	%
	7	70%
	3	30%

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From Defago 09/22/2012 04:57

Sorry! You just don't call Klaus Schulze a Pink Floyd clone, put Help! as first place and put The Wall and not Wish You Were Here. I dig the bands in the chart, but I think you got the weakest albums from each.

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From Sean 12/09/2011 01:50

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From galileo1957 05/15/2010 20:50

Im giving you four stars ...cuz you need to add 40 more. Otherwise...you have 10 great Albums on this list...who can argue that but some elitist who would leave The Godfather and Gone With the Wind off the Greatest Movie list in favor of some obscure Japanese or French flick.

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From pawelzietek 06/16/2009 18:09

It's all mainstream :D
I don't quite like you putting Radiohead down but I guess me craping around The Beatles isn't better....

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From tonagamu 04/30/2009 14:20

It's like you just nick-picked a bunch of albums from one decade and decided to say screw 80s 90s and 2000s. I mean yeah I know MY chart is MOSTLY 90s and 2000s but STILL at least I considered other decades, even if it only was a little.

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From NowhereMan 04/26/2009 22:39

Fantastic chocie at number one, It's only Love and Tell Me What you see are the best kept secrets of the beatles.

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From Gitfumfell 09/28/2008 23:10

This list is realy not interesting,boring and...Isn't good

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From maxxy 09/06/2008 22:46

Why help?

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From AfterHours 05/31/2008 08:39

Well thanks for your opinion. I advise you do some research and get the complete data. It can be found easily by searching google.

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From davidhuret 05/30/2008 20:22

I just wanted to rectify a few things regarding the Beatles that AfterHours mentioned (you know,the usual rubbish about their not inventing anything,just a commercial phenomenon,blah blah...).
Well,I'm almost sorry to report they didn't invent or pioneer anything except:
backwards sounds in music,ADT (that's artificial double-tracking),the use of the recording studio as an instrument (I can expend on that at will),lyrics printed on the record sleeve,the concept-album,songs that segue straight into the next without pause,the notorious and now cliché "hidden track",indian sitar in pop/folk song (huge door being open in the process),...time is running out and my mind is still full of Beatles'inventions and/or discoveries (such as the then-new format acoustic folk guitar/string quartet or the use of the bass guitar as a melodic instrument).Plus all their visual innovations and-true- marketing strategies...
Apart from that of course,they didn't bring anything new:)

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