Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by n8rob 
My personal favorite albums.
- Chart updated: 01/04/2016 20:45
- (Created: 12/04/2014 21:42).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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"You'll go backwards. But then, you'll go forwards again. You'll go backwards, but then, you'll go."
[First added to this chart: 12/06/2014]
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2005
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3,215
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"You gotta be the one. You gotta be the way. Your name is the only word, the only word that I can say!"
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2004
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31,135
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"All the little babies, LET'S GO!"
("... I don't know where we're going....") [First added to this chart: 12/06/2014]
("... I don't know where we're going....") [First added to this chart: 12/06/2014]
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2007
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8,789
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"Now I see you. Till kingdom come, you're the one I want to see me for all the stupid shit I've done."
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"I saw God come in my garden, but I don't know what he said. For my heart, it wasn't open."
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2008
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4,830
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"Has the light gone out for you? Because the light's gone out for me. It is the twenty-first century. It is the twenty-first century."
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2007
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40,236
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"See me crumble and fall on my face. And I know the mistakes that I've made. See it all disappear without a trace."
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2002
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11,760
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"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make."
[First added to this chart: 12/06/2014]
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1969
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53,364
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"And now I held her. And now I dressed her wounds. And now I held her amid the rising moon. And she stood to fly. And she stood to fly away."
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2006
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2,207
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"Some boys don't know how to love."
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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 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 10 | 10% | |
| 1980s | 4 | 4% | |
| 1990s | 13 | 13% | |
| 2000s | 47 | 47% | |
| 2010s | 19 | 19% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Radiohead | 6 | 6% | |
| Death Cab For Cutie | 6 | 6% | |
| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| Coldplay | 5 | 5% | |
| Arcade Fire | 5 | 5% | |
| The Decemberists | 4 | 4% | |
| Vampire Weekend | 3 | 3% | |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 10/28/2017 16:23 |  LedZep | 1,099 | 84/100 |
| ! | 04/22/2017 19:30 |  sageamagoo | 236 | 92/100 |
| ! | 02/03/2017 02:26 |  Lukeanaderdude | 236 | 91/100 |
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BestEverAlbums 07/21/2016 08:00 in Chart of the day (#1738): By n8rob
BestEverAlbums 07/21/2016 08:00 in Chart of the day (#1738): By n8rob“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by n8rob () 1. X&Y by Coldplay (2005) 2. Funeral by Arcade Fire (2004) 3. Neon Bible by Arcade Fire (2007) 4. 3 Rounds And A Sound by Blind Pilot (2008) 5. Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends by Coldplay (2008) 6. In Rainbows by Radiohead…”
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Anti TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/01/2015 21:50 | #130601
Anti TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/01/2015 21:50 | #130601
I don't think I have ever seen Coldplay's X&Y as a number one album. Not only that, but this is a pleasant chart that contains classics, but still has variety and flavor. Any chart that makes me add a new album to my wish list deserves the 100. Welcome to the site!
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kryptos006 12/11/2014 16:10 | #129209
I thought that I had already commented on this list, but apparently ny complacency got the best of me. This lust is pure gold. Besides the fact that it has many of my personal favourites, it has several albums on it that I either hadn't heard or had on my iPod and that I needed to give a serious listening to. You clearly have a taste for very pretty, beautiful music. Laudable list and I can't wait to see it expand. At least to 38... Hahaha.
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Dangerwullfe 01/13/2015 21:13 | #131473
This is kind of the greatest thing ever. Keep doing you, @n8rob!
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Antonio-Pedro TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/04/2014 22:05 | #128717
Antonio-Pedro TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/04/2014 22:05 | #128717
cool beginning, hoping to see it expanding soon, also the blind pilot album got my attention, giving it a chance soon.
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Oselju 07/21/2016 13:27 | #171607
Oselju 07/21/2016 13:27 | #171607
Ok you love Coldplay I suppose !...
And also DCFC !
And you love Radiohead too !!
It's crazy !!!!!!
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