Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by
Mattdup279 
slowly shifted from dad-rock-worshiper to indie-sad-boi to fantanoite-queer-zoomer
- Chart updated: 11/20/2020 23:45
- (Created: 12/09/2014 20:01).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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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 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1970s | 7 | 7% | |
| 1980s | 6 | 6% | |
| 1990s | 26 | 26% | |
| 2000s | 22 | 22% | |
| 2010s | 31 | 31% | |
| 2020s | 2 | 2% |
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| Kanye West | 4 | 4% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 4% | |
| Arcade Fire | 3 | 3% | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 3 | 3% | |
| The Velvet Underground | 2 | 2% | |
| Phil Elverum | 2 | 2% | |
| Portishead | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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63 | 63% | |
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22 | 22% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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Down 1 from 45th to 46th |
Down 1 from 46th to 47th |
Down 1 from 47th to 48th |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 03/20/2025 17:22 | 1,090 | 86/100 | |
| ! | 08/19/2021 11:18 | 170 | 90/100 | |
| ! | 08/19/2021 08:21 | 205 | 92/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 3% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 89.6/100, a mean average of 89.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.1/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 9.6.
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This might be my favorite chart that I've found here, mostly because it's so similar to my own. I really dig the Big Star and Andrew Jackson Jihad love since they need more of it, and next time I update my own I think Alligator might be inside my top 20 as well.
I would love to see a greater variety of artists, if for no other reasons than to maybe find some deeper recs, but it's great the way it is.
I'm gonna be honest, I think Arcade Fire are overrated. However, I don't think that In The Aeroplane Over the Sea is overrated :) This album is really fuckin' good!
I guess that most people don't realize how good Flaming Lips' Yoshimi is. It's normally considered inferior compared to Soft Bulletin, but it's not.
I've just added Big Star's 3rd to iTunes and am really eager to listen.
Artists/Bands to explore: Built to Spill, The Modern Lovers and Andrew Jackson Jihad.
Lots of indie classics; in fact almost all indie classics. I notice Daniel Johnston is the only man who sits outside of the BEA top 1000 (who isn't a new release). I like your taste I really do but I'd love to see some more of your own personality come through, maybe with the addition of some notes? Nice chart though keep it up!
Wonderfully done! You and I have such a similar taste in music. I appreciate the hard work and preciseness you have used to make this list so interesting and diverse. 12/10 well done yo.
15 artists and 10 albums in common?!!?! Would love to see some words describing thoughts around these classy records. Check out my chart =)






