Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
by JonasAaron 
The 40 Greatest Albums Ever. Limit - 2 albums per artist (with the exception of Radiohead, since they're Radiohead and all).
- Chart updated: 04/02/2015 06:45
- (Created: 01/05/2015 03:38).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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The entries in this chart have a zero rank score because the chart has not been updated within the last ten years (points from overall charts are decayed over a ten year period).
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Highlights: Everything In Its Right Place / Optimistic / Idioteque
[First added to this chart: 01/07/2015]
Year of Release:
2000
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41,273
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Highlights: Let Down / Lucky
[First added to this chart: 01/07/2015]
Year of Release:
1997
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62,891
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Highlights: Perth / Holocene
[First added to this chart: 01/07/2015]
Year of Release:
2011
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8,410
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Highlights: Nude / All I Need
[First added to this chart: 01/07/2015]
Year of Release:
2007
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42,885
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Highlights: Gravity Rides Everything / Lives
[First added to this chart: 01/07/2015]
Year of Release:
2000
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8,718
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Highlights: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds / A Day in the Life
[First added to this chart: 01/07/2015]
Year of Release:
1967
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42,756
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Highlights: Summertime Clothes / Brother Sport
[First added to this chart: 01/07/2015]
Year of Release:
2009
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9,027
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Highlights: Reckless Serenade / That's Where You're Wrong
[First added to this chart: 01/07/2015]
Year of Release:
2011
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1,748
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Highlights: Hello / Champagne Supernova (NOT Wonderwall)
[First added to this chart: 01/07/2015]
Year of Release:
1995
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17,389
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Highlights: Expo '86 / The Sound of Settling
[First added to this chart: 01/13/2015]
Year of Release:
2003
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3,872
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Total albums: 40. Page 1 of 4
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 3 | 8% | |
| 1970s | 2 | 5% | |
| 1980s | 1 | 3% | |
| 1990s | 7 | 18% | |
| 2000s | 22 | 55% | |
| 2010s | 4 | 10% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Radiohead | 3 | 8% | |
| Pavement | 2 | 5% | |
| Coldplay | 2 | 5% | |
| Modest Mouse | 2 | 5% | |
| Arctic Monkeys | 2 | 5% | |
| Death Cab For Cutie | 2 | 5% | |
| Vampire Weekend | 2 | 5% | |
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 5 from 16th to 11thModern Vampires Of The City by Vampire Weekend |
| Up 3 from 26th to 23rdIs This It by The Strokes |
| Up 2 from 24th to 22ndAha Shake Heartbreak by Kings Of Leon |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 12th to 14thOracular Spectacular by MGMT |
| Down 2 from 13th to 15thThe Glow Pt. 2 by The Microphones |
| Down 2 from 14th to 16thWeezer (Blue Album) by Weezer |
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| ! | 01/23/2017 21:54 | Vasco | 60 | 84/100 |
| ! | 01/09/2017 02:45 | Seab | 2,001 | 93/100 |
| ! | 12/20/2015 23:45 | asyty7 | 14 | 81/100 |
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From Vasco 01/23/2017 21:54 | #184009
Haha loved the description of your chart! XD
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Nice mixture of rock, punk, emo and a dash of classic rock.
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