Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
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• Chart updated: 09/20/2010 09:00
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• Chart size: 50 albums.

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1.

Songs From Northern Britain 

 Teenage Fanclub

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Their most consistent album

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

110 charts

Rank Score:

465

Rank in 1997:

51

Rank in 1990s:

544

Overall Rank:

3,216

Average Rating:

 75 (124 votes)

Comments:

2

2.

Girlfriend 

 Matthew Sweet

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Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

149 charts

Rank Score:

632

Rank in 1991:

33

Rank in 1990s:

438

Overall Rank:

2,496

Average Rating:

 78 (158 votes)

Comments:

6

3.

#1 Record 

 Big Star

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

545 charts

Rank Score:

4,063

Rank in 1972:

12

Rank in 1970s:

102

Overall Rank:

422

Average Rating:

 82 (651 votes)

Comments:

43

4.

Raspberries 

 Raspberries

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

67

Rank in 1972:

228

Rank in 1970s:

2,151

Overall Rank:

16,384

Average Rating:

 73 (51 votes)

Comments:

2

5.

Bridge Over Troubled Water 

 Simon & Garfunkel

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Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,284 charts

Rank Score:

12,260

Rank in 1970:

4

Rank in 1970s:

29

Overall Rank:

104

Average Rating:

 84 (1,534 votes)

Comments:

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6.

Abbey Road 

 The Beatles

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,726 charts

Rank Score:

58,494

Rank in 1969:

1

Rank in 1960s:

1

Overall Rank:

3

Average Rating:

 92 (4,619 votes)

Comments:

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Straight Up 

 Badfinger

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

127 charts

Rank Score:

689

Rank in 1971:

54

Rank in 1970s:

436

Overall Rank:

2,322

Average Rating:

 77 (140 votes)

Comments:

2

8.

Graceland 

 Paul Simon

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

1,132 charts

Rank Score:

10,885

Rank in 1986:

3

Rank in 1980s:

16

Overall Rank:

122

Average Rating:

 81 (1,349 votes)

Comments:

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9.

A Piece Of What You Need 

 Teddy Thompson

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Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

7 charts

Rank Score:

7

Rank in 2008:

1,346

Rank in 2000s:

12,451

Overall Rank:

65,264

Average Rating:

 74 (6 votes)

Comments:

0

10.

Smile 

 The Jayhawks

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Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

166

Rank in 2000:

132

Rank in 2000s:

1,325

Overall Rank:

7,516

Average Rating:

 73 (48 votes)

Comments:

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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	3	6%
1960s	5	10%
1970s	15	30%
1980s	6	12%
1990s	8	16%
2000s	13	26%
2010s	0	0%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Stevie Wonder	2	4%
The Jayhawks	2	4%
Teenage Fanclub	2	4%
Big Star	2	4%
The Beach Boys	2	4%
The Beatles	2	4%
Sam Cooke	1	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	37	74%
	11	22%
	2	4%

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Rating	Date updated	Member	Chart ratings	Avg. chart rating
10/100	04/12/2014 22:59	Kaiser	115	64/100
90/100	09/02/2013 05:23	replacementlevel	51	95/100
80/100	10/31/2012 14:02	ecwashere	157	83/100
75/100	11/29/2011 22:15	EveryCheapHood	2	80/100
80/100	08/17/2011 11:41	Johnnyo	2,524	80/100

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From Kaiser 04/12/2014 23:04

Soft, boring and too american music.

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90/100

From replacementlevel 09/02/2013 05:23

Good stuff- very personal. "Farmhouse" is a guilty pleasure from my college days.

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80/100

From ecwashere 10/31/2012 14:02

Very good!

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75/100

From EveryCheapHood 11/29/2011 22:15

Teenage Fanclub is amazing... nice chart.

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80/100

From Johnnyo 08/17/2011 11:41

Very interesting chart. Like the inclusion of Teenage Fan Club & Matthew Sweet @ the top.

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From ffudnebbuh 09/24/2010 19:04

really interesting chart.

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