Top 50 Greatest Music Albums by nm96

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My chart, like many others on this site, is a "favourites" chart. I only consider how much I like an album when ranking albums, though I think quality influences how much I like an album to a degree.

• Chart updated: 04/05/2016 12:15
• (Created: 01/27/2015 12:09).
• Chart size: 50 albums.

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Doolittle 

 Pixies

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Favourite tracks: Here Comes Your Man, Gouge Away, Debaser [First added to this chart: 12/02/2015]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,542 charts

Rank Score:

32,528

Rank in 1989:

1

Rank in 1980s:

2

Overall Rank:

18

Average Rating:

 88 (2,943 votes)

Comments:

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Portishead 

 Portishead

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Favourite tracks: Humming, All Mine, Half Day Closing [First added to this chart: 10/03/2015]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

371 charts

Rank Score:

1,781

Rank in 1997:

21

Rank in 1990s:

187

Overall Rank:

980

Average Rating:

 79 (544 votes)

Comments:

23

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The Velvet Underground & Nico 

 The Velvet Underground & Nico

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Favourite tracks: Sunday Morning, Venus in Furs, Femme Fatale [First added to this chart: 01/27/2015]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,045 charts

Rank Score:

40,967

Rank in 1967:

2

Rank in 1960s:

4

Overall Rank:

10

Average Rating:

 89 (3,542 votes)

Comments:

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Future Days 

 Can

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Favourite tracks: Moonshake, Future Days, Bel Air [First added to this chart: 09/13/2015]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

535 charts

Rank Score:

5,004

Rank in 1973:

10

Rank in 1970s:

87

Overall Rank:

346

Average Rating:

 83 (590 votes)

Comments:

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OK Computer 

 Radiohead

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Favourite tracks: Climbing Up the Walls, Airbag, Karma Police [First added to this chart: 01/27/2015]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

4,410 charts

Rank Score:

65,835

Rank in 1997:

1

Rank in 1990s:

1

Overall Rank:

1

Average Rating:

 92 (5,626 votes)

Comments:

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Kid A 

 Radiohead

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Favourite tracks: How to Disappear Completely, In Limbo, Everything in its Right Place [First added to this chart: 01/27/2015]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

3,210 charts

Rank Score:

43,783

Rank in 2000:

1

Rank in 2000s:

2

Overall Rank:

9

Average Rating:

 89 (4,449 votes)

Comments:

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The Queen Is Dead 

 The Smiths

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Favourite tracks: Bigmouth Strikes Again, There is a Light that Never Goes Out, The Queen is Dead [First added to this chart: 06/25/2015]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

2,485 charts

Rank Score:

34,726

Rank in 1986:

1

Rank in 1980s:

1

Overall Rank:

16

Average Rating:

 88 (2,911 votes)

Comments:

265

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Tago Mago 

 Can

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Favourite tracks: Paperhouse, Halleluhwah, Bring Me Tea or Coffee [First added to this chart: 08/10/2015]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

950 charts

Rank Score:

9,619

Rank in 1971:

7

Rank in 1970s:

37

Overall Rank:

147

Average Rating:

 83 (1,043 votes)

Comments:

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Pet Sounds 

 The Beach Boys

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Favourite tracks: God Only Knows, Wouldn't it Be Nice, Sloop John B

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,850 charts

Rank Score:

40,047

Rank in 1966:

2

Rank in 1960s:

5

Overall Rank:

11

Average Rating:

 88 (3,275 votes)

Comments:

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Loveless 

 My Bloody Valentine

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Favourite tracks: Only Shallow, When You Sleep, Loomer [First added to this chart: 06/18/2015]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

2,156 charts

Rank Score:

29,485

Rank in 1991:

2

Rank in 1990s:

5

Overall Rank:

23

Average Rating:

 86 (2,473 votes)

Comments:

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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	9	18%
1970s	13	26%
1980s	3	6%
1990s	11	22%
2000s	10	20%
2010s	4	8%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
The Beatles	4	8%
Radiohead	4	8%
Portishead	3	6%
Can	3	6%
Kendrick Lamar	2	4%
David Bowie	2	4%
Pink Floyd	2	4%
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Country	Albums	%
	23	46%
	17	34%
	3	6%
	3	6%
	2	4%
	1	2%
	1	2%

Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 4 from 9th to 5th OK Computer by Radiohead
Up 1 from 8th to 7th The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
Up 1 from 4th to 3rd The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico

Biggest fallers
Down 5 from 6th to 11th Maggot Brain by Funkadelic
Down 3 from 44th to 47th Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin
Down 3 from 45th to 48th Ys by Joanna Newsom

New entries
Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar

Leavers
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco
Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

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85/100	06/15/2019 10:40	gidgidi	114	88/100
95/100	01/21/2017 02:25	Seab	2,005	93/100
85/100	01/10/2017 02:27	DrewHamster	317	79/100
85/100	11/11/2016 09:44	TheSmiths82-87	1,831	83/100
90/100	04/06/2016 17:30	Davy	441	87/100

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From gidgidi 06/15/2019 10:40

Well made chart. Really like the Can picks sprinkled in there

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From nm96 06/25/2015 13:27

Thanks for all the feedback.

@AMEIER: At one point I had a couple of Beatles albums in my top ten, but I've grown bored of them recently so they've fallen down a bit.

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70/100

From AMEIER 06/19/2015 15:34

Interesting. wish to see some Beatles album at some TOP #10 spot..

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From makerofbuckets 02/07/2015 19:50

would like to see more than 20

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90/100

From gon2bed 02/07/2015 12:37

Pretty good considering you have just 20 albums. I love Homogeric too but not in my top 100, maybe in time it will be in there. I love Bjork though. I need to give Arcade Fire a good listen to be able to judge them.

6 albums in common:
Kid A by Radiohead (184 points)
OK Computer by Radiohead (180 points)
The Bends by Radiohead (149 points)
Amnesiac by Radiohead (115 points)
A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay (77 points)
Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin (59 points)
4 artists in common:
Radiohead
Coldplay
Björk
Led Zeppelin

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From C_Krug2009 02/02/2015 02:57

You have some decent taste. I respect and agree with to an extent that albums are better than the sum of their parts. Quite insightful and smart comment

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From JasonZaia 01/28/2015 14:22

Brilliant, brilliant chart! Short, but effective.

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