Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by Pegleg 
These are my favorites. I tried my best to keep them in order, but they are all pretty damn good, so the order changes sometimes from listen to listen.
- Chart updated: 02/24/2015 15:15
- (Created: 01/30/2015 16:53).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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This is it... Four of the greatest musicians of all time, coming together in their prime! All the songs are outstanding. I can't believe they made this on the road while touring for Zeppelin I. If it gets better than this, I have not yet heard it.
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1969
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20,812
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Too bad they only ever made one good album... Oh, but what an album!
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1987
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11,034
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Perhaps the best debut by any band ever...
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1991
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18,345
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While I don't think this was as influential as Dark Side, I personally prefer this album. I cannot tell you how many times I've listened to it, but it's a pretty big number. No boundaries, just great songs. They wrote a marvelous 26 minute long song, cut it in half and bookended 3 other absolutely outstanding tracks!
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1975
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44,140
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Lyrically these guys were really tight, and the first true band to fuse rock and rap so effortlessly.
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1986
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3,283
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One of their many albums to be great from start to finish. You can argue they have better albums, but you cannot argue that this album changed the landscape of music forever!
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1969
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16,733
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I don't feel this album has any weaknesses, and it demands you sing along.
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1978
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5,588
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Too many great songs to list. This is their Masterpiece in my opinion.
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1993
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17,621
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This is a top ten album of all time, and that should tell you everything you need to know about it.
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1977
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No base huh? Keyboard instead... Hmm, how many prior bands had done that successfully I wonder? The Doors have some of the best rock songs ever made, and a lot of them are on this album!
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1967
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Total albums: 50. Page 1 of 5
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 13 | 26% | |
| 1970s | 14 | 28% | |
| 1980s | 7 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 9 | 18% | |
| 2000s | 4 | 8% | |
| 2010s | 2 | 4% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 3 | 6% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 6% | |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 4% | |
| AC/DC | 2 | 4% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 2 | 4% | |
| Beastie Boys | 2 | 4% | |
| Cake | 2 | 4% | |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 4 from 8th to 4thWish You Were Here by Pink Floyd |
| Up 1 from 4th to 3rdTen by Pearl Jam |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 3rd to 5thLicensed To Ill by Beastie Boys |
| Down 1 from 5th to 6thLed Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin |
| Down 1 from 6th to 7thThe Cars by The Cars |
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From tgarritsen 02/12/2015 23:54 | #134835
tgarritsen 02/12/2015 23:54 | #134835
Great chart. Fun to see some of the most amazing hard-rock albums but Someone like Micheal Jackson asswell. And what a cool number one choice.
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Martinborras 02/06/2015 22:09 | #134216
Nice chart! expand!
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