Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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Nightprowler 
- Chart updated: 05/19/2025 10:45
- (Created: 02/04/2015 21:20).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 02/05/2015]
Year of Release:
1975
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44,712
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[First added to this chart: 02/05/2015]
Year of Release:
1980
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10,036
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[First added to this chart: 05/19/2025]
Year of Release:
1970
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6,367
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[First added to this chart: 02/05/2015]
Year of Release:
1986
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12,437
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[First added to this chart: 05/19/2025]
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[First added to this chart: 01/30/2016]
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[First added to this chart: 12/11/2015]
Year of Release:
1979
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Rank Score:
30,858
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[First added to this chart: 12/25/2015]
Year of Release:
1971
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21,057
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[First added to this chart: 01/07/2016]
Year of Release:
1980
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1,058
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[First added to this chart: 02/06/2015]
Year of Release:
1971
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38,612
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 10 | 10% | |
| 1960s | 7 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 34 | 34% | |
| 1980s | 26 | 26% | |
| 1990s | 5 | 5% | |
| 2000s | 7 | 7% | |
| 2010s | 11 | 11% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Pink Floyd | 2 | 2% | |
| AC/DC | 2 | 2% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 2 | 2% | |
| Reamonn | 1 | 1% | |
| The Black Keys | 1 | 1% | |
| James Blunt | 1 | 1% | |
| Kiss | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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44 | 44% | |
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37 | 37% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 65th to 64th Asterix by Asterix |
| Up 1 from 64th to 63rd Kingdom Come by Sir Lord Baltimore |
| Up 1 from 63rd to 62nd An Older Land by Lands End |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 35th to 36th Fun House by The Stooges |
| New entries |
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| Solitude Standing by Suzanne Vega |
| Oxygène by Jean Michel Jarre |
| Leavers |
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| Rain Dogs by Tom Waits |
| Argus by Wishbone Ash |
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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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| ! | 11/25/2025 12:42 | BorderFreeAndrew | 102 | 81/100 |
| ! | 11/18/2025 22:55 | mrmcrook | 758 | 92/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2025 22:25 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 08/12/2023 20:45 |  Larcx13 | 1,145 | 86/100 |
| ! | 09/28/2017 05:05 |  JulianR | 570 | 75/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 83.3/100, a mean average of 79.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.2/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 18.8.
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From BorderFreeAndrew 11/25/2025 12:44 | #311828
Only one album and artist in common, but that's ok. I like to see unique and interesting charts that have titles I haven't considered before. Zodiac, Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan, a lesser-known Wishbone Ash album. I'll check them out...
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From mrmcrook 11/18/2025 22:57 | #311716
Great list. I'm surprised I haven't come across it earlier with it having a good chunk of rock and metal.
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From Johnnyo 06/22/2017 13:15 | #193012
Nice chart
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LedZep 03/04/2017 23:36 | #186837
LedZep 03/04/2017 23:36 | #186837
Don't like 80s glam rock/metal, but the chart is nice and diverse. Also the number 1 is fantastic
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greatson 01/05/2017 08:54 | #181781
greatson 01/05/2017 08:54 | #181781
Hard Rock, Prog Rock, Glam Rock - I guess you were born in the 60`s...no your account says: 1970 - so maybe you had some elder brothers...or you were listening to AC/DC, Slade or Sweet in the age of 8-10?
The whole chart is better than the top 10 promise. It has a great variety of styles and lot´s of rare picks as well.
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From zrommeke 01/04/2017 20:31 | #181743
Some very nice albums are in, but also very strange combinations. Interesting though...
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CharlieBarley 01/04/2017 19:07 | #181734
CharlieBarley 01/04/2017 19:07 | #181734
Same number one, classic album but our charts are very different. I like some Sabbath albums, I also like Back in Black but metal isn't my fav genre. Still I have been known to dust off my air guitar on occasion. I like the overall diversity of the chart. It gets quite eclectic the further on you read. Some notes would be nice, if you had time. Good work overall man.
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From rheglin 05/16/2016 22:14 | #166218
Nice chart! Making me dig up some old metal!
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sssvnnn 02/06/2016 20:11 | #158898
sssvnnn 02/06/2016 20:11 | #158898
Funny chart.
A lot of mainstream metal that I don´t like, but I respect the chart for beeing pretty personal, diverse and thanks for introducing artists like Okean Elzy and a lot of 50`s stuff.
"Tracy Chapman" is a beautiful album anyway.
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From Roal 05/22/2015 17:16 | #142215
Maybe its because of a lot of 80s mainstream stuff(it was the worst decade for minstream music)this chart ain't for me. Good to see Sun Structures in your chart.
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