Top 60 Greatest Music Albums by zdwyatt

It's too hard to make a chart that reconciles "great" albums versus my favorite albums while including all the genres I enjoy. Instead, this chart is limited to my favorite genre, which musically spans a few related genres, but has as its heart good stories told through good lyrics. I am also limiting myself to one album per artist, which means I am excluding albums that I love to ensure maximum recognition of artists.

• Chart updated: 05/11/2015 17:45
• (Created: 02/12/2015 18:08).
• Chart size: 60 albums.

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Decoration Day 

 Drive-By Truckers

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Favorite songs: Outfit, Sounds Better in the Song, Heathens [First added to this chart: 02/18/2015]

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

107 charts

Rank Score:

523

Rank in 2003:

60

Rank in 2000s:

487

Overall Rank:

2,911

Average Rating:

 77 (106 votes)

Comments:

6

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Mighty Joe Moon 

 Grant Lee Buffalo

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Favorite songs: Happiness, Lone Star Song, Honey Don't Think [First added to this chart: 02/18/2015]

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

377

Rank in 1994:

80

Rank in 1990s:

648

Overall Rank:

3,854

Average Rating:

 74 (75 votes)

Comments:

2

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The Creek Drank The Cradle 

 Iron & Wine

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Favorite songs: Upward Over the Mountain, Promising Light, Weary Memory [First added to this chart: 02/18/2015]

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

148 charts

Rank Score:

930

Rank in 2002:

28

Rank in 2000s:

289

Overall Rank:

1,809

Average Rating:

 77 (179 votes)

Comments:

8

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Led Zeppelin III 

 Led Zeppelin

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Favorite songs: That's the Way, Gallows Pole, Since I Been Loving You [First added to this chart: 02/18/2015]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,149 charts

Rank Score:

8,241

Rank in 1970:

9

Rank in 1970s:

45

Overall Rank:

188

Average Rating:

 84 (1,976 votes)

Comments:

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The Stranger 

 Billy Joel

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Favorite songs: Scenes From an Italian Restaurant, She's Always a Women, Movin' Out [First added to this chart: 02/18/2015]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

700 charts

Rank Score:

7,142

Rank in 1977:

7

Rank in 1970s:

56

Overall Rank:

233

Average Rating:

 82 (876 votes)

Comments:

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The Joshua Tree 

 U2

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Favorite songs: Running to Stand Still, Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, With or Without You [First added to this chart: 02/18/2015]

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,853 charts

Rank Score:

19,110

Rank in 1987:

1

Rank in 1980s:

6

Overall Rank:

51

Average Rating:

 83 (2,437 votes)

Comments:

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Throwing Copper 

 Live

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Favorite songs: Pillar of Davidson, Dam at Otter Creek, T.B.D. [First added to this chart: 05/06/2015]

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

366 charts

Rank Score:

2,580

Rank in 1994:

22

Rank in 1990s:

117

Overall Rank:

684

Average Rating:

 74 (491 votes)

Comments:

42

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So Long So Wrong 

 Alison Krauss & Union Station

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Favorite songs: Deeper Than Crying, Looking In the Eyes of Love, So Long So Wrong [First added to this chart: 02/18/2015]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

15 charts

Rank Score:

37

Rank in 1997:

417

Rank in 1990s:

3,977

Overall Rank:

25,020

Average Rating:

 73 (17 votes)

Comments:

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Cease To Begin 

 Band Of Horses

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Favorite songs: Detlef Schrempf, Islands on the Coast, No One's Gonna Love You [First added to this chart: 02/18/2015]

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

214 charts

Rank Score:

1,156

Rank in 2007:

27

Rank in 2000s:

239

Overall Rank:

1,495

Average Rating:

 76 (243 votes)

Comments:

10

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Grace 

 Jeff Buckley

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Favorite songs: Lover You Should Have Come Over, Mojo Pin, Last Goodbye [First added to this chart: 02/18/2015]

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,705 charts

Rank Score:

18,029

Rank in 1994:

1

Rank in 1990s:

10

Overall Rank:

61

Average Rating:

 84 (1,948 votes)

Comments:

170

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Top 60 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	1	2%
1970s	15	25%
1980s	3	5%
1990s	13	22%
2000s	19	32%
2010s	9	15%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
The Black Keys	1	2%
Joni Mitchell	1	2%
Iron & Wine	1	2%
Dan Auerbach	1	2%
Gillian Welch	1	2%
Joseph Huber	1	2%
PJ Harvey	1	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	47	78%
	8	13%
	3	5%
	1	2%
	1	2%

Top 60 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 1 from 19th to 18th Animals by Pink Floyd
Up 1 from 18th to 17th Nothing Is Okay by The Everybodyfields
Up 1 from 17th to 16th Fox Confessor Brings The Flood by Neko Case

Biggest fallers
Down 3 from 16th to 19th Vs. by Pearl Jam

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