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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The entries in this chart have a zero rank score because the chart has not been updated within the last ten years (points from overall charts are decayed over a ten year period).
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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
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521
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Favorite songs: Happiness, Lone Star Song, Honey Don't Think
[First added to this chart: 02/18/2015]
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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
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879
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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
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8,014
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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]
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1977
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6,841
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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
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18,337
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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
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2,603
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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]
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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]
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2007
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1,124
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Favorite songs: Lover You Should Have Come Over, Mojo Pin, Last Goodbye
[First added to this chart: 02/18/2015]
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1994
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Total albums: 60. Page 1 of 6
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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 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Grant Lee Buffalo | 1 | 2% | |
| Kings Of Convenience | 1 | 2% | |
| The Decemberists | 1 | 2% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 1 | 2% | |
| The Black Keys | 1 | 2% | |
| Joni Mitchell | 1 | 2% | |
| Iron & Wine | 1 | 2% | |
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Top 60 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 1 from 19th to 18thAnimals by Pink Floyd |
| Up 1 from 18th to 17thNothing Is Okay by The Everybodyfields |
| Up 1 from 17th to 16thFox Confessor Brings The Flood by Neko Case |
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|---|---|
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| 2. Prince | |
| 3. Pixies | |
| 4. The Cure | |
| 5. Talking Heads | |
| 6. U2 | |
| 7. Metallica | |
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