Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by chriskarman 
- Chart updated: 02/07/2021 23:15
- (Created: 04/07/2015 00:57).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1970s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1980s | 17 | 17% | |
| 1990s | 27 | 27% | |
| 2000s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 14 | 14% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Radiohead | 7 | 7% | |
| The Beatles | 4 | 4% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 3% | |
| Arcade Fire | 3 | 3% | |
| Pearl Jam | 3 | 3% | |
| Nirvana | 2 | 2% | |
| Eno | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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45 | 45% | |
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42 | 42% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 44th to 43rd Grace by Jeff Buckley |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 43rd to 44th Playing With Fire by Spacemen 3 |
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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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| ! | 02/11/2025 11:47 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,105 | 85/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2021 10:16 |  Bach | 956 | 78/100 |
| ! | 03/02/2021 21:06 |  Rhyner | 1,454 | 99/100 |
| ! | 03/02/2021 19:39 | StreakyNuno | 131 | 82/100 |
| ! | 03/02/2021 15:57 |  desh79 | 1,278 | 93/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 12% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 87.6/100, a mean average of 88.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.5/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 10.1.
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Too much radiohead...
JoaoMoreira 01/13/2017 04:46 | #182416
Those 2 Radiohead albums deserve to be leading this chart… if not for their quality, for emotional reasons.
Glad to see an REM and a U2 albums on the top 10… many people underrate the first and reacted to the evolution of U2's carrer with disgust but they are great band without a doubt.
Pearl jam never was my cup of tea… i've always inclined to the Pumpkins' side.
Nevermind. Absolute classic. Always was. always will be. Those that don't know or thing the opposite, will some day realize.
The white album is an odd choice for a Beatles' favorite. It's an intriguing album. I applaud that :)
Besides the top 10 I absolutely love and we're in total syntony on blur's 13, beatles' revolver, brian eno's another green world, flaming lips' soft bulletin & yoshimi, st. vincent's strange mercy, dirty projectors' swing lo magellan! and b&s' if you're feeling sinister.
HiImViibes 06/15/2016 19:02 | #168837
Eleven albums in common, overall a good chart. Tons of albums on here are on my wish list, and will hopefully be on my chart eventually.
buzzdainer 06/06/2016 13:37 | #168013
Excellent chart! Enjoy your putting obvious classics such as Blonde on Blonde and London Calling in conversation with some less popular choices.
sssvnnn 11/01/2015 21:45 | #152373
good.
makerofbuckets 05/08/2015 02:13 | #141051
i see what you did with 13. cute.
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