Top 40 Greatest Music Albums by 
albummaster 
Some minor changes & some guilty pleasures. Still needs some more tweaking...
- Chart updated: 01/12/2019 08:15
- (Created: 11/23/2010 17:19).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 12 | 30% | |
| 1970s | 5 | 13% | |
| 1980s | 9 | 23% | |
| 1990s | 8 | 20% | |
| 2000s | 6 | 15% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Van Morrison | 1 | 3% | |
| Tracy Chapman | 1 | 3% | |
| Joanna Newsom | 1 | 3% | |
| Ennio Morricone | 1 | 3% | |
| Enya | 1 | 3% | |
| Arcade Fire | 1 | 3% | |
| Antony & The Johnsons | 1 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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14 | 35% | |
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10 | 25% | |
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4 | 10% | |
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2 | 5% | |
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2 | 5% | |
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2 | 5% | |
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1 | 3% | |
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 10 from 40th to 30th Upstairs At Eric's by Yazoo |
| Up 5 from 23rd to 18th King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown by Augustus Pablo |
| Up 5 from 19th to 14th In Concert Houston-Lyon by Jean Michel Jarre |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 7 from 3rd to 10th Lágrimas Negras by Bebo & Cigala |
| Down 4 from 16th to 20th Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits |
| Down 1 from 1st to 2nd Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys |
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100/100  | 06/14/2023 05:22 | lanadeleswift | | 98/100 |
90/100 | 01/22/2023 20:12 |  ExTeaSea | | 89/100 |
85/100 | 01/23/2022 16:13 |  IlMala | | 95/100 |
90/100 | 12/17/2020 18:34 |  seb7 | | 91/100 |
90/100 | 12/03/2020 20:31 |  CharlieBarley | | 94/100 |
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ExTeaSea 01/22/2023 20:15
Cool/interesting chart! Would be great to see a full 100.
seb7 12/17/2020 18:35
Nice chart Mr. Albummaster. You put Bookends where it deserves to be.
I like the diversity between eras and genres.
Boltzmann 12/20/2019 23:11
I guess criticizing the albummaster on being too status quo and forcibly varied (and no, that's not a contradiction) would be stating the obvious. I'll say this: picks like The Orb and Enya make up a lot (and sure, INXS gives the perfect amount of cringe that's needed in a chart). That's the stuff I like to see; stuff you don't expect. That's my two cents.
doubleA 10/08/2019 12:39
Nice to see that this site's owner has a great sense of classics while putting his own little twist in it with other very personal picks. As the previous comment said, "short and sweet"!
IgnacioJoaquin 03/14/2019 03:42
Fantastic chart. Short and sweet.
Paule 03/08/2019 22:36
Very interesting chart ;)
Not bad
JulianR 02/14/2018 23:34
At least the person in charge of this whole shebang has pretty good music taste. I've always wondered who they are. Do they get paid for this? Are they the same person that owns the site, or are they an employee (or group of employees)?
I also wonder how much their music taste has been affected by their own site. Maybe some of these albums were recommended through this site. That would be kinda cool
Jbalbinolr 11/19/2017 01:49
Great one.
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