Top 37 Greatest Music Albums
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albummaster 
Some minor changes & some guilty pleasures. Still needs some more tweaking...
- Chart updated: 12/11/2025 15:15
- (Created: 11/23/2010 17:19).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 11/25/2010]
Year of Release:
1967
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37,245
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Year of Release:
1966
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36,330
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[First added to this chart: 12/04/2010]
Year of Release:
1998
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29,697
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Year of Release:
1988
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3,959
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Year of Release:
2004
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31,643
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6. (=)
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[First added to this chart: 11/25/2010]
Year of Release:
1991
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35,883
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[First added to this chart: 12/09/2010]
Year of Release:
1968
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5,806
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[First added to this chart: 04/20/2011]
Year of Release:
1975
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41,665
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[First added to this chart: 12/04/2010]
Year of Release:
1967
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3,285
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Total albums: 40. Page 1 of 4
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Top 37 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Bebo & Cigala | 1 | 3% | |
| The Orb | 1 | 3% | |
| Stan Getz & João Gilberto | 1 | 3% | |
| Stevie Wonder | 1 | 3% | |
| The Cure | 1 | 3% | |
| The Velvet Underground | 1 | 3% | |
| Leonard Cohen | 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 37 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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| ! | 02/26/2025 12:34 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,090 | 86/100 |
| ! | 06/14/2023 05:22 | lanadeleswift | 6 | 98/100 |
| ! | 01/22/2023 20:12 |  ExTeaSea | 243 | 89/100 |
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ExTeaSea TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/22/2023 20:15 | #293186
ExTeaSea TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/22/2023 20:15 | #293186
Cool/interesting chart! Would be great to see a full 100.
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seb7 12/17/2020 18:35 | #262826
seb7 12/17/2020 18:35 | #262826
Nice chart Mr. Albummaster. You put Bookends where it deserves to be.
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papersparrow 04/16/2020 14:43 | #250025
I like the diversity between eras and genres.
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Boltzmann TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/20/2019 23:11 | #245851
Boltzmann TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/20/2019 23:11 | #245851
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.
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doubleA 10/08/2019 12:39 | #243521
doubleA 10/08/2019 12:39 | #243521
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"!
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