Top 40 Greatest Music Albums by albummaster Unknown

Some minor changes & some guilty pleasures. Still needs some more tweaking...

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[First added to this chart: 12/04/2010]
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2004
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[First added to this chart: 11/25/2010]
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2003
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[First added to this chart: 07/14/2011]
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2002
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22
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2006
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9,272
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2005
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2004
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41
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Top 40 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%
Country Albums %


United States 14 35%
United Kingdom 10 25%
Mixed Nationality 4 10%
Spain 2 5%
Jamaica 2 5%
Canada 2 5%
Australia 1 3%
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Live? Albums %
No 38 95%
Yes 2 5%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 38 95%
Yes 2 5%

Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 10 from 40th to 30th
Upstairs At Eric's
by Yazoo
Climber Up 5 from 23rd to 18th
King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown
by Augustus Pablo
Climber Up 5 from 19th to 14th
In Concert Houston-Lyon
by Jean Michel Jarre
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 7 from 3rd to 10th
Lágrimas Negras
by Bebo & Cigala
Faller Down 4 from 16th to 20th
Brothers In Arms
by Dire Straits
Faller Down 1 from 1st to 2nd
Pet Sounds
by The Beach Boys

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From 01/22/2023 20:15
Cool/interesting chart! Would be great to see a full 100.
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From 12/17/2020 18:35
Nice chart Mr. Albummaster. You put Bookends where it deserves to be.
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From 04/16/2020 14:43
I like the diversity between eras and genres.
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From 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.
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From 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"!
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From 03/14/2019 03:42
Fantastic chart. Short and sweet.
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From 03/08/2019 22:36
Very interesting chart ;)
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From 12/26/2018 19:11
Not bad
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From 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
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From 11/19/2017 01:49
Great one.
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Best Albums of 1984
1. Purple Rain by Prince And The Revolution
2. Ride The Lightning by Metallica
3. The Smiths by The Smiths
4. Born In The U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen
5. Let It Be by The Replacements
6. Hatful Of Hollow by The Smiths
7. Double Nickels On The Dime by Minutemen
8. Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads
9. Treasure by Cocteau Twins
10. Zen Arcade by Hüsker Dü
11. Powerslave by Iron Maiden
12. The Unforgettable Fire by U2
13. Ocean Rain by Echo & The Bunnymen
14. Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers by Bob Marley & The Wailers
15. Reckoning by R.E.M.
16. Diamond Life by Sade
17. 1984 by Van Halen
18. Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
19. Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets
20. E2-E4 by Manuel Göttsching
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