Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by sebfox

These are my favourite albums. I regularly update this chart as I re-listen a lot and there are great new albums coming out all the time. Well, there were in 2016.

"I wasn't born so much as I fell out"
- The Clash

• Chart updated: 10/14/2020 10:15
• (Created: 04/30/2015 12:25).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Marquee Moon 

 Television

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Venus, Torn Curtain, See No Evil
10.0 [First added to this chart: 04/30/2015]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,723 charts

Rank Score:

21,750

Rank in 1977:

3

Rank in 1970s:

14

Overall Rank:

47

Average Rating:

 86 (1,831 votes)

Comments:

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London Calling 

 The Clash

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Train In Vain, Guns of Brixton, Lost In The Supermarket
10.0 [First added to this chart: 04/30/2015]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

2,751 charts

Rank Score:

36,247

Rank in 1979:

1

Rank in 1970s:

5

Overall Rank:

20

Average Rating:

 87 (3,080 votes)

Comments:

256

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Revolver 

 The Beatles

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Tomorrow Never Knows, I'm Only Sleeping, Taxman
10.0 [First added to this chart: 04/30/2015]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,477 charts

Rank Score:

57,058

Rank in 1966:

1

Rank in 1960s:

2

Overall Rank:

4

Average Rating:

 91 (4,470 votes)

Comments:

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OK Computer 

 Radiohead

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Paranoid Android, Karma Police, Lucky
10.0 [First added to this chart: 04/30/2015]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

4,334 charts

Rank Score:

77,043

Rank in 1997:

1

Rank in 1990s:

1

Overall Rank:

1

Average Rating:

 92 (5,496 votes)

Comments:

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Pet Sounds 

 The Beach Boys

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Wouldn't It Be Nice, I Just Wasn't Made For These Times, I Know There's An Answer
10.0 [First added to this chart: 07/26/2015]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,776 charts

Rank Score:

45,162

Rank in 1966:

2

Rank in 1960s:

5

Overall Rank:

11

Average Rating:

 88 (3,191 votes)

Comments:

354

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The Velvet Underground & Nico 

 The Velvet Underground & Nico

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Sunday Morning, Venus In Furs, Femme Fatale
10.0 [First added to this chart: 04/30/2015]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,976 charts

Rank Score:

46,140

Rank in 1967:

2

Rank in 1960s:

4

Overall Rank:

10

Average Rating:

 89 (3,453 votes)

Comments:

350

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Highway 61 Revisited 

 Bob Dylan

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Ballad of a Thin Man, Like A Rolling Stone, Queen Jane Approximately
10.0 [First added to this chart: 04/30/2015]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,309 charts

Rank Score:

31,105

Rank in 1965:

1

Rank in 1960s:

8

Overall Rank:

26

Average Rating:

 89 (2,733 votes)

Comments:

226

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Doolittle 

 Pixies

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Hey, Here Comes Your Man, Debaser
10.0 [First added to this chart: 04/30/2015]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,490 charts

Rank Score:

37,465

Rank in 1989:

1

Rank in 1980s:

2

Overall Rank:

18

Average Rating:

 88 (2,870 votes)

Comments:

289

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Daydream Nation 

 Sonic Youth

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Teen Age Riot, Candle, Trilogy
10.0 [First added to this chart: 01/29/2016]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

1,541 charts

Rank Score:

17,683

Rank in 1988:

1

Rank in 1980s:

8

Overall Rank:

69

Average Rating:

 84 (1,825 votes)

Comments:

146

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 

 The Beatles

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A Day In The Life, Getting Better, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
9.9 [First added to this chart: 04/30/2015]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,414 charts

Rank Score:

50,924

Rank in 1967:

1

Rank in 1960s:

3

Overall Rank:

7

Average Rating:

 90 (4,483 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	17	17%
1970s	29	29%
1980s	20	20%
1990s	15	15%
2000s	11	11%
2010s	7	7%
2020s	1	1%

Artist	Albums	%
The Beatles	6	6%
Bob Dylan	5	5%
David Bowie	4	4%
Radiohead	4	4%
Bruce Springsteen	3	3%
Michael Jackson	3	3%
Weezer	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	54	54%
	37	37%
	4	4%
	4	4%
	1	1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 3 from 100th to 97th Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple
Up 3 from 99th to 96th Rain Dogs by Tom Waits
Up 3 from 98th to 95th Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter

New entries
A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships by The 1975
Let England Shake by PJ Harvey
The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance

Leavers
Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin
The Smiths by The Smiths

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100/100	10/14/2020 14:28	BraddlesHendo	491	91/100
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From Larcx13 10/14/2020 10:20

Nice list

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From pctrooper 10/09/2019 19:47

Marquee Moon is an awesome album to have at number one.

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From jpajovich 06/28/2019 01:33

Nice picks of classics and great deep cuts!

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From ForegroundNoise 10/13/2018 08:30

Nice chart!!

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From jdenny2018 07/31/2018 16:42

Not a lot of qualms with this list. Well done

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From C_Krug2009 03/23/2018 18:03

Talk Talk and Detones, don't see those on a lot of charts

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From PaperVinnie 01/22/2018 14:51

25 albums in common, awesome chart!

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From platus 07/16/2017 07:59

Very very good chart!

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From RandolphCarterJr 07/16/2017 04:08

I like it, especially the top 20

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From Seventiesfan 07/16/2017 00:07

Awesome chart, many classic albums! All I would recommend is to see some representation from the 1950s. Other than that, keep up the good work.

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