Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by liveinacar

I didn't want to have a chart dominated by a handful of artists, so I restricted it to only one entry per band.
Proved very difficult, and I am sure I have left some out in error or left some too far down the list! Still, not a bad first attempt!!
Now I can increase to 50 albums , I have relaxed this rule slightly!

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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2015]
Year of Release:
1980
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107
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2015]
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1979
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248
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2015]
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1977
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11,030
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2015]
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1980
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216
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2015]
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1980
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747
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2015]
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1997
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49
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2015]
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1979
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804
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United Kingdom XTC
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[First added to this chart: 06/14/2015]
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1980
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1,532
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2015]
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1979
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166
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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2015]
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1978
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170
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 0 0%
1970s 36 36%
1980s 45 45%
1990s 7 7%
2000s 6 6%
2010s 6 6%
2020s 0 0%
Artist Albums %


U.K. Subs 13 13%
XTC 6 6%
The Damned 4 4%
The Dickies 4 4%
Pixies 3 3%
Killing Joke 3 3%
Wire 3 3%
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Country Albums %


United Kingdom 80 80%
United States 18 18%
Germany 1 1%
Canada 1 1%
Compilation? Albums %
No 95 95%
Yes 5 5%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

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Faller Down 3 from 63rd to 66th
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Faller Down 2 from 65th to 67th
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From 07/05/2020 13:23
Although I am not nearly so much a fan of punk and postpunk that you obviously are – amply proved by the fact that your chart has zero artists in common with my own – this chart is quite interesting with many bands I recall from the 1990s ‘Rock: The Rough Guide’ but seldom seen here like the Crass (from whom I found the chart), New Model Army, The Exploited, Anti-Nowhere League, D.O.A. and X-Ray Spex.
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From 06/16/2020 09:15
16 in common with my 70's punk chart.
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From 11/04/2017 19:42
Great chart - some really good music on here
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From 05/26/2017 22:16
The rating is based purely on Sex Pistols at 3, I'm not an expert in punk but like the genre
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From 04/18/2017 12:15
Ah, you relaxed the only one artist rule quite a bit. But it refreshing to see some punk. And reminds me that I forgot Penetration in my own chart.
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From 06/29/2015 22:07
Seeing Black Sea up so high makes me happy.
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From 06/29/2015 21:27
Welcome to BEA chap. Never knew there was a punk scene near the Bracknell Forest!! (I'm just over the border to you in Surrey). If you like your punk I'd highly recommend checking out the Punk 45 series of compilations on Soul Jazz (the first two - Kill The Hippies! Kill Yourself! and There Is No Such Thing As Society), and for your inner Andy Partridge have a listen to Please Describe Yourself by Dogs Die In Hot Cars... might be right up your street.
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From 06/15/2015 20:55
Cool Punk Chart.
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