Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by Adyman 
The chart is subject to change, of course, as I listen to more albums.
- Chart updated: 01/30/2026 23:15
- (Created: 05/16/2015 15:02).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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Favorite tracks: The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. One, The King of Carrot Flowers, Pts. Two & Three, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, Two-Headed Boy, The Fool, Holland, 1945, Oh Comely, Ghost
Least favorite track: Communist Daughter [First added to this chart: 08/07/2015]
Least favorite track: Communist Daughter [First added to this chart: 08/07/2015]
Year of Release:
1998
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31,585
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Favorite tracks: Call to Arms, Everything's Magic, Breathe, Love Like Rockets, Sirens, Secret Crowds, Star of Bethlehem, True Love, Lifeline, Jumping Rooftops, Rite of Spring, Heaven
Least favorite tracks: N/A [First added to this chart: 05/16/2015]
Least favorite tracks: N/A [First added to this chart: 05/16/2015]
Favorite tracks: Airbag, Paranoid Android, Subterranean Homesick Alien, Let Down, Climbing Up the Walls, No Surprises, Lucky
Least favorite track: Fitter Happier [First added to this chart: 05/16/2015]
Least favorite track: Fitter Happier [First added to this chart: 05/16/2015]
Year of Release:
1997
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62,634
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Favorite tracks: Pink Moon, Place to Be, Road, Which Will, Horn, Things Behind the Sun, Know, Parasite, Free Ride, From the Morning
Least favorite track: Harvest Breed [First added to this chart: 10/26/2015]
Least favorite track: Harvest Breed [First added to this chart: 10/26/2015]
Year of Release:
1972
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17,192
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Favorite tracks: Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box, Pyramid Song, You and Whose Army?, I Might Be Wrong, Knives Out, Dollars and Cents, Like Spinning Plates, Life in a Glasshouse
Least favorite tracks: Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors, Morning Bell/Amnesiac [First added to this chart: 11/27/2015]
Least favorite tracks: Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors, Morning Bell/Amnesiac [First added to this chart: 11/27/2015]
Year of Release:
2001
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9,880
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Favorite tracks: The Only Moment We Were Alone, Six Days at the Bottom of the Ocean, Your Hand in Mine
Least favorite track: Memorial [First added to this chart: 05/16/2015]
Least favorite track: Memorial [First added to this chart: 05/16/2015]
Year of Release:
2003
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2,621
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Favorite tracks: Breadcrumb Trail, Nosferatu Man, Don, Aman, Good Morning, Captain
Least favorite track: For Dinner... [First added to this chart: 11/07/2015]
Least favorite track: For Dinner... [First added to this chart: 11/07/2015]
Year of Release:
1991
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11,928
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Favorite tracks: Words, Fear, Cut, Slide, Lazy, Down, Rope
Least favorite track: Sunshine [First added to this chart: 04/15/2016]
Least favorite track: Sunshine [First added to this chart: 04/15/2016]
Year of Release:
1994
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1,511
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Favorite tracks: Alison, Machine Gun, 40 Days, Sing, When the Sun Hits, Altogether
Least favorite track: Here She Comes [First added to this chart: 11/20/2015]
Least favorite track: Here She Comes [First added to this chart: 11/20/2015]
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1993
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10,582
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Favorite tracks: Silently Leaving the Room, So You Wanna Be a Superhero, September Come Take This Heart Away, Ignorant Piece of Shit, The Piano Song, They'll Only Miss You When You Leave, Sofisticated Fuck Princess Please Leave Me Alone
Least favorite track: Low Budget Slow Motion Soundtrack Song for the Leaving Scene [First added to this chart: 08/24/2020]
Least favorite track: Low Budget Slow Motion Soundtrack Song for the Leaving Scene [First added to this chart: 08/24/2020]
Year of Release:
2002
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871
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Total albums: 50. Page 1 of 5
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 2 | 4% | |
| 1970s | 1 | 2% | |
| 1980s | 3 | 6% | |
| 1990s | 10 | 20% | |
| 2000s | 25 | 50% | |
| 2010s | 9 | 18% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Angels & Airwaves | 4 | 8% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 8% | |
| Muse | 3 | 6% | |
| Tame Impala | 2 | 4% | |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor | 2 | 4% | |
| The Beatles | 2 | 4% | |
| Beach House | 2 | 4% | |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 24 from 40th to 16thTurn On The Bright Lights by Interpol |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 16th to 17thSilent Alarm by Bloc Party |
| Down 1 from 17th to 18thWe Don't Need To Whisper by Angels & Airwaves |
| Down 1 from 18th to 19thOrigin Of Symmetry by Muse |
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| Best Ever Artists | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. Radiohead | |
| 3. Pink Floyd | |
| 4. David Bowie | |
| 5. Bob Dylan | |
| 6. Led Zeppelin | |
| 7. The Rolling Stones | |
| 8. Arcade Fire | |
| 9. Neil Young | |
| 10. Nirvana | |
| 11. The Velvet Underground | |
| 12. Kendrick Lamar | |
| 13. Miles Davis | |
| 14. The Smiths | |
| 15. R.E.M. | |
| 16. The Beach Boys | |
| 17. Kanye West | |
| 18. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 19. Pixies | |
| 20. The Cure |
