Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by luis721 
Ch-ch-ch-changes.
Gonna keep updating.
- Chart updated: 01/13/2018 03:15
- (Created: 05/27/2015 22:25).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Such an emotional and beautiful album. Every song is a waterfall of emotions dropped out of nick drake's soul. It's a ride (a free ride) along our emotions, at least for me, carrying me throughout my deepest feelings.
[First added to this chart: 09/21/2015]
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1972
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17,632
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Fittier Happiers ruins the album. Is that track bad? No. Simply it's a track that doesn't fits with the rest of songs.
[First added to this chart: 05/28/2015]
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1997
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63,494
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Brighter, later.
[First added to this chart: 07/01/2016]
Year of Release:
1971
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5,683
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[First added to this chart: 08/14/2015]
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1972
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43,270
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[First added to this chart: 10/03/2015]
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1971
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19,251
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[First added to this chart: 01/08/2018]
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1996
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10,263
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[First added to this chart: 05/28/2015]
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1989
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23,030
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Duo Marr/Moz is a great combination, everything (almost) they did was perfect, and this album marks their best work, and too rescues the guitarmusic in the eighties. Thanks to them we've got bands like The Killers, Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire, Oasis, and many more.
There is a light that never goes out is the best track off the album, both musically and lyrically, and a perfect closing track with Some Girls Are Bigger than others, that may not be the best work in lyrics by Morrisey that with the line about the pillow makes the song more perfect than it is, but is the perfection and creativity of Johnny Marr what makes this song one of the best closing tracks of all time, and yes, then repeat the entire album, once again. [First added to this chart: 05/28/2015]
There is a light that never goes out is the best track off the album, both musically and lyrically, and a perfect closing track with Some Girls Are Bigger than others, that may not be the best work in lyrics by Morrisey that with the line about the pillow makes the song more perfect than it is, but is the perfection and creativity of Johnny Marr what makes this song one of the best closing tracks of all time, and yes, then repeat the entire album, once again. [First added to this chart: 05/28/2015]
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1986
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33,865
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[First added to this chart: 11/15/2016]
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1967
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9,004
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[First added to this chart: 01/08/2018]
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1969
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8,850
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1970s | 23 | 23% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1990s | 28 | 28% | |
| 2000s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2010s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Smiths | 3 | 3% | |
| Kraftwerk | 3 | 3% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 3% | |
| Pixies | 3 | 3% | |
| Nick Drake | 3 | 3% | |
| Andrew Jackson Jihad | 2 | 2% | |
| Sufjan Stevens | 2 | 2% | |
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36 | 36% | |
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35 | 35% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 2 from 45th to 43rdTrans Europa Express by Kraftwerk |
| Up 1 from 43rd to 42ndDoolittle by Pixies |
| Up 1 from 42nd to 41stColossal Youth by Young Marble Giants |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 4 from 41st to 45thBridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel |
| Down 1 from 46th to 47thBorn To Run by Bruce Springsteen |
| Down 1 from 47th to 48thStrangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths |
| New entries |
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| Fuerte Y Caliente by Onda Vaga |
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| ! | 09/27/2025 19:26 | Johnnyo | 2,566 | 80/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2018 23:59 |  ExTeaSea | 244 | 89/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2018 17:18 |  Boltzmann | 247 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2018 14:23 |  Rhyner | 1,457 | 99/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2018 12:09 | panapsal | 232 | 93/100 |
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From Johnnyo 09/27/2025 19:26 | #311114
Very nice chart
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From ExTeaSea 08/31/2018 00:02 | #220292
ExTeaSea 08/31/2018 00:02 | #220292
Sweet list! I've actually heard a ton of these, definitely approve! Another Green World by Eno is sooo good! I need to listen to Kraftwerk more regularly.
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From panapsal 08/30/2018 12:10 | #220273
excellent chart !!
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JulianR 10/08/2017 04:56 | #199254
JulianR 10/08/2017 04:56 | #199254
You seem like you like sad music, so I would like to introduce you to the saddest album of all time:
A Crow Looked At Me by Mount Eerie
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Cardboardfolder 01/22/2017 20:30 | #183909
Cardboardfolder 01/22/2017 20:30 | #183909
I almost completely agree with you on The Queen Is Dead. It seems that Morrissey and Marr were basically allways meant to be with each other.
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From Lgk21 01/20/2017 22:27 | #183634
Some excellent choices. Well done!
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From zrommeke 01/20/2017 20:19 | #183626
Very good chart, though lots of recent albums.
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greatson 01/20/2017 11:01 | #183469
greatson 01/20/2017 11:01 | #183469
Fine chart of melancholich singer/songwriter and alternative rock!
Well done!
Sooner or later I´ll sure check out some of your southamerican picks!
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From platus 01/20/2017 09:53 | #183468
Good chart
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LedZep 11/14/2016 23:25 | #178438
LedZep 11/14/2016 23:25 | #178438
At one point it gets really too indie, sorry... And Marr was a nice guitar player, but not that good? Or am I wrong? Certainly nothing wrong with opinions. Descriptions are (y)
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