Top 98 Greatest Music Albums
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SomeoneInNewYork 
- Chart updated: 01/22/2023 14:15
- (Created: 07/09/2015 12:40).
- Chart size: 98 albums.
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2004
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Total albums: 98. Page 1 of 10
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Top 98 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1970s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1980s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 19 | 19% | |
| 2000s | 22 | 22% | |
| 2010s | 15 | 15% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Various Artists | 2 | 2% | |
| Coil | 1 | 1% | |
| Kiki Gyan | 1 | 1% | |
| Death Grips | 1 | 1% | |
| Forest Swords | 1 | 1% | |
| Pharoah Sanders | 1 | 1% | |
| Merzbow | 1 | 1% | |
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21 | 21% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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Top 98 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| ! | 08/25/2025 13:03 | Johnnyo | 2,688 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/24/2024 00:08 | Exist-en-ciel | 165 | 97/100 |
| ! | 12/24/2023 14:58 |  sssvnnn | 2,881 | 83/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 1% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 92.2/100, a mean average of 92.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 93.5/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 8.4.
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Tha1ChiefRocka 07/09/2019 00:24 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition
Tha1ChiefRocka 07/09/2019 00:24 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition“While this certainly lives up to it's title, it's droneniness is rather hypnotizing in a way. Especially on "Hitting The Pavement", I got really caught up in the whole thing; it turned out to be almost soothing. This album's four tracks could be more properly named though. 1. Death 2. Descent 3.…”
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BestEverAlbums 10/25/2015 08:00 in Chart of the day (#1468): By SomeoneInNewYork
BestEverAlbums 10/25/2015 08:00 in Chart of the day (#1468): By SomeoneInNewYork“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by SomeoneInNewYork () 1. On Fire by Galaxie 500 (1989) 2. Geogaddi by Boards Of Canada (2002) 3. Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev (1998) 4. The Disintegration Loops by William Basinski (2012) 5. Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin (1992)…”
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LadyGodiva 07/11/2015 22:43 | #145544
LadyGodiva 07/11/2015 22:43 | #145544
i really like this chart even though it is poles apart from my own.. :) Some great inclusions and Steve Reich at one is surprising but in a good way!
Nice job... Looking forward to seeing the decade charts
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SuedeSwede TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/12/2015 15:43 | #145576
SuedeSwede TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/12/2015 15:43 | #145576
Holy crap on a cracker
I also adore your note for Strange Cacti. Says everything about it that I never could <3
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greatson 07/12/2015 08:45 | #145561
greatson 07/12/2015 08:45 | #145561
Great Chart!
I like your electronic picks a lot!
You are a bit more on the avantguarde side of electronics
(Autechre is too much for me), I prefere it the relaxing way.
Cool picks that are new for me: Mum or Bedhead!
Congratulations!!
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Pegasus 07/22/2015 17:23 | #146235
Pegasus 07/22/2015 17:23 | #146235
I'm gonna have to listen to some of these albums!
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PsychologistHD 08/17/2015 22:53 | #147852
PsychologistHD 08/17/2015 22:53 | #147852
I like shoegaze too.
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