Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
by coppolaleone 
- Chart updated: 03/10/2016 07:45
- (Created: 01/01/2011 13:13).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 10 | 25% | |
| 1970s | 21 | 53% | |
| 1980s | 4 | 10% | |
| 1990s | 1 | 3% | |
| 2000s | 4 | 10% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Moody Blues | 1 | 3% | |
| Miles Davis | 1 | 3% | |
| The Cure | 1 | 3% | |
| Porcupine Tree | 1 | 3% | |
| Mahavishnu Orchestra | 1 | 3% | |
| The Doors | 1 | 3% | |
| Stevie Wonder | 1 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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17 | 43% | |
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12 | 30% | |
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2 | 5% | |
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2 | 5% | |
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2 | 5% | |
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2 | 5% | |
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1 | 3% | |
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 10th to 9th Selling England By The Pound by Genesis |
| Up 1 from 9th to 8th Hot Rats by Frank Zappa |
| Up 1 from 8th to 7th Are You Experienced by The Jimi Hendrix Experience |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 6 from 4th to 10th What's Going On by Marvin Gaye |
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 02/09/2018 20:00 |  marklg | 159 | 87/100 |
| ! | 01/09/2016 23:33 |  Nobodyisemo | 19 | 72/100 |
| ! | 09/20/2015 17:10 |  AAL2014 | 163 | 92/100 |
| ! | 03/04/2015 11:42 |  Bach | 956 | 78/100 |
| ! | 12/16/2014 07:47 |  MLou | 103 | 86/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 83.0/100, a mean average of 82.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.0/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 11.8.
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AAL2014 09/20/2015 17:13 | #150115
Love this chart. So many albums that we have in common. Great selections. Even the albums I haven't heard, I have heard of the bands, and I have heard good things about them.
Excellent work, though I would love to see you describe why you chose these albums!
Excellent albums
Antonio-Pedro 11/03/2013 00:34 | #90320
Sounds like that you really enjoy prog nice to see moving pictures
SingingPeasant96 08/01/2013 15:27 | #82889
Prog Rock rules!!
revolver94 01/07/2013 01:21 | #60478
somebody likes prog
Really enjoyed your chart :)
lancashirearab 06/08/2012 13:38 | #44097
Sometimes I feel that musi. Should have stopped after a certain decade. Then I realise that I would have missed music by Mogwai, Aidan Moffatt, Pictish Trail and the Sexual Objects. It is certainly worth listening out for new music no matter how old you are. Yes, you will find a lot of rubbish, a lot of copyists and a lot of records that are just too 'new' for an old brain to be comfortable with, but you will find something that makes your heart race with joy.
As for your chart, it has some good albums, but too many prog albums.
Hunky Dory!
A bit rich for postmodern beatnik to critise a chart when he / she doesn't post one themselves!
Steebo 05/21/2011 07:11 | #22043
Great chart!
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