Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by 
Lastings 
charts up to 100 now!! Thanks for checking out my chart. Comments are very welcome and encouraged!.. even the negative ones.. also encouraged are suggestions of anything I should listen to or should consider a must have. I keep my collection and wishlist public on here and try to keep it updated.
***songs listed under albums are anything rated 4 or 5 stars in my itunes. thanks!***
**updated 8/16/2019**
- Chart updated: 02/26/2022 07:45
- (Created: 02/08/2011 21:59).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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15 step / weird fishes/apreggi / all i need / faust arp / jigsaw falling into place / videotape
[First added to this chart: 02/09/2011]
Year of Release:
2007
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43,882
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Five years / moonage daydream / it ain't easy / rock 'n' roll suicide / john, I'm only dancing
[First added to this chart: 02/09/2011]
Year of Release:
1972
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43,429
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The Suburbs / ready to start / empty room / city with no children / half light I / suburban war / deep blue / we used to wait / Sprawl II (mountains over mountains)
[First added to this chart: 02/09/2011]
Year of Release:
2010
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19,153
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Airbag / paranoid android / exit music (for a film) / karma police / electioneering / no surprises /
[First added to this chart: 02/09/2011]
Year of Release:
1997
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63,644
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5. (=)
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The song remains the same / The rain song / over the hills and far away / The crunge / d'yer mak'er / no quarter / the ocean -(that's every song except dancing days, which is 3 stars, if your counting at home) - maybe i should have this album higher?!?
[First added to this chart: 02/09/2011]
Year of Release:
1973
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11,690
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Elenor rigby / i'm only sleeping / for no one / I want to tell you / got to get you into my life
[First added to this chart: 02/09/2011]
Year of Release:
1966
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49,587
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Dreams / Never going back again / go your own way / the chain / you make loving fun / I don't want to know / gold dust woman
[First added to this chart: 02/09/2011]
Year of Release:
1977
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30,810
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Rock and roll / the battle of evermore / stairway to heaven / misty mountain hop / going to california / when the levee breaks
[First added to this chart: 02/09/2011]
Year of Release:
1971
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38,662
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Come on! Feel the Illinoise! / John Wayne Gacy Jr. / Jacksonville / Chicago / Casimir Pulanski day / The man of metropolis steals our hearts / They are night Zombies!! They are Neighbors!! They have come back from the dead!! ahhhh!!
[First added to this chart: 02/09/2011]
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2005
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20,308
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Zebra / Norway / Walk in the park / lover of mine / 10 MILE STEREO (all caps because awesome) / take care
[First added to this chart: 04/25/2014]
Year of Release:
2010
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10,197
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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 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1970s | 12 | 12% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1990s | 19 | 19% | |
| 2000s | 35 | 35% | |
| 2010s | 10 | 10% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Radiohead | 6 | 6% | |
| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 4% | |
| The Shins | 3 | 3% | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 3% | |
| Pearl Jam | 3 | 3% | |
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58 | 58% | |
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30 | 30% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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| ! | 03/27/2025 15:40 | DrewHamster | 317 | 79/100 |
| ! | 02/09/2023 22:09 |  pedro1976 | 107 | 85/100 |
| ! | 02/09/2023 20:25 |  MadhattanJack | 260 | 85/100 |
| ! | 02/09/2023 09:39 |  Tamthebam | 645 | 85/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 13% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 87.6/100, a mean average of 86.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.7/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 10.4.
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From Tamthebam 02/09/2023 09:41 | #293804
Tamthebam 02/09/2023 09:41 | #293804
Great chart 15 in common !
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From PeterSmith 06/29/2019 15:28 | #238625
Great chart - most of the stuff I know of your chart I really like. Ziggy deserves the love
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qwert9579 09/02/2018 08:24 | #220388
qwert9579 09/02/2018 08:24 | #220388
excellent chart
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Sean 12/18/2017 17:29 | #203468
Sean 12/18/2017 17:29 | #203468
Really original chart with all great quality records
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From LedZep 03/28/2017 19:40 | #188336
LedZep 03/28/2017 19:40 | #188336
Just listening to Houses of the Holy hahah. Such an underrated thing
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CharlieBarley 01/01/2017 22:49 | #181439
CharlieBarley 01/01/2017 22:49 | #181439
Good chart man. A lot of nice selections. I am just getting into the Decemberists so good to see them. Good work.
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From vancevisuals 01/01/2017 19:25 | #181437
haven't seen Harvest on anyone's list in a while..
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From zrommeke 01/01/2017 10:51 | #181410
Very nice chart!
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From blueandthemoon 05/26/2016 23:33 | #166998
Very nice chart. Good selections from the 2000s. And a nice spattering of "classics". We had 18 albums in common.
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From crimson 05/14/2016 06:48 | #165927
I love your chart. I wish my friends, if I can say I have, had tastes so similar to mine.
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