Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by cubious 
I updated the chart to apply a "one album per artist" rule. It's a bit weird that albums like The Queen Is Dead and The Bends are now not in the top 50, but there were too many artists previously excluded.
- Chart updated: 02/09/2011 21:14
- (Created: 02/09/2011 01:34).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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Captures the Smiths at their most exciting. This is what their debut should have been like but wasn't.
[First added to this chart: 02/08/2011]
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1984
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5,982
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The key ingredients that make up the Clash - attitude, music and politics - come together perfectly on this record. Flawless.
[First added to this chart: 02/08/2011]
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1979
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30,864
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An underrated work of genius. Lyrically, it's the best hip-hop album ever on either side of the Atlantic.
[First added to this chart: 02/08/2011]
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1995
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1,843
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I do like late 70s Bowie as he gradually disappears up his own arse, but you also can't beat a bit of spot-on songwriting.
[First added to this chart: 02/08/2011]
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1972
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43,399
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No band has ever looked and sounded cooler.
[First added to this chart: 02/08/2011]
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1989
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23,034
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Had Smile been completed on schedule, music history would be completely different. OK Computer would trail in the distance.
[First added to this chart: 02/08/2011]
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2004
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2,371
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She's always brilliant, but this is her only real masterpiece.
[First added to this chart: 02/08/2011]
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2001
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9,418
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Has the ingredients that could have made for a disastrous ego-trip, but somehow it stays just on the right side of fantastic.
[First added to this chart: 02/08/2011]
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1971
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18,939
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In the 80s, they were the best band in America and this is the best of a fantastic run of albums.
[First added to this chart: 02/08/2011]
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1986
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3,524
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If I don't put this in the top ten, will the police come round?
[First added to this chart: 02/08/2011]
Year of Release:
1997
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63,592
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Total albums: 50. Page 1 of 5
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 6 | 12% | |
| 1970s | 10 | 20% | |
| 1980s | 8 | 16% | |
| 1990s | 17 | 34% | |
| 2000s | 7 | 14% | |
| 2010s | 2 | 4% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Beatles | 1 | 2% | |
| The Stone Roses | 1 | 2% | |
| Oasis | 1 | 2% | |
| Baby Bird | 1 | 2% | |
| Elbow | 1 | 2% | |
| Air | 1 | 2% | |
| Brian Wilson | 1 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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23 | 46% | |
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16 | 32% | |
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3 | 6% | |
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3 | 6% | |
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2 | 4% | |
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1 | 2% | |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 03/02/2017 21:27 | Seab | 2,005 | 93/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2011 17:00 |  Mandro | 150 | 78/100 |
| ! | 05/07/2011 12:16 |  Applerill | 974 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/07/2011 11:21 | chris lancaster | 328 | 81/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2011 22:45 | Knetter | 26 | 78/100 |
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From chris lancaster 05/07/2011 11:23 | #21245
This chart is off the hook! Thank you so much for giving some exposure to criminally overlooked albums by Cornershop, Gorky's and so many more..
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From Knetter 02/28/2011 22:45 | #18816
Don't know half, but what I know I like. Appreciate the comments, so do add a few.
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cartoken 02/08/2011 21:13 | #18227
great chart ! i love Hatful Of Hollow, even i wouldn't have added it in a best aver album chart (it's a compilation)
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