Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by mckick 
I've given one artist one place in this chart to spread it out a bit. I love so many albums in music so this was done to give as many artists a mention.
The top five or so are a little samey but they really are that good.
Happy viewing
- Chart updated: 01/21/2012 15:19
- (Created: 02/24/2011 21:43).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
There are 19 comments for this chart from BestEverAlbums.com members and Top 50 Greatest Music Albums has an average rating of 84 out of 100 (from 24 votes). Please log in or create an account to leave a comment or assign a rating.
Log in or create an account to rate this chart, leave comments or join the discussion.
The entries in this chart have a zero rank score because the chart has not been updated within the last ten years (points from overall charts are decayed over a ten year period).
Available from 
[First added to this chart: 02/27/2011]
Year of Release:
1967
Appears in:
Rank Score:
40,172
Rank in 1967:
Rank in 1960s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Available from
[First added to this chart: 02/27/2011]
Year of Release:
1987
Appears in:
Rank Score:
17,997
Rank in 1987:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Available from
[First added to this chart: 02/27/2011]
Year of Release:
1986
Appears in:
Rank Score:
31,235
Rank in 1986:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Available from
[First added to this chart: 02/27/2011]
Year of Release:
1993
Appears in:
Rank Score:
16,875
Rank in 1993:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Available from
[First added to this chart: 02/27/2011]
Year of Release:
1994
Appears in:
Rank Score:
17,492
Rank in 1994:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Available from
[First added to this chart: 02/27/2011]
Year of Release:
1972
Appears in:
Rank Score:
13,471
Rank in 1972:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Available from
[First added to this chart: 02/27/2011]
Year of Release:
1994
Appears in:
Rank Score:
8,730
Rank in 1994:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
8. (7) 1
Safe Mode: On Certain images on this site may contain sensitive content and are flagged as 'unsafe'. BestEverAlbums.com does not display these images by default, but you may choose to show or hide these images from your profile page. If you choose to hide these images, you'll see an image with a warning message instead of the actual image. If you choose to show them, you'll see these images no differently than regular (safe) images.
Available from
[First added to this chart: 02/27/2011]
Year of Release:
2001
Appears in:
Rank Score:
26,643
Rank in 2001:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Available from
[First added to this chart: 02/27/2011]
Year of Release:
2008
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,093
Rank in 2008:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Available from
[First added to this chart: 02/27/2011]
Year of Release:
1973
Appears in:
Rank Score:
11,655
Rank in 1973:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Total albums: 50. Page 1 of 5
Don't agree with this chart? Create your own from the My Charts page!
Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 2 | 4% | |
| 1960s | 5 | 10% | |
| 1970s | 16 | 32% | |
| 1980s | 6 | 12% | |
| 1990s | 13 | 26% | |
| 2000s | 7 | 14% | |
| 2010s | 1 | 2% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||
| The Strokes | 1 | 2% | |
| Nick Drake | 1 | 2% | |
| The Kinks | 1 | 2% | |
| Spiritualized | 1 | 2% | |
| TV On The Radio | 1 | 2% | |
| Talking Heads | 1 | 2% | |
| Radiohead | 1 | 2% | |
| Show all | |||
Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
Up 16 from 23rd to 7th |
Up 3 from 12th to 9th |
Up 1 from 47th to 46th |
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
Down 4 from 8th to 12th |
Down 3 from 10th to 13th |
Down 2 from 9th to 11th |
| New entries |
|---|
Top 50 Greatest Music Albums similar charts
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | elephanttalkmag | Overall chart | 2010 | |
| Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | jakestovall | Overall chart | 2010 |  |
| Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | TheBestFac | Overall chart | 2010 |  |
| Top 48 Greatest Music Albums | fenghuang | Overall chart | 2011 | |
| Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | chriped | Overall chart | 2011 | |
| Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | jmyl0425 | Overall chart | 2011 | |
| Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | Kleinfall | Overall chart | 2011 | |
| Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | sentient | Overall chart | 2010 | |
| Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | joem92 | Overall chart | 2010 | |
| Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | pittsford | Overall chart | 2013 | |
Top 50 Greatest Music Albums similarity to your chart(s)
Not a member? Creating an account is quick, easy and FREE!
Join 50,000+ music fans
- Join a community of over 50,000 music fans.
- Create & share your own charts.
- Influence the overall album rankings.
- Post comments in the forums and vote on polls.
- Comment on or rate any album, artist, track or chart.
- Discover new music & improve your music collection.
- Customise the overall chart using a variety of different filters & metrics.
- Create a wishlist of albums.
- Unlock Dark Mode and other member features.
- Help maintain the BEA database.
- Earn member points and gain access to increasing levels of functionality!
- And much more.
Join now It only takes a moment.
Top 50 Greatest Music Albums ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 3 ratings for this chart. | Show all 24 ratings for this chart.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/23/2017 01:17 | Seab | 1,998 | 93/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2012 06:54 | Mr November | 118 | 84/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2012 20:48 |  junodog4 | 713 | 73/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some charts can have several thousand ratings)
This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 84.5/100, a mean average of 81.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.9/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 15.2.
Please log in or create an account if you want to be able to leave a rating
Top 50 Greatest Music Albums favourites
Showing all 9 members who have added this chart as a favourite
Top 50 Greatest Music Albums forum mentions
This chart has been referenced 2 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From 
BestEverAlbums 12/04/2012 09:00 in Chart of the day (#417): By mckick
BestEverAlbums 12/04/2012 09:00 in Chart of the day (#417): By mckick“Today's chart of the day Top 50 Greatest Music Albums by mckick () 1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles (1967) 2. The Joshua Tree by U2 (1987) 3. The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths (1986) 4. In Utero by Nirvana (1993) 5. Grace by Jeff Buckley (1994) 6. Close To The Edge by Yes…”
(2 mentions across Chart of the Day topics)View latest topic →
Top 50 Greatest Music Albums comments
Showing latest 5 comments | Show all 19 comments |
Top Comments First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Showing comments with any number of votes. Manage Profile)
Top Comments First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Showing comments with any number of votes. Manage Profile)
From
Mr November 12/05/2012 07:13 | #56796
Nice chart, we appear to have very similar tastes. Apart from having 10 albums in common one thing that stands out from your 1 album per artist rule is that a lot of your favourite albums by any given artist are also mine. Eg Dear Science, Ok Computer, Funeral, Dark Side of the Moon, Slanted & Enchanted, Who's Next, Blue Lines, Definitely Maybe, Led Zep IV etc. London Calling > The Clash and Blonde on Blonde or Highway 61 > Blood on the Tracks would be the only real differences. Only thing stopping you getting 100 is the inclusion of NMH and Stereophonics but it'd be boring if all our tastes were exactly the same
Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 0
Log in to reply
From
JeffN999 04/22/2011 16:13 | #20597
Great chart (thankfully it appears that the much malined 'My Chemical Romance' has been dropped from the list). You have obviously limited yourself to one album by each artist. That does give your chart more balance but it does also exclude a lot of great albums from the list and makes the list a bit artificial since its not really the best 50 albums of all time if Revolver, Abbey Road, Rubber Soul etc. don't make the cut when you are clearly a fan of the Beatles. Nice mix of artists and albums though. I really enjoyed your list.
Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 0
Log in to reply
From
rilex 03/18/2011 06:56 | #19259
rilex 03/18/2011 06:56 | #19259
booyah my brother. It's nice to see Paranoid among Ambient No. 1 -- hilarious but I can relate to ecclecticism. The only thing is I can't understand people's fascination with Yes.
Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 0
Log in to reply
From
covecove TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/19/2011 04:02 | #20509
covecove TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/19/2011 04:02 | #20509
haha you have a great chart, particularly certain picks like RATM and In Utero. Enjoyed your taste in general, I just hate My Chemical Romance soooo much, but to each its own right...
Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 0
Log in to reply
From
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/04/2012 20:48 | #56737
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/04/2012 20:48 | #56737
I agree with faceless - if an artist is really great, why can't they have more than one album in your chart? Regardless, this is a good, if a little standard chart.
Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 0
Log in to reply
What do you think of this chart? Join the conversation!!
Log in or create an account to rate this chart, leave comments or join the discussion.
