Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by iancrockert141 
- Chart updated: 01/14/2017 13:15
- (Created: 12/09/2015 19:25).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1940s | 4 | 4% | |
| 1950s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1960s | 15 | 15% | |
| 1970s | 17 | 17% | |
| 1980s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1990s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2000s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2010s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Elvis Presley | 9 | 9% | |
| Status Quo | 6 | 6% | |
| Willie Nelson | 5 | 5% | |
| Dolly Parton | 4 | 4% | |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse | 4 | 4% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
| Frank Zappa | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 74th to 75thNew Orleans Memories by Jelly Roll Morton |
| Down 1 from 75th to 76thThe Complete Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings by Louis Armstrong |
| Down 1 from 76th to 77th"Love And Theft" by Bob Dylan |
| New entries |
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| The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis |
| Leavers |
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| Dust Bowl Ballads by Woody Guthrie |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 06/20/2025 18:24 | Johnnyo | 2,615 | 80/100 | |
| 03/20/2025 14:47 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,089 | 85/100 | |
| 08/17/2021 04:47 | RioBravo | 200 | 84/100 | |
| 02/17/2021 06:04 |  pjohnsongolf | 272 | 89/100 | |
| 02/19/2018 22:38 |  JulianR | 568 | 75/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 84.9/100, a mean average of 84.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.1/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 7.3.
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Good chart. A few too many best of’s to give it a higher score. Sorry. A very even split of decades. Was that deliberate?
LedZep 07/22/2017 11:54 | #194772
So good. Old school classics
Cardboardfolder 01/22/2017 16:28 | #183888
Nice to see all that old school rock & roll and country here!
I love your eclectic taste and choices. You really have a personal chart and favourites. Elvis is still the king and The Beatles rule as well and Bob Dylan is having his deserved Nobelprize. There is still romm for country and hard rock! Great,man!
A lot of good albums and err Elvis Presley? Never heard of Young And Moody either.
dihansse 02/12/2016 05:50 | #159418
Not everybody will agree with your love of Status Quo but I do
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