Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by 
Skinny 
In the end, each life is no more than the sum of contingent facts, a chronicle of chance intersections, of flukes, of random events that divulge nothing but their own lack of purpose.
- Chart updated: 12/30/2021 13:15
- (Created: 01/20/2016 21:11).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1995
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1,918
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2007
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5,079
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1977
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9,262
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1956
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1,903
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2003
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796
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1970
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2,459
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1995
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2,407
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 4 | 4% | |
| 1960s | 5 | 5% | |
| 1970s | 32 | 32% | |
| 1980s | 16 | 16% | |
| 1990s | 20 | 20% | |
| 2000s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2010s | 11 | 11% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Blue Nile | 1 | 1% | |
| Van Morrison | 1 | 1% | |
| Harald Grosskopf | 1 | 1% | |
| Fleetwood Mac | 1 | 1% | |
| Raekwon | 1 | 1% | |
| The Notorious B.I.G. | 1 | 1% | |
| Jenny Hval | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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55 | 55% | |
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23 | 23% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 3rd to 2ndFruit Tree: The Complete Recorded Works by Nick Drake |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 4 from 1st to 5thAja by Steely Dan |
| Down 1 from 2nd to 3rdOnly Built 4 Cuban Linx... by Raekwon |
| Down 1 from 5th to 6thPithecanthropus Erectus by Charles Mingus |
| New entries |
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| Abandoned Luncheonette by Daryl Hall & John Oates |
| Leavers |
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| Still Brazy by YG |
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| Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | Hanshiro | 1970s decade chart | 2019 | |
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| My record collection (D-I) | Skinny | Custom chart | 2021 | |
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| 03/20/2025 14:46 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,094 | 85/100 | |
| 01/15/2025 16:15 | Exist-en-ciel | 154 | 97/100 | |
| 04/24/2021 14:42 |  jnfbn | 309 | 96/100 | |
| 04/24/2021 11:57 | Rikuff | 57 | 89/100 | |
| 04/24/2021 11:56 |  Larcx13 | 1,138 | 86/100 |
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From Skinny 12/14/2021 20:43 | #277507
Skinny 12/14/2021 20:43 | #277507
"When Im drinkin-a-plenty I usually go for Katy Lied".
Me too babes.
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cestuneblague 06/29/2021 23:37 | #271161
cestuneblague 06/29/2021 23:37 | #271161
When Im drinkin-a-plenty I usually go for Katy Lied
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From Larcx13 04/24/2021 11:58 | #268927
Larcx13 04/24/2021 11:58 | #268927
Hell yeah! Cuban Linx, Infamous, Forever Changes and Erectus in that top 10! You've got a very original chart with various genres. Good stuff!
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From Rikuff 04/24/2021 11:57 | #268926
Top!
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From Johnnyo 04/24/2021 08:29 | #268923
Really varied and interesting chart. I don't know everything on here by a long shot bit what I do know I really like.
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Tha1ChiefRocka 10/03/2020 13:23 | #258946
Tha1ChiefRocka 10/03/2020 13:23 | #258946
All the leavers were great, and all the newcomers are even better. Nice work Skinnyman.
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LedZep 10/03/2020 12:07 | #258943
LedZep 10/03/2020 12:07 | #258943
I was just innocently browsing the net on a Saturday afternoon with Marvin Gaye in the background, as I often do. Suddenly, and out of nowhere, I remembered that German album which Skinny was raving about, and which I've heard only once (Harald Grosskopf's Synthesist). Trying to remember the name of the artist/album, I've naturally decided to check Skinny's ole list. Now imagine young LedZep's surprise when, instead of finding the same old overall chart, he stumbled upon brand new updated 2.0 fat and sugar free version! Oh my!
I guess what I wanted to say with this unfunny story is that this list is fuckin' awesome, and I really appreciate the update. There's tons of stuff to discover and I'll surely be checking some of these soon.
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From RioBravo 07/29/2020 05:42 | #256403
A baffling all-encompassing list, although the choices are very precise, so I don't doubt your sincerity. The result is fascinating.
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IanFrance 06/07/2020 15:28 | #253002
IanFrance 06/07/2020 15:28 | #253002
A superb chart, in my opinion. Loads of variety, loads of classics, plenty of lesser-known works. This is the kind of chart I aspire to!
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From Skinny 04/06/2020 22:02 | #249625
Skinny 04/06/2020 22:02 | #249625
Thanks to those people who take the time to look through and comment on this. Sincerely, it's super cool. As for this endeavour, it's weird - this is like four years old, and I find the concept of picking your favourite 100 albums, let alone putting them into a workable order, utterly absurd, and the practice of doing so completely arbitrary. So these aren't my favourite albums, in this order, but rather just a few things which I think offer a decent representaion of my taste, even four years on. The reason I don't update this is because I have no idea how to. There are many hundreds, if not thousands of albums which I could list here and still feel that this chart is completely honest. These albums are all fucking dope and I love them all. Stay safe and stay two metres apart, motherfuckers!
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