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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1,830
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2007
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5,011
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1977
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8,946
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1956
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1,978
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2003
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793
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1970
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2,344
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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% |
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| Gavin Bryars | 1 | 1% | |
| Fela Kuti | 1 | 1% | |
| Freddie Gibbs & Madlib | 1 | 1% | |
| Sleep (US) | 1 | 1% | |
| Dr. Alimantado | 1 | 1% | |
| Skinnyman | 1 | 1% | |
| Joni Mitchell | 1 | 1% | |
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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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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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Down 4 from 1st to 5th |
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| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums |  Hanshiro | Overall chart | 2019 | |
| Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | Hanshiro | 1970s decade chart | 2019 | |
| Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | sonicdiscourse | Overall chart | 2017 | |
| Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | Skinny | 1980s decade chart | 2015 | |
| Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | brun027 | 1970s decade chart | 2017 | |
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums |  Norman Bates | Overall chart | 2016 |  |
| My record collection (D-I) | Skinny | Custom chart | 2021 | |
| Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s |  Patman360 | 1970s decade chart | 2018 |  |
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| ! | 01/15/2025 16:15 | Exist-en-ciel | 165 | 97/100 |
| ! | 04/24/2021 14:42 |  jnfbn | 309 | 96/100 |
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BestEverAlbums 06/10/2022 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3881): By Skinny
BestEverAlbums 06/10/2022 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3881): By Skinny“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Skinny () 1. Abandoned Luncheonette by Daryl Hall & John Oates (1973) 2. Fruit Tree: The Complete Recorded Works by Nick Drake (1979) 3. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... by Raekwon (1995) 4. Untrue by Burial (2007) 5. Aja by Steely Dan (1977) 6.…”
View forum post →From BestEverAlbums 04/24/2021 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3469): By Skinny
BestEverAlbums 04/24/2021 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3469): By Skinny“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Skinny () 1. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... by Raekwon (1995) 2. Fruit Tree: The Complete Recorded Works by Nick Drake (1979) 3. Untrue by Burial (2007) 4. Pithecanthropus Erectus by Charles Mingus (1956) 5. Dopesmoker by Sleep (2003) 6.…”
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Skinny TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/06/2020 22:02 | #249625
Skinny TOP 100 COMMENTER 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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GeevyDallas 01/20/2016 23:42 | #157196
GeevyDallas 01/20/2016 23:42 | #157196
lmao just got a flashback to rec'ing someone in a smoking room that move d and bejamin brunn album without ever hearing it (retty sure it was based on you hyping it). need to fix that and listen asap so i can rec without the guilt.
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LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/03/2020 12:07 | #258943
LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 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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Lowkey 01/26/2016 00:02 | #157739
Lowkey 01/26/2016 00:02 | #157739
One of my favorite lists of albums
Probably my main place for recommendations
p.s. love the #1 ;) <3
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NowhereMan 12/20/2018 16:17 | #227496
NowhereMan 12/20/2018 16:17 | #227496
I often think I have a really eclectic taste and have listened to an awful lot of music.
Then I see a chart like this and....there's so much to get stuck into.
Added to my favourites for future reference, thanks man.
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