Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by Channel 4 (2005) 
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network. These are their best albums of all time. Channel 4 is a television broadcaster in the United Kingdom and started broadcasting in 1982. The Channel 4 panel of music industry experts selected 125 classic albums for the listeners to chose from. The list was broadcasted on Sunday April 17th 2005.
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55,587
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1970s | 36 | 36% | |
| 1980s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1990s | 22 | 22% | |
| 2000s | 7 | 7% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
| Michael Jackson | 2 | 2% | |
| Oasis | 2 | 2% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 2 | 2% | |
| Radiohead | 2 | 2% | |
| ABBA | 1 | 1% | |
| Fleetwood Mac | 1 | 1% | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums |  RFNAPLES | Overall chart | 2013 | |
| 100 Greatest Albums Ever | Q | Overall chart | 2003 | |
| Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums | Virgin | Overall chart | 1998 | |
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | Q | Overall chart | 1997 | |
| NME 's 100 Best Albums Of All Time | New Music Express | Overall chart | 2003 | |
| Top 500 Albums of All Time | Rolling Stone | Overall chart | 2003 | |
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| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
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| NME 's 100 Best Albums Of All Time | New Music Express | Overall chart | 2003 | |
| 100 Best Albums - 2024 Edition | Apple Music | Overall chart | 2024 | |
| NME Readers' All-Time Top 100 Albums | New Music Express | Overall chart | 1988 | |
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| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | Channel 4 | Overall chart | 2005 | |
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Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/23/2014 06:55 | #115059
Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/23/2014 06:55 | #115059
A good representation of what the genral public consider great which is why you get dire straits queen Coldplay and madonna high in list. Fair enough. This to me makes it quite interesting compared to a list compiled by some trendy mag.
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bc1991 10/10/2007 05:45 | #477
bc1991 10/10/2007 05:45 | #477
Michael Jackson at four?
Maddonna at eight?
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KinkyAfro 02/25/2013 13:12 | #66073
Some good albums in there, but madonna in the top 10, and a Robbie Williams album? As well as Dido, Human League and duran duran. No, no, no, no and no. Looks like they tried to keep multiple albums from one artist to a minimum, but that's just resulted in it being padded out with some shockers.
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stangetzaway 07/06/2016 09:54 | #170659
Some bizarre choices. Hard to take seriously.
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nutso42 09/10/2013 15:16 | #85646
U2, Michael Jackson, Oasis, Madonna, and Guns n Roses all above REVOLVER? Seriously?
This may be the worst recognized list I've ever seen.
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