Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Kalipto 
My favorite albums from my favorite artists. I've only included albums that I've listened through quite a bit and enjoyed (obviously :P), so if something isn't here, it's probably because I haven't finished it yet.
To Be Updated every once in a while, so check back if you like it :D
- Chart updated: 01/07/2018 20:15
- (Created: 03/06/2016 22:39).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 3 Tracks:
1. "I Know It's Over"
2. "There is a Light That Never Goes Out"
3. "Frankly, Mr. Shankly" [First added to this chart: 08/03/2016]
1. "I Know It's Over"
2. "There is a Light That Never Goes Out"
3. "Frankly, Mr. Shankly" [First added to this chart: 08/03/2016]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
39,166
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Top 3 Tracks:
1. "Dancing in the Dark"
2. "Downbound Train"
3. "Working on the Highway" [First added to this chart: 03/07/2016]
1. "Dancing in the Dark"
2. "Downbound Train"
3. "Working on the Highway" [First added to this chart: 03/07/2016]
Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
8,254
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Top 3 Tracks:
1. "Atrocity Exhibition"
2. "The Eternal"
3. "Decades" [First added to this chart: 07/29/2016]
1. "Atrocity Exhibition"
2. "The Eternal"
3. "Decades" [First added to this chart: 07/29/2016]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
16,788
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Top 3 Tracks:
1. "A Rush and A Push and The Land is Ours"
2. "Unhappy Birthday"
3. "Girlfriend in a Coma" [First added to this chart: 08/31/2016]
1. "A Rush and A Push and The Land is Ours"
2. "Unhappy Birthday"
3. "Girlfriend in a Coma" [First added to this chart: 08/31/2016]
Year of Release:
1987
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Rank Score:
6,377
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Top 3 Tracks:
1. "Atlantic City"
2. "Nebraska"
3. "State Trooper" [First added to this chart: 05/12/2016]
1. "Atlantic City"
2. "Nebraska"
3. "State Trooper" [First added to this chart: 05/12/2016]
Year of Release:
1982
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Rank Score:
5,761
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Top 3 Tracks:
1. "The Mercy Seat"
2. "Up Jumped The Devil"
3. "Sugar, Sugar, Sugar" [First added to this chart: 03/07/2016]
1. "The Mercy Seat"
2. "Up Jumped The Devil"
3. "Sugar, Sugar, Sugar" [First added to this chart: 03/07/2016]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
1,591
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Top 3 Tracks:
1. "Listening Wind"
2. "Once in a Lifetime"
3. "Houses in Motion" [First added to this chart: 01/04/2017]
1. "Listening Wind"
2. "Once in a Lifetime"
3. "Houses in Motion" [First added to this chart: 01/04/2017]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
30,755
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Top 3 Tracks:
1. "Meat is Murder"
2. "Barbarism Begins At Home"
3. "Nowhere Fast" [First added to this chart: 08/03/2016]
1. "Meat is Murder"
2. "Barbarism Begins At Home"
3. "Nowhere Fast" [First added to this chart: 08/03/2016]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
6,863
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Top 3 Tracks:
1. "The River"
2. "Stolen Car"
3. "Hungry Heart" [First added to this chart: 08/03/2017]
1. "The River"
2. "Stolen Car"
3. "Hungry Heart" [First added to this chart: 08/03/2017]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
4,058
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Top 3 Tracks:
1. "Exit"
2. "With or Without You"
3. "Red Hill Mining Town" [First added to this chart: 06/24/2016]
1. "Exit"
2. "With or Without You"
3. "Red Hill Mining Town" [First added to this chart: 06/24/2016]
Year of Release:
1987
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Rank Score:
19,910
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 6 | 6% | |
| 1970s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1980s | 18 | 18% | |
| 1990s | 14 | 14% | |
| 2000s | 26 | 26% | |
| 2010s | 17 | 17% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 9 | 9% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 7 | 7% | |
| Editors | 5 | 5% | |
| Depeche Mode | 4 | 4% | |
| The National | 4 | 4% | |
| The Beatles | 4 | 4% | |
| The Smiths | 4 | 4% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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48 | 48% | |
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30 | 30% | |
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9 | 9% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 4 from 93rd to 89th Stadium Arcadium by Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 88th to 90th Reflektor by Arcade Fire |
| Down 2 from 89th to 91st Horses by Patti Smith |
| Down 2 from 90th to 92nd Oh, Inverted World by The Shins |
| New entries |
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 Anticsby Interpol |
| Impeccable Blahs by Say Hi To Your Mom |
| Leavers |
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 Chutes Too Narrowby The Shins |
| Fear Of Music by Talking Heads |
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84/100 (from 11 votes)
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100/100  | 06/07/2018 23:56 |  Rhyner | | 99/100 |
85/100 | 05/07/2018 08:58 |  Leonard | | 88/100 |
70/100 | 03/04/2018 18:02 | PeterSmith | | 82/100 |
 90/100 | 12/31/2016 21:45 | iannicolson | | 90/100 |
| 95/100 | 12/29/2016 23:42 |  Onater | | 90/100 |
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70/100
From PeterSmith 03/04/2018 18:07
Yeah I quite like many of the albums and artists that you list. It looks like you had your music - Nick Cave, Bruce Springstein and Editors feature often, but it then looks like your picking up some new artists to you probably from seeing charts and recommendations from sites like this - which is what I guess this site is all about. So well done for that. As you say, as you get to listen to other stuff it might start to feature - I'm on a similar journey and finding loads of new and exciting albums and artists
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70/100
From SVenus 09/09/2016 13:15
As long as someone's taste is interesting it doesn't necessarily have to be good. Although the chart is frankly, bizarre, there are some interesting insights into the mind of a peculiar, peculiar man, whoever he may be. Quite a few albums on the list are great, yet the placement is odd. Who would ever have thought that a list which contains Bowie and Pink Floyd would have their albums placed below the albums of such bland and forgettable mediocrity like Editors and Mumford and Sons.
In any case, a brave chart, in the same way that being objectively wrong is sometimes brave.
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From jackbrown8786 07/18/2016 14:28
are you quite sure that Division Bell is the only Pink Floyd album better than Wish You Were Here, The Wall, and Dark Side of the Moon? haven't you ever heard More, Ummagumma, Obscured By Clouds, the one with all of the empty beds on the cover, or Roger Waters' solo efforts? I can't believe you could only think of 1 PF album better than those 3, you're breaking my balls, man.
more interesting bits:
editors' best =/= back room?
queen's 2nd best = a kind of magic?
bruce springsteen's the rising + human touch > born to run?
you should prob listen to queen's the works, jazz, news of the world, queen II, and a day at the races, you'll probably like them more than a kind of magic.
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exileonthehell 05/06/2016 22:22
exileonthehell 05/06/2016 22:22
If it wasn't for Mumford & Sons your chart and the whole overall chart would be perfect
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80/100
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buzzdainer 03/07/2016 22:20
buzzdainer 03/07/2016 22:20
Brave--and probably controversial--to list Mumford and Sons at #1 and #2. I'm not so sure about Babel, but Sigh No More is really a terrific album that became a cliche way too soon. I (mostly) don't fault the band for that.
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