200 Greatest Albums of All Time by Uncut (2016) 
Uncut is a monthly magazine based in London. These are their best albums of all time.
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200 Greatest Albums of All Time composition
Decade | Albums | % | |
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1930s | 0 | 0% | |
1940s | 0 | 0% | |
1950s | 1 | 1% | |
1960s | 34 | 34% | |
1970s | 46 | 46% | |
1980s | 12 | 12% | |
1990s | 4 | 4% | |
2000s | 3 | 3% | |
2010s | 0 | 0% | |
2020s | 0 | 0% |
Artist | Albums | % | |
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The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
Bob Dylan | 5 | 5% | |
David Bowie | 4 | 4% | |
Joni Mitchell | 3 | 3% | |
The Cure | 3 | 3% | |
The Rolling Stones | 3 | 3% | |
The Velvet Underground | 3 | 3% | |
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About as good as major publication lists get

"music began to die in the 80s and by the end of the 2000s it was on life support with an echo of a heartbeat. By 2010s it was dead". Said a bunch of old men who wrote a magazine.
It suits the publication: safe, boring yet not really much to disagree with
Too biased. Don't get me wrong the selection is generally really good but.... meh. Not enough variety and kind of obvious the age group of whoever constructed this list.
Once again, these boomer lists would have you believe that music peaked in the 1970s (and late 60s). Not enough jazz... :( On the plus side they included 3 VU records! I freaking LOVE those velvets..
A decent list for a magazine.
Clearly more thought put into this than a lot of the populist-kinda charts out there.
Most people slag off these type of charts as being populist and probably lacking personality. Unless they are a specific genre then it is likely and obvious that they are going to be populist. Most of the albums featured are well know and show in over 1000 other charts - but that also suggests that they have wide appeal.
Some notable "biggies" missing - Kid A, Funeral, Wish You Were Here.
But to be fair to this chart they have included a bundle of lesser known or charted efforts from the likes of Orange Juice; David Crosby; Gillian Welch; Todd Rundgren; Laura Nyro; The Incredible String Band; The Flying Burrito Brothers; and the excellent John Martyn (Solid Air) to name but a few.
All that said, there is too much emphasis on pre 90's and I agree with Hitch about the lack of female Artists

Wild to me that a list from 2016 claims just 2 woman-led projects should make the top 50 of an all time list, the first being all the way down at 25. This list bores me

This list is trash, 3 albums from the 21st century...?
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