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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31.

Transformer 

 Lou Reed

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,211 charts

Rank Score:

11,200

Rank in 1972:

6

Rank in 1970s:

35

Overall Rank:

136

Average Rating:

 83 (1,507 votes)

Comments:

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32.

After The Gold Rush 

 Neil Young

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Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,519 charts

Rank Score:

16,310

Rank in 1970:

2

Rank in 1970s:

22

Overall Rank:

82

Average Rating:

 86 (1,738 votes)

Comments:

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33.

Blue 

 Joni Mitchell

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,329 charts

Rank Score:

17,111

Rank in 1971:

6

Rank in 1970s:

21

Overall Rank:

76

Average Rating:

 85 (1,448 votes)

Comments:

108

34.

On The Beach 

 Neil Young

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Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

785 charts

Rank Score:

7,935

Rank in 1974:

2

Rank in 1970s:

52

Overall Rank:

211

Average Rating:

 84 (949 votes)

Comments:

62

35.

A Love Supreme 

 John Coltrane

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,286 charts

Rank Score:

17,120

Rank in 1965:

3

Rank in 1960s:

19

Overall Rank:

75

Average Rating:

 87 (1,451 votes)

Comments:

99

36.

Closer 

 Joy Division

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,457 charts

Rank Score:

16,805

Rank in 1980:

2

Rank in 1980s:

10

Overall Rank:

80

Average Rating:

 85 (1,868 votes)

Comments:

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37.

The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society 

 The Kinks

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Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,007 charts

Rank Score:

10,230

Rank in 1968:

5

Rank in 1960s:

26

Overall Rank:

151

Average Rating:

 84 (1,104 votes)

Comments:

76

38.

Loveless 

 My Bloody Valentine

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Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

2,109 charts

Rank Score:

33,853

Rank in 1991:

2

Rank in 1990s:

4

Overall Rank:

22

Average Rating:

 86 (2,408 votes)

Comments:

308

39.

Bringing It All Back Home 

 Bob Dylan

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,238 charts

Rank Score:

13,393

Rank in 1965:

4

Rank in 1960s:

24

Overall Rank:

101

Average Rating:

 86 (1,634 votes)

Comments:

102

40.

Rock Bottom 

 Robert Wyatt

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Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

426 charts

Rank Score:

4,092

Rank in 1974:

5

Rank in 1970s:

104

Overall Rank:

438

Average Rating:

 79 (547 votes)

Comments:

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200 Greatest Albums of All Time composition

Decade	Albums	%
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	%
The Beatles	5	5%
Bob Dylan	5	5%
David Bowie	4	4%
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	3	3%
Joni Mitchell	3	3%
The Cure	3	3%
The Rolling Stones	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	43	43%
	42	42%
	8	8%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	1	1%

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10/100	09/27/2022 21:43	Phileas	6	35/100
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From flamingyesdept 10/05/2022 20:39

About as good as major publication lists get

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From Graeme2 04/14/2022 17:00

"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.

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75/100

From gregthealien 05/03/2021 06:42

It suits the publication: safe, boring yet not really much to disagree with

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From Larcx13 11/11/2020 12:55

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.

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From 0129114 06/27/2020 15:48

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..

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From Larcx13 06/19/2020 15:17

A decent list for a magazine.

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From redplanet 06/19/2020 06:25

Clearly more thought put into this than a lot of the populist-kinda charts out there.

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From PeterSmith 01/05/2020 12:42

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

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From hitch 12/26/2019 03:28

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

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From C_Krug2009 11/10/2019 19:30

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

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