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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1986
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1988
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6,804
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1985
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18,086
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1980
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14,690
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1983
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9,810
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1989
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22,384
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1987
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8,591
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1982
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769
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1989
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2,131
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1989
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Total albums: 12. Page 1 of 2
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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 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| Bob Dylan | 5 | 5% | |
| David Bowie | 4 | 4% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 3% | |
| The Velvet Underground | 3 | 3% | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 3 | 3% | |
| Joni Mitchell | 3 | 3% | |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 04/02/2025 01:33 |  slatsheit | 28 | 88/100 | |
| 01/25/2025 14:08 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,089 | 85/100 | |
| 11/28/2024 21:41 | Johnnyo | 2,585 | 80/100 | |
| 09/09/2024 10:26 | Moondance | 476 | 85/100 | |
| 05/15/2024 19:18 | StreakyNuno | 130 | 82/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 70.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 24.7.
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From slatsheit 04/02/2025 01:34 | #308282
slatsheit 04/02/2025 01:34 | #308282
While many on this site would find my tastes stodgy and boring, from the perspective of a pop/rock fan, this is, as one ranker mentioned, about as good as professional lists get. My only problem with it is that they on one hand put three of VU's albums, and on the other left out the best of their albums.
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From Moondance 09/09/2024 10:30 | #305201
Barely a pass. I think they forgot that there is music (great music) being produced south of the equator.
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From StreakyNuno 05/15/2024 19:18 | #303549
All chart is Ridicolous ...Ahahah
The Dark Side of the moon in 84º??? ahahahah
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flamingyesdept 10/05/2022 20:39 | #290207
flamingyesdept 10/05/2022 20:39 | #290207
About as good as major publication lists get
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Graeme2 04/14/2022 17:00 | #284246
Graeme2 04/14/2022 17:00 | #284246
"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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From gregthealien 05/03/2021 06:42 | #269297
It suits the publication: safe, boring yet not really much to disagree with
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Larcx13 11/11/2020 12:55 | #260631
Larcx13 11/11/2020 12:55 | #260631
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 | #254612
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 | #253911
Larcx13 06/19/2020 15:17 | #253911
A decent list for a magazine.
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From redplanet 06/19/2020 06:25 | #253870
Clearly more thought put into this than a lot of the populist-kinda charts out there.
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| Best Artists of 1970 | |
|---|---|
| 1. Black Sabbath | |
| 2. Neil Young | |
| 3. George Harrison | |
| 4. Simon & Garfunkel | |
| 5. John Lennon | |
| 6. Miles Davis | |
| 7. Van Morrison | |
| 8. Creedence Clearwater Revival | |
| 9. Led Zeppelin | |
| 10. The Beatles | |
| 11. The Stooges | |
| 12. The Velvet Underground | |
| 13. Grateful Dead | |
| 14. Derek & The Dominos | |
| 15. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | |
| 16. Crosby, Stills & Nash | |
| 17. Santana | |
| 18. Carlos Santana | |
| 19. Deep Purple | |
| 20. Cat Stevens |
