Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by TrekkiELO 
- Chart updated: 12/30/2025 13:45
- (Created: 05/03/2011 05:53).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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After hearing "Hold On Tight" on Casey Kasem's American Top 40 Mighty 690 AM Radio Show back in Summer 1981 while with family around Ventura, California, a U.S. Route 101 road trip to Santa Barbara's Mission when I was just 8 years old, Dad then bought me my very first Electric Light Orchestra album from Tower Records, an audio cassette of Time by ELO, thus started the fandom 38 years ago! 8-)
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1981
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1977
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1976
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1974
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1,360
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1975
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754
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35th Anniversary 2 LP released on August 3, 2018
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1979
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1,110
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1973
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464
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1970s | 29 | 29% | |
| 1980s | 28 | 28% | |
| 1990s | 20 | 20% | |
| 2000s | 13 | 13% | |
| 2010s | 8 | 8% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 1% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Electric Light Orchestra | 26 | 26% | |
| Genesis | 5 | 5% | |
| Phil Collins | 5 | 5% | |
| The Orchestra | 3 | 3% | |
| Jeff Lynne's ELO | 3 | 3% | |
| Electric Light Orchestra Part II | 3 | 3% | |
| James Horner | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 3 from 100th to 97thAnnie In Wonderland by Annie Haslam |
| Up 3 from 99th to 96thBoulders by Roy Wood |
| Up 2 from 97th to 95thNo Rewind: Music From The Documentary Soundtrack by The Orchestra |
| New entries |
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| First Wind by Ricotti & Albuquerque |
| We May Be Cattle But We've All Got Names by Michael De Albuquerque |
| Stalking The Sleeper by Albuquerque |
| Leavers |
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| Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 by The Traveling Wilburys |
| Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 3 by The Traveling Wilburys |
| Icon by The Moody Blues |
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| 03/31/2025 12:57 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,095 | 85/100 | |
| 01/26/2023 22:02 | Johnnyo | 2,572 | 80/100 | |
| 04/09/2021 22:58 | mrmcrook | 788 | 93/100 | |
| 05/04/2020 21:38 | NSPE | 349 | 77/100 | |
| 04/11/2020 14:24 | Szyfman | 173 | 85/100 |
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From mrmcrook 04/09/2021 23:03 | #268400
After looking at your chart, I see why your handle name is what it is. Hilarious. It's so logical Spock.
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From pctrooper 09/15/2019 04:04 | #242625
Holy crap man, you really like ELO! So does my dad, haha! He talks about them all the time. I'm glad to see you also like Genesis a lot. That's my favorite band but my dad hates them for some reason. I love their albums with Phil Collins on vocals you have included, but if you're gonna do multiple albums you gotta at least put a couple of their 70's albums on here. I mean come on, you included "Turn it on Again", their compilation album, but no "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway", no "Foxtrot", not even "A Trick of the Tail" or "Wind and Wuthering" in spite of the fact that you're obviously a huge Collins fan? I implore you to add some of their earlier stuff; you've still got room on your chart!
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From NSPE 03/21/2019 02:36 | #233823
Too much greatest hits albums
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elo269megv 12/10/2018 22:57 | #226710
elo269megv 12/10/2018 22:57 | #226710
Can't knock the love for ELO, big fan here, but are you shure your top 10 isn't reversed mate?
My Ratings would be-
Time: 7.5
Balance: 6
Zoom: 6.5
Secret Messages: 6.5
Out Of Blue: 10
New World Record: 10
Face The Music: 9
Eldorado: 9
Discovery: 8
On Third Day: 8
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From 
ExTeaSea 11/23/2018 15:44 | #225549
ExTeaSea 11/23/2018 15:44 | #225549
ELO is great but there's so much good music out there! I agree you should expand your musical knowledge. I grew up on 80s Genesis but eventually got into their 70s progressive rock stuff which I find better then their pop rock stuff. You should check out Yes, their 70s stuff like The Yes Album, Fragile, Close to the Edge, Relayer etc.. They are one of my favorite bands. Tales from Topographic Oceans is my favorite Yes album , it's a double album with four twenty minute songs haha, it's brilliant. Love your addition of Star Trek soundtracks haha, the James Horner ones are excellent. You should really expand your music, so much great stuff out there! Also expand beyond greatest hits, Stevie Wonder has like five great 70s albums that are better than just the hits. If you like ELO I'd also check out Supertramp, I actually like them more, Crime of the Century is one of my very favorite albums. Good luck in your musical journey.
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Boltzmann 09/01/2018 10:15 | #220343
Boltzmann 09/01/2018 10:15 | #220343
There’s so much cool music out there man, explore!
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bobbyb5 06/02/2017 03:28 | #191837
bobbyb5 06/02/2017 03:28 | #191837
Its awesome that you put all your favorite artists all in a row. How honest can u get. However, the order of your Top 10 ELO's is the REVERSE of what mine would be. Id start with El Dorado and go to Face the Music to New World to Out of the Blue etc. Thats just how i would do it tho.
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Leonard 06/23/2016 19:28 | #169569
Leonard 06/23/2016 19:28 | #169569
There are still jeff Lynn-albums to discover. What about armchair theatre?
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From Rhett 05/28/2016 21:45 | #167103
Good for you! I'm surprised at your chart, but hell, I'd pay to be surprised more often. Time is one of my top albums, so I can certainly understand that one. I bought it when it came out. But then when Secret Messages came out I bought that one too and was extremely disappointed. Very surprised that anything post-Time could be in a favorites chart!
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From daftpunter 03/25/2013 03:26 | #69842
A great ELO, Phil Collins & Greatest Hits album chart. I'll keep it in mind the next time I'm looking for a Jeff Lynne fix. Here's hoping you'll expand your tastes to some of the bands that influenced Jeff...and Phil.
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