Best Years for Music
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flamingyesdept 
- Chart updated: 05/22/2025 08:45
- (Created: 04/03/2016 18:38).
- Chart size: 36 albums.
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1972
[First added to this chart: 05/25/2016]
Year of Release:
1972
Appears in:
Rank Score:
13,903
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1971
[First added to this chart: 01/02/2023]
Year of Release:
1971
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Rank Score:
18,950
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1969
[First added to this chart: 04/22/2022]
Year of Release:
1969
Appears in:
Rank Score:
28,279
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1968
[First added to this chart: 05/25/2016]
Year of Release:
1968
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,475
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1967
[First added to this chart: 05/25/2016]
Year of Release:
1967
Appears in:
Rank Score:
15,370
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1966
[First added to this chart: 05/25/2016]
Year of Release:
1966
Appears in:
Rank Score:
39,162
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1970
[First added to this chart: 01/02/2023]
Year of Release:
1970
Appears in:
Rank Score:
12,042
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1973
[First added to this chart: 01/02/2023]
Year of Release:
1973
Appears in:
Rank Score:
728
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1979
Year of Release:
1979
Appears in:
Rank Score:
30,878
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1974
[First added to this chart: 06/13/2017]
Year of Release:
1974
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,951
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Total albums: 36. Page 1 of 4
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Best Years for Music composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 7 | 19% | |
| 1970s | 8 | 22% | |
| 1980s | 7 | 19% | |
| 1990s | 5 | 14% | |
| 2000s | 5 | 14% | |
| 2010s | 3 | 8% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 3% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| The Flaming Lips | 3 | 8% | |
| Prefab Sprout | 2 | 6% | |
| XTC | 2 | 6% | |
| Radiohead | 2 | 6% | |
| The Radio Dept. | 2 | 6% | |
| Charles Mingus | 1 | 3% | |
| Love | 1 | 3% | |
| Show all | |||
Best Years for Music chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 4 from 33rd to 29th Isn't Anything by My Bloody Valentine |
| Up 3 from 19th to 16th Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan |
| Up 2 from 30th to 28th Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout |
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 3 from 14th to 17th Pampered Menial by Pavlov's Dog |
| Down 3 from 27th to 30th Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road |
| Down 3 from 28th to 31st Six by Mansun |
| New entries |
|---|
| London Calling by The Clash |
| To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar |
| Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica by The Ronettes |
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| Best Artists of the 2000s | |
|---|---|
| 1. Radiohead | |
| 2. Arcade Fire | |
| 3. The Strokes | |
| 4. Coldplay | |
| 5. Sufjan Stevens | |
| 6. Muse | |
| 7. Arctic Monkeys | |
| 8. Wilco | |
| 9. Animal Collective | |
| 10. The White Stripes | |
| 11. Kanye West | |
| 12. Phil Elverum | |
| 13. Interpol | |
| 14. Modest Mouse | |
| 15. Queens Of The Stone Age | |
| 16. Madvillain | |
| 17. LCD Soundsystem | |
| 18. Godspeed You! Black Emperor | |
| 19. The National | |
| 20. The Flaming Lips |
