Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by Insomniac

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• Chart updated: 07/19/2017 17:15
• (Created: 04/03/2016 19:20).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Disintegration 

 The Cure

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Standout Tracks: Pictures of You, Fascination Street [First added to this chart: 04/18/2016]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,835 charts

Rank Score:

26,589

Rank in 1989:

2

Rank in 1980s:

4

Overall Rank:

30

Average Rating:

 86 (2,050 votes)

Comments:

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Vs. 

 Pearl Jam

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Standout Tracks: Indifference, rearviewmirror [First added to this chart: 04/18/2016]

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

684 charts

Rank Score:

5,225

Rank in 1993:

6

Rank in 1990s:

65

Overall Rank:

332

Average Rating:

 80 (1,009 votes)

Comments:

63

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OK Computer 

 Radiohead

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Standout Tracks: Paranoid Android, Lucky [First added to this chart: 04/18/2016]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

4,410 charts

Rank Score:

65,487

Rank in 1997:

1

Rank in 1990s:

1

Overall Rank:

1

Average Rating:

 92 (5,628 votes)

Comments:

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Wish You Were Here 

 Pink Floyd

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Standout Tracks: Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part One), Welcome To The Machine [First added to this chart: 04/18/2016]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

3,002 charts

Rank Score:

45,543

Rank in 1975:

1

Rank in 1970s:

2

Overall Rank:

5

Average Rating:

 91 (4,049 votes)

Comments:

312

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Dirt 

 Alice In Chains

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Standout Tracks: Down In A Hole, Would? [First added to this chart: 04/18/2016]

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

874 charts

Rank Score:

7,422

Rank in 1992:

3

Rank in 1990s:

43

Overall Rank:

214

Average Rating:

 82 (1,137 votes)

Comments:

60

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Vitalogy 

 Pearl Jam

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Standout Tracks: Better Man, Immortality [First added to this chart: 04/18/2016]

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

466 charts

Rank Score:

2,695

Rank in 1994:

21

Rank in 1990s:

108

Overall Rank:

643

Average Rating:

 78 (822 votes)

Comments:

40

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Odelay 

 Beck

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Standout Tracks: Ramshackle, Lord Only Knows [First added to this chart: 04/18/2016]

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

957 charts

Rank Score:

6,306

Rank in 1996:

5

Rank in 1990s:

53

Overall Rank:

266

Average Rating:

 81 (1,311 votes)

Comments:

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Dummy 

 Portishead

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Standout Tracks: Roads, Sour Times [First added to this chart: 04/18/2016]

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,567 charts

Rank Score:

16,684

Rank in 1994:

3

Rank in 1990s:

13

Overall Rank:

67

Average Rating:

 84 (1,715 votes)

Comments:

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9. (50) 41

Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven 

 Godspeed You! Black Emperor

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(To list) Standout Tracks:... would be missing the point. [First added to this chart: 04/23/2016]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

1,109 charts

Rank Score:

13,188

Rank in 2000:

2

Rank in 2000s:

10

Overall Rank:

91

Average Rating:

 86 (1,329 votes)

Comments:

107

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The Dark Side Of The Moon 

 Pink Floyd

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Standout Tracks: Us and Them, The Great Gig In The Sky [First added to this chart: 04/18/2016]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,127 charts

Rank Score:

61,647

Rank in 1973:

1

Rank in 1970s:

1

Overall Rank:

2

Average Rating:

 92 (5,327 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	0	0%
1970s	5	5%
1980s	13	13%
1990s	47	47%
2000s	24	24%
2010s	11	11%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Pearl Jam	6	6%
The Cure	4	4%
Pink Floyd	3	3%
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	3	3%
Arcade Fire	2	2%
Alice In Chains	2	2%
Mansun	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	57	57%
	30	30%
	4	4%
	4	4%
	1	1%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 41 from 50th to 9th Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Up 10 from 100th to 90th ( ) [Svigaplatan] by Sigur Rós
Up 1 from 12th to 11th Rated R by Queens Of The Stone Age

Biggest fallers
Down 4 from 8th to 12th Ten by Pearl Jam
Down 4 from 17th to 21st No Code by Pearl Jam
Down 2 from 11th to 13th How To Make Friends And Influence People by Terrorvision

New entries
The Money Store by Death Grips

Leavers
Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory by Dream Theater

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85/100	08/30/2019 11:49	vruslov	582	89/100
95/100	08/03/2018 22:13	WildHorses	113	91/100
90/100	02/06/2017 22:10	LedZep	1,104	84/100
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From WildHorses 08/03/2018 22:15

Great chart! Full of greats in the alternative side. will check out some of them.

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From LedZep 02/06/2017 22:12

Very good chart, loads of my favourites here. Just a little bit too 90s and 00s orientated, there were some really fantastic albums in the 80s and especially 70s

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From Cojo7 04/03/2016 22:06

Nice list, although a little bit too much 90's alt-rock for me.

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