Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
by Matoro183 
This should not really be taken as a "greatest ever" chart, as I have not listened to every album ever released. However, I have to tried to represent here the best of those albums that I have heard. Naturally, there are many albums missing.
- Chart updated: 05/24/2012 01:30
- (Created: 05/13/2011 04:25).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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The entries in this chart have a zero rank score because the chart has not been updated within the last ten years (points from overall charts are decayed over a ten year period).
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Eleanor Rigby, For No One, I'm Only Sleeping, Tomorrow Never Knows
[First added to this chart: 08/14/2011]
Year of Release:
1966
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45,985
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Let Down, Paranoid Android, Climbing Up the Walls, Lucky
[First added to this chart: 05/12/2011]
Year of Release:
1997
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58,942
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Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels), Wake Up, Rebellion (Lies), In the Backseat
[First added to this chart: 05/17/2011]
Year of Release:
2004
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31,306
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, A Day in the Life, With a Little Help From My Friends, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds [First added to this chart: 08/14/2011]
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, A Day in the Life, With a Little Help From My Friends, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds [First added to this chart: 08/14/2011]
Year of Release:
1967
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40,217
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Back in the USSR, Dear Prudence, Happiness is a Warm Gun, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Helter Skelter [First added to this chart: 08/22/2011]
Back in the USSR, Dear Prudence, Happiness is a Warm Gun, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Helter Skelter [First added to this chart: 08/22/2011]
Year of Release:
1968
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35,130
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Wouldn't It Be Nice, Sloop John B. [First added to this chart: 08/22/2011]
Wouldn't It Be Nice, Sloop John B. [First added to this chart: 08/22/2011]
Year of Release:
1966
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36,200
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[First added to this chart: 01/12/2012]
Year of Release:
1979
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28,918
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Shelter From the Storm, Tangled Up in Blue, If You See Her, Say Hello
[First added to this chart: 01/06/2012]
Year of Release:
1975
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19,302
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Come Together, Something, Oh! Darling, Here Comes the Sun, Golden Slumbers
[First added to this chart: 08/22/2011]
Year of Release:
1969
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53,432
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Bluish, Summertime Clothes, Daily Routine
[First added to this chart: 06/01/2011]
Year of Release:
2009
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8,663
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Total albums: 40. Page 1 of 4
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 9 | 23% | |
| 1970s | 4 | 10% | |
| 1980s | 1 | 3% | |
| 1990s | 2 | 5% | |
| 2000s | 16 | 40% | |
| 2010s | 8 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 7 | 18% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 10% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 8% | |
| Fleet Foxes | 2 | 5% | |
| Animal Collective | 2 | 5% | |
| Bon Iver | 2 | 5% | |
| Arcade Fire | 2 | 5% | |
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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Up 3 from 24th to 21st |
Up 3 from 6th to 3rd |
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Down 5 from 19th to 24th |
Down 4 from 2nd to 6th |
Down 4 from 9th to 13th |
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daftpunter 10/25/2011 05:11 | #29071
The chart really starts kicking in to gear around #20. Anyone who ranks John Wesley Harding in the top ten is all right by me. I'd love to see the extended list. Good commentary. Keep up the good work.
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Captain_Dude 07/07/2011 05:47 | #24073
Captain_Dude 07/07/2011 05:47 | #24073
It's a good start. The past 15 years have been represented nicely. Sow, go forth and listen to the artists and works that inspired those on your list. I'll swing back around later and see it again soon.
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Boogn1sh 07/15/2011 13:14 | #24469
Boogn1sh 07/15/2011 13:14 | #24469
Ok start but you're missing a LOT of great albums from that time frame....Neon Bible higher than OK Computer or the myriad of albums that are better than it
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dfulfo01 02/19/2012 04:02 | #37122
dfulfo01 02/19/2012 04:02 | #37122
very nice chart. check out parallax by atlas sound i think you'll really like it
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pvn271 09/07/2011 09:01 | #27190
Also,I must say,I freaking love your chart,You and I have similar tastes !!
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