Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by steve397 
This is my favourite albums of all time. I see other charts on here often limit to only 1 or 2 albums per artist meaning it is effectively a top artists list and not a top albums list, so there are no such limits here.
- Chart updated: 03/23/2026 15:45
- (Created: 04/28/2016 22:46).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Best tracks: Powerslave, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Aces High, 2 Minutes to Midnight, The Duellists,
[First added to this chart: 04/29/2016]
Year of Release:
1984
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3,923
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Best Tracks: An Ocean Of Strange Islands, The Weave, Perfume Of The Timeless, The Antikythera Mechanism, Something Whispered Follow Me, Sway, Hiraeth, Spider Silk, The Children Of 'Ata
[First added to this chart: 09/22/2024]
Best tracks: Dance Macabre, Rats, Miasma, Witch Image
[First added to this chart: 05/05/2025]
Best tracks: Caroleon's Prayer, A Lifetime of War, Long Live the King, Carolus Rex, Gott Mit Uns, 1648
[First added to this chart: 08/11/2017]
Best tracks: The Trooper, Revelations, Where Eagles Dare, Flight of Icarus, Still Life, To Tame A Land
[First added to this chart: 05/01/2016]
Year of Release:
1983
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1,713
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Best tracks: The Evil That Men Do, Infinite Dreams, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, The Clairvoyant, Can I Play with Madness
[First added to this chart: 05/16/2016]
Year of Release:
1988
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2,469
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Best tracks: Endless Forms Most Beautiful, My Walden, Edema Ruh, Yours Is An Empty Hope
[First added to this chart: 06/05/2021]
Best tracks: Respite On The Spitalfields, Griftwood, Call Me Little Sunshine, Spillways
[First added to this chart: 05/28/2025]
Best tracks: Dark Wings, Ice Queen, Mother Earth, Never-Ending Story
[First added to this chart: 08/18/2025]
Best tracks: Christmas Truce, Soldier Of Heaven, Dreadnought, Stormtroopers, Race To The Sea, Hellfighters
[First added to this chart: 03/04/2022]
Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1970s | 24 | 24% | |
| 1980s | 23 | 23% | |
| 1990s | 4 | 4% | |
| 2000s | 22 | 22% | |
| 2010s | 17 | 17% | |
| 2020s | 9 | 9% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Iron Maiden | 11 | 11% | |
| Sabaton | 10 | 10% | |
| Nightwish | 9 | 9% | |
| Black Sabbath | 8 | 8% | |
| Ghost (SE) | 6 | 6% | |
| Thin Lizzy | 4 | 4% | |
| Within Temptation | 4 | 4% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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39 | 39% | |
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16 | 16% | |
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16 | 16% | |
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10 | 10% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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| Up 2 from 87th to 85thOperation: Mindcrime by Queensrÿche |
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| Down 2 from 85th to 87thEliminator by ZZ Top |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 02/26/2026 00:05 | mrmcrook | 796 | 93/100 | |
| 02/19/2026 09:15 |  Tamthebam | 651 | 85/100 | |
| 01/26/2025 12:18 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,090 | 85/100 | |
| 01/10/2025 11:37 |  doombringer | 16 | 88/100 | |
| 03/04/2024 16:23 | adbrack1988 | 25 | 97/100 |
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From mrmcrook 02/26/2026 00:06 | #313281
A lot of changes since I last commented in 2020. Fantastic bands. Fantastic list.
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From Tamthebam 02/19/2026 09:23 | #313212
Tamthebam 02/19/2026 09:23 | #313212
I appreciate we have completely different tastes in music, but we both love the 70's and 80's. It is your personal chart and you have picked what pleases you & I like that.
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From doombringer 01/10/2025 11:40 | #306893
doombringer 01/10/2025 11:40 | #306893
66 of 100 are also in my collection . So it's obvious : Great List Steve !
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From Moondance 03/04/2024 09:57 | #302355
We walk very different musical pathways so I was surprised that we had 9 albums in common - and that made me smile. Your passion is yours to enjoy.
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From martintho 04/24/2023 00:19 | #296341
Totally agree on the 1-pr-artist-issue
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rockbluesfolkjaz 01/20/2022 20:42 | #279756
rockbluesfolkjaz 01/20/2022 20:42 | #279756
Go Iron Maiden! Nice chart.
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Larcx13 11/19/2020 16:41 | #261100
Larcx13 11/19/2020 16:41 | #261100
Someone loves the 70s... and Iron Maiden.
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From mrmcrook 09/18/2020 03:54 | #258362
Lot of good albums. Couple not my cup of tea but that's the joy of music. If we all liked exactly the same, how dull life would be
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From Steppenwolf666 07/04/2020 19:41 | #255022
Maybe the best list I've seen for annoying the neighbours. Have you heard High Tide's "Sea Shanties"? I think you might like it.
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DommeDamian 07/04/2020 11:19 | #255010
DommeDamian 07/04/2020 11:19 | #255010
Gotta give it to you how many british acts there is here.
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| Best Artists of the 1970s | |
|---|---|
| 1. Pink Floyd | |
| 2. David Bowie | |
| 3. Led Zeppelin | |
| 4. Neil Young | |
| 5. The Rolling Stones | |
| 6. The Clash | |
| 7. Black Sabbath | |
| 8. Fleetwood Mac | |
| 9. Stevie Wonder | |
| 10. The Who | |
| 11. Genesis | |
| 12. Brian Eno | |
| 13. Joni Mitchell | |
| 14. Paul McCartney | |
| 15. Yes | |
| 16. Bob Dylan | |
| 17. Bob Marley | |
| 18. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 19. Nick Drake | |
| 20. Marvin Gaye |
