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: 5 hours ago
- (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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3,982
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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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1,701
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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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2,481
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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 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 16 | 16% | |
| 1980s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1990s | 8 | 8% | |
| 2000s | 24 | 24% | |
| 2010s | 22 | 22% | |
| 2020s | 11 | 11% |
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| Iron Maiden | 11 | 11% | |
| Sabaton | 10 | 10% | |
| Nightwish | 9 | 9% | |
| Black Sabbath | 8 | 8% | |
| Muse | 6 | 6% | |
| Ghost (SE) | 6 | 6% | |
| Within Temptation | 6 | 6% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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35 | 35% | |
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16 | 16% | |
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14 | 14% | |
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12 | 12% | |
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11 | 11% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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| ! | 02/19/2026 09:15 |  Tamthebam | 654 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/26/2025 12:18 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,089 | 86/100 |
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BestEverAlbums 02/19/2026 09:00 in Chart of the day (#5228): By steve397“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. Powerslave by Iron Maiden (1984) 2. Yesterwynde by Nightwish (2024) 3. Prequelle by Ghost (SE) (2018) 4. Carolus Rex by Sabaton (2012) 5. Piece Of Mind by Iron Maiden (1983) 6. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son by Iron Maiden (1988) 7.…”
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BestEverAlbums 07/22/2025 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5017): By steve397“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by steve397 () 1. Powerslave by Iron Maiden (1984) 2. Yesterwynde by Nightwish (2024) 3. Carolus Rex by Sabaton (2012) 4. Piece Of Mind by Iron Maiden (1983) 5. Prequelle by Ghost (SE) (2018) 6. The War To End All Wars by Sabaton (2022) 7.…”
View forum post →From BestEverAlbums 01/10/2025 09:00 in Chart of the day (#4825): By steve397
BestEverAlbums 01/10/2025 09:00 in Chart of the day (#4825): By steve397“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by steve397 () 1. The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden (1982) 2. The Great War by Sabaton (2019) 3. Yesterwynde by Nightwish (2024) 4. Piece Of Mind by Iron Maiden (1983) 5. Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones (1971) 6. Carolus Rex by…”
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mrmcrook 02/26/2026 00:06 | #313281
A lot of changes since I last commented in 2020. Fantastic bands. Fantastic list. (Edited)
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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. (Edited)
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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 ! (Edited)
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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. (Edited)
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martintho 04/24/2023 00:19 | #296341
Totally agree on the 1-pr-artist-issue (Edited)
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