Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
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"How can I convince you it's me I don't like
And not be so indifferent to the look in your eyes"
[First added to this chart: 05/06/2016]
Year of Release:
2002
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Rank Score:
17,148
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Top rated album (85/100 - 1962 votes)  85 (1,962 votes)
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"No matter what happens now
I shouldn't be afraid
Because I know today has been the most perfect day I've ever seen."
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Year of Release:
2007
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Rank Score:
43,840
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Top rated album (90/100 - 3945 votes)  90 (3,945 votes)
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"Deep in the tower, the prairies below
I can tell you, the telling gets old"
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Year of Release:
2005
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Rank Score:
20,293
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1912 votes)  86 (1,912 votes)
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"Floor collapsing
Floating, bouncing back
And one day....
I am going to grow wings"
[First added to this chart: 05/06/2016]
Year of Release:
1997
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Rank Score:
63,588
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Top rated album (92/100 - 5636 votes)  92 (5,636 votes)
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"She will feed you tomatoes and radio wires
And retire to sheets safe and clean
But don't hate her when she gets up to leave"
[First added to this chart: 05/06/2016]
Year of Release:
1998
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Rank Score:
32,848
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Top rated album (87/100 - 2957 votes)  87 (2,957 votes)
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"And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun"
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Year of Release:
1973
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Rank Score:
60,023
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Top rated album (92/100 - 5332 votes)  92 (5,332 votes)
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"Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby"
[First added to this chart: 05/06/2016]
Year of Release:
1969
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Rank Score:
57,231
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Top rated album (92/100 - 4628 votes)  92 (4,628 votes)
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"Say, 'Fate my friend,
You say the strangest things
I find, sometimes'"
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Year of Release:
2001
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Rank Score:
28,459
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Top rated album (86/100 - 3032 votes)  86 (3,032 votes)
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"Strobe lights and blown speakers
Fireworks and hurricanes...
I'm not here"
[First added to this chart: 05/06/2016]
Year of Release:
2000
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42,289
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Top rated album (89/100 - 4463 votes)  89 (4,463 votes)
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"If you close the door
The night could last forever"
[First added to this chart: 05/20/2016]
Year of Release:
1969
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Rank Score:
12,521
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1643 votes)  86 (1,643 votes)
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 5 13%
1970s 7 18%
1980s 1 3%
1990s 7 18%
2000s 12 30%
2010s 8 20%
2020s 0 0%
Country Albums %


United Kingdom 18 45%
United States 15 38%
Canada 4 10%
Australia 2 5%
Iceland 1 3%

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From 05/12/2016 00:27 | #165775
Great chart. clearly I will listen to Wilco with more attention.
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