Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
souplipton 
- Chart updated: 05/13/2023 21:45
- (Created: 05/22/2016 19:46).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 16 | 16% | |
| 1970s | 29 | 29% | |
| 1980s | 10 | 10% | |
| 1990s | 16 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 14 | 14% | |
| 2010s | 13 | 13% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Radiohead | 7 | 7% | |
| Pink Floyd | 5 | 5% | |
| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| David Bowie | 5 | 5% | |
| Nine Inch Nails | 5 | 5% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 5% | |
| Arcade Fire | 4 | 4% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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51 | 51% | |
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31 | 31% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 14 from 84th to 70th My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts by Brian Eno & David Byrne |
| Up 6 from 86th to 80th Disintegration by The Cure |
| Up 1 from 91st to 90th Before And After Science by Brian Eno |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 3 from 79th to 82nd Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin |
| Down 2 from 81st to 83rd Spirit Of Eden by Talk Talk |
| Down 2 from 82nd to 84th Selling England By The Pound by Genesis (UK) |
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85/100  | 07/30/2023 11:48 |  Tamthebam | | 85/100 |
 95/100 | 08/21/2022 02:37 |  Larcx13 | | 86/100 |
| 85/100 | 06/14/2021 15:56 | Johnnyo | | 79/100 |
| 95/100 | 06/14/2021 14:56 |  desh79 | | 93/100 |
| 100/100 | 08/07/2020 02:25 | DrewHamster | | 74/100 |
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All really good stuff. Very nice chart indeed
StefanR10 07/09/2020 21:37
Solid album chart. These are some classics I would select to my list but my chart is different. You like NIN but you also like Radiohead. And good for me you have the Beatles here. So I give you a good Rating.
As everyone has already told you: solid selection of albums. About the classic obvious choices: I agree with them. And lets say thanks for Plastikman, never have heard of him before. It was a great surprise.
CharlieBarley 08/05/2019 07:00
Solid chart.
Good to see Juju by Siouxsie & The Banshees.
A lot of my favourites in there.
ForegroundNoise 05/11/2018 08:26
I appreciate the minimalist picks of Reich and Glass but the top 7 all being variations of Floyd/Radiohead/Beatles? It's a lot.
ps your 91-100 is really great
JulianR 10/22/2017 22:50
good stuff. you should check out:
Steven Wilson - Hand Cannot Erase (great prog rock, halfway between pink floyd and yes imo)
Faust - Faust IV (good krautrock)
Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime (math rock)
Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You (math rock / post-punk)
HoldenM 10/09/2017 02:33
No bad albums.
RoundTheBend 10/08/2017 23:55
So this is why I like your commentary. Great list.
my favorite from the common artists
10 artists in common:
The Beatles- The White Album
Radiohead- In Rainbows
David Bowie- Station to Station
The Velvet Underground- Loaded
Pink Floyd- Animals
Led Zeppelin- Presence
Brian Eno- Another Green World
Yes- Close to the Edge
King Crimson- Starless & Bible Black
The Jimi Hendrix Experience- Electric Ladyland
JulianR 09/11/2017 03:57
great chart! we have very similar picks
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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. Fleetwood Mac | |
| 8. The Who | |
| 9. Black Sabbath | |
| 10. Genesis (UK) | |
| 11. Stevie Wonder | |
| 12. Bob Dylan | |
| 13. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 14. Yes | |
| 15. Paul McCartney | |
| 16. Joni Mitchell | |
| 17. Bob Marley | |
| 18. Nick Drake | |
| 19. Joy Division | |
| 20. Queen |