Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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Chart updated: 05/04/2013 21:57
(Created: 05/26/2011 03:38).
Chart size: 100 albums.

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Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

[First added to this chart: 06/02/2011]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,549 charts

Rank Score:

15,411

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Average Rating:

84 (1,728 votes)

Comments:

139

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Low

David Bowie

[First added to this chart: 06/02/2011]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,542 charts

Rank Score:

15,948

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Average Rating:

86 (2,102 votes)

Comments:

169

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The Doors

[First added to this chart: 08/13/2011]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,450 charts

Rank Score:

25,685

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[First added to this chart: 06/02/2011]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

819 charts

Rank Score:

5,185

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Overall Rank:

316

Average Rating:

82 (1,032 votes)

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The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

[First added to this chart: 11/21/2011]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,222 charts

Rank Score:

8,792

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[First added to this chart: 06/02/2011]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,057 charts

Rank Score:

23,690

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Average Rating:

88 (2,427 votes)

Comments:

176

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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

[First added to this chart: 05/26/2011]

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

1,148 charts

Rank Score:

11,901

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Average Rating:

84 (1,302 votes)

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Homogenic

Björk

[First added to this chart: 05/25/2011]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

1,155 charts

Rank Score:

12,416

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Average Rating:

84 (1,412 votes)

Comments:

103

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Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

1,118 charts

Rank Score:

12,061

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[First added to this chart: 05/25/2011]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

2,178 charts

Rank Score:

26,694

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Average Rating:

86 (2,502 votes)

Comments:

313

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	16	16%
1970s	28	28%
1980s	18	18%
1990s	26	26%
2000s	9	9%
2010s	3	3%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%

David Bowie	2	2%
Joy Division	1	1%
Arcade Fire	1	1%
Fugazi	1	1%
Nine Inch Nails	1	1%
Nick Drake	1	1%
Galaxie 500	1	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	53	53%
	25	25%
	6	6%
	5	5%
	5	5%
	2	2%
	2	2%
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Live?	Albums	%
No	99	99%
Yes	1	1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 29 from 47th to 18th Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow
Up 27 from 46th to 19th Donuts by J Dilla
Up 26 from 43rd to 17th Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

Biggest fallers
Down 29 from 30th to 59th Yerself Is Steam by Mercury Rev
Down 14 from 11th to 25th This Nation's Saving Grace by The Fall
Down 10 from 14th to 24th Spiderland by Slint

New entries
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Songs Of Love And Hate by Leonard Cohen
Pink Moon by Nick Drake
Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth
Odelay by Beck
Moment Of Truth by Gang Starr
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar

Leavers
Songs From A Room by Leonard Cohen
F♯ A♯ ∞ [F-Sharp, A-Sharp, Infinity] by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Good by Morphine
Sea Change by Beck
Step In The Arena by Gang Starr
Songs About Fucking by Big Black
The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	1234567890	Overall chart	2011
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings

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88/100 (from 54 votes)

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100/100 !	01/15/2025 23:09	Exist-en-ciel	162	97/100
80/100 !	08/18/2020 01:34	RioBravo	200	84/100
90/100 !	10/02/2018 08:10	bobbyb5	725	90/100
95/100 !	12/06/2016 23:08	Seab	1,998	93/100
100/100 !	10/20/2016 16:17	arthurbittencour	162	90/100

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arthurbittencourt 10/20/2016 16:17 | #177213

cool chart like those albums very much too.. I feel you!