Top 81 Greatest Music Albums
by Rhett 
- Chart updated: 10/04/2026 20:15
- (Created: 05/28/2016 20:55).
- Chart size: 81 albums.
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Somehow, this album has taken over my life.
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1998
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1,048
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Someone put this album on at college while we drinking beer. I knew all the songs (and a fair share of the lyrics), but I didn't know why I knew it. As far as I can remember, I had never heard it before. It was a weird deja vu feeling. I staggered up out of the beanbag I was sitting in and grabbed the album. Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde. Hmm. I drove home that weekend and pawed through my dad's albums. There it was. I showed it to him. "Did you play this a lot?" "Oh hell yeah, I used to play that all the time."
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1966
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The album with one of the best origin stories ever. Neil had recorded a follow-up to Harvest, which was the last thing he wanted to do. At a party to play the tape, the new album was played (I think I was to be called Homegrown) and then someone turned the tape over and the raw Tonight's The Night was played. Neil realized THAT was the album he had to put out.
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1975
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2,915
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2016
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14,577
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2000
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38,489
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I saw this on Rolling Stone's list and it seemed like such an unlikely album that I immediately played it. My wife and I turned it off about half way through the first album, thinking it was terrible. Two years later and we can't get away from it. Is there anything more additive than some of these songs?
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1999
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3,473
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2007
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40,271
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1972
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18,158
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Takes me back to my childhood in the 70s more than any other album can. It has all the 70s vibe of a Hula Hoop or a gal in a crotchet halter top and bell bottoms.
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1972
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40,465
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1985
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Top 81 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 14 | 17% | |
| 1970s | 27 | 33% | |
| 1980s | 17 | 21% | |
| 1990s | 8 | 10% | |
| 2000s | 9 | 11% | |
| 2010s | 6 | 7% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Beatles | 4 | 5% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 5% | |
| Genesis | 3 | 4% | |
| Neil Young | 3 | 4% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 2 | 2% | |
| Talking Heads | 2 | 2% | |
| Kate Bush | 2 | 2% | |
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BestEverAlbums 01/16/2019 09:00 in Chart of the day (#2642): By Rhett
BestEverAlbums 01/16/2019 09:00 in Chart of the day (#2642): By Rhett“Today's chart of the day Top 80 Greatest Music Albums by Rhett () 1. Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan (1966) 2. Tonight's The Night by Neil Young (1975) 3. Kid A by Radiohead (2000) 4. 69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields (1999) 5. A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead (2016) 6. In Rainbows by Radiohead…”
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bobbyb5 02/06/2017 14:32 | #184996
bobbyb5 02/06/2017 14:32 | #184996
I can't understand why I don't see a lot more of Nillson Schmillson. Maybe enough people just don't KNOW it anymore. If they did, well, it would be in the Top 100. Its in MY Top 10.
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stangetzaway 06/27/2016 13:01 | #169987
Excellent, diverse chart. Anyone with Blonde on Blonde as their g.o.a.t is fine by me.
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CharlieBarley 09/21/2016 18:49 | #175531
CharlieBarley 09/21/2016 18:49 | #175531
Good chart man. A good few albums in common and a few I'd like to check out. Like the fact that it's a Top 74. Good to be honest.
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ForegroundNoise 01/16/2019 09:04 | #229754
ForegroundNoise 01/16/2019 09:04 | #229754
Absolutely LOVE the description you've given to your no.1 pick, that feeling of stumbling across and album from your own past is a familiar one ...
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Repo TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/26/2017 02:45 | #203887
Repo TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/26/2017 02:45 | #203887
Fantastic notes & charts. Love your little stories about each album sShort & sweet but gives you a great feeling about each album.
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