Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by kookio

This is just today's chart as it popped into my head - tomorrow's would be different and so on and so on - there are just too many to list 50!!

• Chart updated: 06/05/2011 22:17
• (Created: 06/05/2011 22:11).
• Chart size: 50 albums.

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Surrealistic Pillow 

 Jefferson Airplane

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2011]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

837 charts

Rank Score:

5,841

Rank in 1967:

12

Rank in 1960s:

45

Overall Rank:

286

Average Rating:

 81 (886 votes)

Comments:

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Workingman's Dead 

 Grateful Dead

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2011]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

272 charts

Rank Score:

1,520

Rank in 1970:

32

Rank in 1970s:

238

Overall Rank:

1,148

Average Rating:

 79 (433 votes)

Comments:

19

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American Beauty 

 Grateful Dead

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2011]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

601 charts

Rank Score:

4,554

Rank in 1970:

16

Rank in 1970s:

92

Overall Rank:

372

Average Rating:

 80 (809 votes)

Comments:

56

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A Love Supreme 

 John Coltrane

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2011]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,327 charts

Rank Score:

15,958

Rank in 1965:

3

Rank in 1960s:

18

Overall Rank:

73

Average Rating:

 87 (1,501 votes)

Comments:

101

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Kind Of Blue 

 Miles Davis

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2011]

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

1,647 charts

Rank Score:

22,675

Rank in 1959:

1

Rank in 1950s:

1

Overall Rank:

37

Average Rating:

 89 (2,276 votes)

Comments:

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Blood On The Tracks 

 Bob Dylan

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2011]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,863 charts

Rank Score:

21,171

Rank in 1975:

2

Rank in 1970s:

11

Overall Rank:

42

Average Rating:

 87 (2,197 votes)

Comments:

168

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Blonde On Blonde 

 Bob Dylan

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2011]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,032 charts

Rank Score:

25,288

Rank in 1966:

3

Rank in 1960s:

11

Overall Rank:

32

Average Rating:

 88 (2,398 votes)

Comments:

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Wish You Were Here 

 Pink Floyd

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2011]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

3,006 charts

Rank Score:

45,514

Rank in 1975:

1

Rank in 1970s:

2

Overall Rank:

5

Average Rating:

 91 (4,053 votes)

Comments:

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Animals 

 Pink Floyd

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2011]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,757 charts

Rank Score:

22,886

Rank in 1977:

2

Rank in 1970s:

8

Overall Rank:

35

Average Rating:

 88 (2,794 votes)

Comments:

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Abbey Road 

 The Beatles

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2011]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,727 charts

Rank Score:

58,255

Rank in 1969:

1

Rank in 1960s:

1

Overall Rank:

3

Average Rating:

 92 (4,621 votes)

Comments:

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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	3	6%
1960s	15	30%
1970s	25	50%
1980s	3	6%
1990s	2	4%
2000s	2	4%
2010s	0	0%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
The Beatles	3	6%
Bob Dylan	3	6%
Pink Floyd	2	4%
The Rolling Stones	2	4%
Jethro Tull	2	4%
Jefferson Airplane	2	4%
Grateful Dead	2	4%
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Country	Albums	%
	24	48%
	18	36%
	4	8%
	2	4%
	2	4%

Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

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The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles

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90/100	03/04/2017 00:15	Seab	2,005	93/100
90/100	02/18/2014 10:43	sssvnnn	2,857	83/100
90/100	07/03/2012 00:37	revolver94	235	84/100
100/100	09/27/2011 00:57	ffudnebbuh	654	91/100
85/100	09/23/2011 06:05	BlueJay	4	86/100

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From TheKing 08/24/2024 12:49

Come back and update this chart please! It rules :)

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From sssvnnn 02/18/2014 10:43

Good ol´ music with a Hippie Soul.

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From ffudnebbuh 09/27/2011 00:57

nice chart

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