Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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- Chart updated: 03/11/2023 13:45
- (Created: 06/20/2016 05:23).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Experimental Rock / Tape Music / Industrial
Key Tracks: Horizontal Hold & The Fall of Saigon [First added to this chart: 05/12/2021]
Key Tracks: Horizontal Hold & The Fall of Saigon [First added to this chart: 05/12/2021]
Year of Release:
1979
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825
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Post-Rock / Experimental Rock
Key Tracks: Ascension Day & After the Flood [First added to this chart: 12/21/2016]
Key Tracks: Ascension Day & After the Flood [First added to this chart: 12/21/2016]
Year of Release:
1991
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8,746
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Contemporary Folk / Slowcore / Avant-Folk
Key Tracks: The Ocean's Nerves & Not Just a Ghost's Heart [First added to this chart: 08/09/2018]
Key Tracks: The Ocean's Nerves & Not Just a Ghost's Heart [First added to this chart: 08/09/2018]
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Post-Hardcore / Noise Rock
Key Track: Envelope [First added to this chart: 04/15/2019]
Key Track: Envelope [First added to this chart: 04/15/2019]
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Psychedelic Folk / Indie Folk / Noise Rock
Key Tracks: The Glow Pt. 2 & Map [First added to this chart: 09/20/2016]
Key Tracks: The Glow Pt. 2 & Map [First added to this chart: 09/20/2016]
Year of Release:
2001
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7,677
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Post-Hardcore / Art Rock / Post-Rock / Neo-Psychedelia
Key Tracks: Off This Century & Below the Salt [First added to this chart: 04/17/2019]
Key Tracks: Off This Century & Below the Salt [First added to this chart: 04/17/2019]
Year of Release:
2001
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1,981
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Psychedelic Folk / Avant-Folk / Tribal Ambient / Drone
Key Tracks: The Sun & Universe [First added to this chart: 05/12/2021]
Key Tracks: The Sun & Universe [First added to this chart: 05/12/2021]
Year of Release:
2003
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1,512
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Noise Rock / Noise / Experimental Rock
Key Track: Priest In the Laboratory [First added to this chart: 04/16/2019]
Key Track: Priest In the Laboratory [First added to this chart: 04/16/2019]
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Post-Punk / Shoegaze / Post-Rock / Drone
Key Track: Earthmover [First added to this chart: 03/04/2018]
Key Track: Earthmover [First added to this chart: 03/04/2018]
Year of Release:
2008
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4,236
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Drone / Avant-Folk / Psychedelic Folk / Ambient
Key Track: The Dance of the Moon and the Sun [First added to this chart: 09/16/2019]
Key Track: The Dance of the Moon and the Sun [First added to this chart: 09/16/2019]
Year of Release:
2006
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692
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 10 | 10% | |
| 1970s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1980s | 7 | 7% | |
| 1990s | 22 | 22% | |
| 2000s | 36 | 36% | |
| 2010s | 14 | 14% | |
| 2020s | 3 | 3% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Unwound | 4 | 4% | |
| Natural Snow Buildings | 3 | 3% | |
| Iancu Dumitrescu | 3 | 3% | |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor | 2 | 2% | |
| Scott Walker | 2 | 2% | |
| Mount Eerie | 2 | 2% | |
| London Jazz Composers' Orchestra | 2 | 2% | |
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38 | 38% | |
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11 | 11% | |
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8 | 8% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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| Up 15 from 68th to 53rd Divorce Lawyers I Shaved My Head by Jordaan Mason And The Horse Museum |
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| Down 3 from 97th to 100th 悲愴 [Hisō] by 不失者 [Fushitsusha] |
| Down 2 from 56th to 58th Intents And Purposes: The Jazz Artistry Of Bill Dixon by Bill Dixon |
| Down 1 from 53rd to 54th Electro-Acoustic Music by Iannis Xenakis |
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| Spiderland by Slint |
| Mount Eerie Pts. 6 & 7 by Mount Eerie |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 02/03/2025 20:00 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 09/11/2023 11:21 | Johnnyo | 2,557 | 80/100 |
| ! | 09/06/2023 10:14 |  Tamthebam | 645 | 85/100 |
| ! | 05/19/2023 17:22 |  RevolverCB72 | 81 | 83/100 |
| ! | 04/24/2023 03:59 |  seb7 | 115 | 91/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 2% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 91.0/100, a mean average of 91.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.8/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 6.6.
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From Johnnyo 09/11/2023 11:21 | #299072
Cool, very personal chart
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From RevolverCB72 05/19/2023 17:24 | #297091
RevolverCB72 05/19/2023 17:24 | #297091
Extra rating for originality, while I may not agree (or even ever heard of) most of your top choices, I salute your very original picks.
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From seb7 04/24/2023 04:00 | #296342
seb7 04/24/2023 04:00 | #296342
very interesting!
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Timestarter 10/24/2021 12:46 | #275324
Timestarter 10/24/2021 12:46 | #275324
Unwound is unique and Laughing Stock in 1st place makes me call this unique.
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Larcx13 02/01/2021 22:17 | #265542
Larcx13 02/01/2021 22:17 | #265542
You like what I find either too much, too boring, or just flat out weird... Good stuff! I'll save your list in my favorites for when I'm feeling adventurous.
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From Steppenwolf666 10/06/2020 10:43 | #259053
Impressive depth of knowledge in a lot of genres. In other words, what is all this stuff?
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From pctrooper 10/05/2019 21:57 | #243440
I recommend "Lapalco" by Brendan Benson.
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craola 10/24/2018 15:40 | #223267
craola 10/24/2018 15:40 | #223267
if evr a chrt appealed to ths webst's biases, this is it. of crse, it's a good chrt.
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ForegroundNoise 08/04/2018 15:30 | #219205
ForegroundNoise 08/04/2018 15:30 | #219205
Love so many of the post-rock and indie classics!! I feel though that this chart (like many others on BEA) focuses a little too heavily on the 90s/00s at the cost of the 70s/80s.
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From Rogoznica 08/04/2018 10:05 | #219174
Well done!
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