Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
by Sina-Dreamer 
01. Radiohead - OK Computer
02. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
03. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
04. Radiohead - Kid A
05. Pink Floyd - The Wall
06. The Smiths - The Smiths
07. Pixies - Doolittle
08. Metallica - Master of Puppets
09. Arcade Fire - Funeral
10. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
11. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
12. David Bowie - Low
13. R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
14. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
15. Bob Dylan - Blood on Tracks
16. Love - Forever Changes
17. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
18. Metallica - Metallica (Black Album)
19. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
20. Muse - Absolution
21. Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
22. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
23. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
24. Nirvana - Nevermind
25. Green Day - American Idiot
26. Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
27. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
28. Beach House - Teen Dream
29. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
30. AC/DC - Back In Black
31. Depeche Mode - Violator
32. Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain
33. Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun
34. The Strokes - Is This It
35. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
36. Björk - Debut
37. Anathema - Judgement
38. Weezer - Weezer (The Blue Album)
39. Gorillaz - Demon Days
40. Slint - Spiderland
41. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
42. The Beatles - Abbey Road
43. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
44. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
45. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
46. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
47. U2 - Joshua Tree
48. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
49. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
- Chart updated: 07/12/2020 09:45
- (Created: 07/20/2016 09:59).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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1997
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1973
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1986
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2000
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1979
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1984
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7,575
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1989
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1986
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2004
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1979
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 3 | 8% | |
| 1970s | 5 | 13% | |
| 1980s | 6 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 13 | 33% | |
| 2000s | 10 | 25% | |
| 2010s | 2 | 5% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Radiohead | 2 | 5% | |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 5% | |
| The Smiths | 2 | 5% | |
| Metallica | 2 | 5% | |
| Arcade Fire | 2 | 5% | |
| Miles Davis | 1 | 3% | |
| Sonic Youth | 1 | 3% | |
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