Top 70 Greatest Music Albums
by VirtualMuffin 
This is currently just a reshape of the Overall Top 70 due to my lack of album experience so I'm making my way down the top 100, 200, 300 albums etc. to give me a good start.
I can confidently say that my top 10 are already going to be hard to displace whilst 5-6 will probably fall off once I get past the 100 mark.
Next album to listen to - The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
- Chart updated: 02/13/2017 16:45
- (Created: 07/29/2016 23:34).
- Chart size: 70 albums.
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1975
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41,517
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1998
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29,596
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2002
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16,110
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4. (=)
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[First added to this chart: 08/19/2016]
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2001
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26,725
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2007
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40,246
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[First added to this chart: 08/14/2016]
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1986
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31,178
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[First added to this chart: 10/13/2016]
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1969
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26,315
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[First added to this chart: 07/31/2016]
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2000
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38,499
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2004
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31,583
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1972
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40,406
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Total albums: 70. Page 1 of 7
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Top 70 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 18 | 26% | |
| 1970s | 20 | 29% | |
| 1980s | 9 | 13% | |
| 1990s | 12 | 17% | |
| 2000s | 8 | 11% | |
| 2010s | 2 | 3% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| The Beatles | 5 | 7% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 6% | |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 6% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 4% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 4% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 4% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 4% | |
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Top 70 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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Down 1 from 34th to 35th |
Down 1 from 35th to 36th |
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BestEverAlbums 08/08/2017 08:00 in Chart of the day (#2116): By VirtualMuffin
BestEverAlbums 08/08/2017 08:00 in Chart of the day (#2116): By VirtualMuffin“Today's chart of the day Top 70 Greatest Music Albums by VirtualMuffin () 1. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd (1975) 2. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel (1998) 3. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco (2002) 4. Is This It by The Strokes (2001) 5. In Rainbows by Radiohead (2007) 6. The…”
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LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/08/2017 11:57 | #195696
LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/08/2017 11:57 | #195696
Nice concept, I think it should be rated after you finish listening to top 100 and maybe some suggestions out of the top albums on this site. All the best luck in discovering new great albums
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CharlieBarley 12/18/2016 23:07 | #180468
CharlieBarley 12/18/2016 23:07 | #180468
A person after my own heart. Beatles! Floyd. Dylan. Bowie. Nirvana. The Cure. Great chart man. I like it a lot. 33 albums in common. Good work!
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DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/18/2017 12:35 | #189465
DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/18/2017 12:35 | #189465
Absolutely stellar top 10, and some superb selections elsewhere. Shows an incredible taste for music that I can't help but appreciate.
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PeterSmith 03/26/2018 21:04 | #211729
I like your chart and have most of the same stuff. I also recently started to expand my music through working through charts for inspiration - I had heard many of the bands and singles over the years without ever getting round to albums, although I have met a few bands and albums unknown to me - the excellent Neutral Milk Hotel album would have been lost to me if I hadn't started this journey.
I do love the Beatles but can't get an album into my charts just because I always feel there are a few weak songs on the album that drags it down for me.
I also was having initial trouble elevating some great "new" albums ahead of my old stuff, but after 2 years on my journey the more recent albums are finding a way in. I'm still expanding and hope you keep on your journey - so take this comment as a prompt
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Scoott 08/09/2017 01:32 | #195780
Enjoy the musical journey. I don't think I could stay disciplined enough to go through a list like that. Anytime I try to do that I end up on some obscure musical tangent.
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