Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by
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Welcome one, welcome all. These are some of my favourite albums of all time. Each album means something to me, even the relatively new ones. Just over half of them I discovered in the period of the early 1990s when I was aged 15-20, although not all of those albums are 90's albums. That was when I got into music in a big way, as many teenagers do. Then current music and many classic albums. And my personal discovery of music is ongoing. For me, music is a form of connection with something greater, of solace, of self-expression and a way of channelling feelings. There are many memories here. And new ones are still being created. I have tried to make this chart represent periods from many different stages in my life also. It is subject to change as I remember other albums I like or as I discover new, or even older albums. Enjoy!
- Chart updated: 08/19/2024 13:45
- (Created: 08/06/2016 19:37).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Too many favourites to pick out songs. It's best played from start to finish. And I rarely skip Revolution 9, I love that one it's definitely different and it's fun. Interesting note: this is Slash from Guns n Roses' favourite Beatles album. I saw him say it on a documentary. You can see why, it totally rocks and it casts a goofy spell over you.
Terrific album. I play it quite a lot. [First added to this chart: 08/06/2016]
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
Decade | Albums | % | |
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1930s | 0 | 0% | |
1940s | 0 | 0% | |
1950s | 3 | 3% | |
1960s | 13 | 13% | |
1970s | 35 | 35% | |
1980s | 14 | 14% | |
1990s | 24 | 24% | |
2000s | 3 | 3% | |
2010s | 5 | 5% | |
2020s | 3 | 3% |
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David Bowie | 4 | 4% | |
Pink Floyd | 4 | 4% | |
Various Artists | 2 | 2% | |
The Cure | 2 | 2% | |
Stevie Wonder | 2 | 2% | |
R.E.M. | 2 | 2% | |
The Beatles | 2 | 2% | |
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46 | 46% | |
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43 | 43% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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95/100 ![]() | 05/05/2024 02:15 | matterhornrider | ![]() | 93/100 |
100/100 ![]() | 01/31/2024 20:26 | Moondance | ![]() | 84/100 |
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95/100 ![]() | 06/21/2023 09:05 | KineticEchoes02 | ![]() | 88/100 |
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Hey RTB! HOW You doing Bud?!
Good to see you on here.
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Great new chart mate! Good to see you still active.
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Thanks MHR!
Nice Top 100, with diversity in Music genres and covering so many decades. I loved your commentary as well. Cheers
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Thanks Moondance.
Nice comment. I do try and be honest about my tastes.
I will have to check your chart out, see if I have read it.
Have a good day Bud.
There is so much to like about this chart. The intro is spot on - how music is a connection to something greater in one's life (& that's why certain albums, often dismissed by the masses, can find a home in someone's greatest 100 chart). Your chart speaks honestly (no peer pressure) and it is the kind of chart I like to spend time with and will read from no.1 to no.100. Definitely one of my favourite charts on this site. Nicely put together CB - could very well be my first 100!
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I know! It was a good discovery
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Funny that you discovered Out Of Time on Belgian radio ;)
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Thanks SN!
Great chart, good to see wywh in top 3
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