Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by martintho 
It's what I feel and not what I think. Subjectively . The 45s from my childhood strike chords. I try my best not be a snob about what I still cherish, as you can see. I deserve huge amounts of credit for that. I am So Brave! I grew with a pile of like early Beatles, and - as you can see from my chart - though I also dig the nonliveperiod fab4 - (I hated Getting Better & Lady Madonna at the time but loved no9!) not much can beat the songs I heard 2 mill times kneeling by my mothers grammophone when I could hardly walk. I loved the B-side to Eight Days a Week - I don't Want to spoil the Party - and the orange coloured label was a visual magicality and this all comes back to me still in a very striking manner. Same goes for the albums from my formative years and later when I suffered from heartbreak (like Isaak's Silvertone!). These days though and for many years now, I only listen to the stuff that is new to me - that being old records I missed out on or the just released ones that I get tempted to check out via this beautiful site that means so much to me or numerous other sources. To find all the stuff I still discover every day and today and yesterday though you need to look elsewhere on my year charts etcetera; it's hard for them to beat the nostalgia most of the albums on my greatest ever list benefits from. 1800 of the 5000 albums I have ticked was from the 2010s but only 4 of them made it to this list (Band of Skulls at #99 as I write this). Feel free to check out my 21st Century for more of my honesties.
- Chart updated: 02/01/2025 08:45
- (Created: 07/12/2011 21:46).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1975
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1968
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1996
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2,027
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 5 | 5% | |
| 1960s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1970s | 38 | 38% | |
| 1980s | 22 | 22% | |
| 1990s | 9 | 9% | |
| 2000s | 3 | 3% | |
| 2010s | 3 | 3% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 1% |
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| The Beatles | 10 | 10% | |
| Procol Harum | 6 | 6% | |
| Elvis Costello And The Attractions | 5 | 5% | |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 3% | |
| Queen | 3 | 3% | |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 3 | 3% | |
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53 | 53% | |
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25 | 25% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 91st to 92nd The Bends by Radiohead |
| Down 1 from 92nd to 93rd Slade In Flame by Slade |
| Down 1 from 93rd to 94th Everything Harmony by The Lemon Twigs |
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 Moanin' The Bluesby Hank Williams |
| Leavers |
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 Sweet Sourby Band Of Skulls |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
82/100 (from 93 votes)
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85/100  | 08/24/2025 04:51 |  MadhattanJack | | 85/100 |
 85/100 | 08/23/2025 16:47 | Johnnyo | | 80/100 |
95/100 | 08/23/2025 15:01 | BorderFreeAndrew | | 81/100 |
| 75/100 | 01/27/2025 16:41 | DrewHamster | | 79/100 |
| 85/100 | 09/08/2022 04:01 |  seb7 | | 91/100 |
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From Johnnyo 08/23/2025 16:48
Very cool, personal chart. I like it a lot.
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From BorderFreeAndrew 08/23/2025 15:04
These are the kind of charts I like to see! Lots of the user's personal favorites that don't usually show up on other charts, and several great albums from the woefully underappreciated Procol Harum.
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85/100
From seb7 09/08/2022 04:02
seb7 09/08/2022 04:02
cool picks but I disagree with such skewed inclusion of mostly 70's music
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85/100
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ExTeaSea 03/31/2019 21:50
ExTeaSea 03/31/2019 21:50
Good chart! What We Saw From the Cheap Seats is an excellent Regina Spektor album then again everything she does is really good. Soviet Kitsch is my favorite.
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90/100
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Julelios 12/03/2018 09:41
Julelios 12/03/2018 09:41
Cool chart !
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80/100
From vancevisuals 02/15/2018 01:55
Extra Texture is an underrated album
good to see on another list
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90/100
From panapsal 02/14/2018 19:14
great chart..... Procol, Beatles, Costello, Creedence and some de Press...... genius combination
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85/100
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Luciano1962 02/14/2018 14:59
Luciano1962 02/14/2018 14:59
interesting and personal
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90/100
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Arthurknight 02/14/2018 14:56
Arthurknight 02/14/2018 14:56
We're never done with the endless task of chart building my friend, we're signed on for life. You're chart is maddening but I appreciate that. Sandy Denny is ruinously underrated.
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90/100
From glynspsa 02/14/2018 13:33
nice unique chart filled with loads of classics.
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