Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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arthurbittencourt 
A short list on my favourite classical pieces
Beethoven
Ravel
1. Pavane For A Dead Princess (piano) - Ravel
2. Symphony No 3 - Gorécki
3. Piano Concerto No 2- Rachmaninoff
4. Piano Concerto No 2 - Shostakovich
5. Gaspard de la nuit - Ravel
6. Spring Rounds - Stravinsky
7. Bolero - Ravel
8. Symphony No 9 - Gustav Mahler
9. Symphony No 10 - Gustav Mahler
10. O Mio Bambino Caro - Puccini
11. Valse Des Flocons de Neige / Danse Arabe - Tchaikovsky
12. O Sacred Head Sore Wounded - J. S. Bach
13. Quartour Pour La Fin Du Temps - Oliver Messiaen
14. Frederic Chopin - Nocturne en mi bemol majeur
15. Cantus In Memory Of Benjamin Britten - Arvo Pärt
16. Summer (presto) - Vivaldi
17. Messe des Pauvres - Erik Satie
18. Duettino Sull'aria Le nozze di Figaro - Mozart
19. Doktor Faust - Ferruccio Busoni
Experiencing an album you love, is to experience yourself.
1 per artist
- Chart updated: 5 days ago
- (Created: 07/25/2011 04:03).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1980
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1988
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2004
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508
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1959
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3,832
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2010
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2018
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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 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1970s | 15 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1990s | 26 | 26% | |
| 2000s | 17 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2020s | 3 | 3% |
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| Pixies | 1 | 1% | |
| Violent Femmes | 1 | 1% | |
| New York Dolls | 1 | 1% | |
| The Red Crayola | 1 | 1% | |
| Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | 1 | 1% | |
| Today Is The Day | 1 | 1% | |
| John Frusciante | 1 | 1% | |
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15 | 15% | |
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BestEverAlbums 06/25/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5354): By arthurbittencourt
BestEverAlbums 06/25/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5354): By arthurbittencourt“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1980) 2. by by (1967) 4. by (1970) 5. by (1996) 6. by (2004) 7. (2025) 9. by (1978) 10. by (1990) 11. by (1979) 12. (2010) 13. by (1972) 14. by (1968) 15. by (1967) 16. by by by (1965) 19. by by (1969) 21. by by by (1983) 24. by…”
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Nowhereman1965 10/15/2018 18:44 | #222589
Nowhereman1965 10/15/2018 18:44 | #222589
An interesting chart. Enjoyable read. Good for the contributor liking music that’s a bit left field. I’ve heard most albums on the chart and genuinely don’t like some of the them. That’s life. However there are enough I do like for a good rating. No one is right and no one is wrong. It’s all about personal taste and enjoying when the stylus hits the vinyl. If others like more popular records...so what ? Life’s too short. I’m glad you love music as much as I do.
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meruizh 05/02/2013 23:54 | #75083
meruizh 05/02/2013 23:54 | #75083
I just feel the Arctic Monkeys just like The Strokes gave us an splendid debut, but then, they just faded away. Honestly I dont know what a fuck they are doing with their last two albums, not bad, but not good at all. I liked that the A Rush Blood to the Head comment, just an amazing album. Nirvana I believe in their own way changed the 90's and changed the World! Good chart
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bonafini 11/25/2013 19:23 | #94532
bonafini 11/25/2013 19:23 | #94532
Teu amor pelos anos 90 é contagiante. Vou procurar as coisas que não conheço daqui.
E outra: "This is a sand storm in a fantasmagotic planet. It is colours overflowing shapes, a slowed galcial background noise, like some female god ghost realm of time lol" descreveu perfeitamente.
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PC67 07/31/2018 04:04 | #218979
"Sensacional, tem muita coisa aqui que eu realmente acho absurdamente cool, o tipo de ecletismo de quem realmente ama a arte musical e quer contribuir com escolhas sensatas e altamente idiossincráticas, parabéns caro irmão"
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kickerofelves 08/11/2016 20:52 | #172771
Great chart! Loads of really interesting stuff on here, I'm checking out Red House Painters right now. Have you listened to The Drift by Scott Walker? It's pretty intense but you might enjoy it.
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