Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by 
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: 10 hours 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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11,938
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1959
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3,869
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2007
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2,228
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Phantasmagoric roots-blues
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1997
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2010
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3,624
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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 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1970s | 18 | 18% | |
| 1980s | 18 | 18% | |
| 1990s | 24 | 24% | |
| 2000s | 11 | 11% | |
| 2010s | 9 | 9% | |
| 2020s | 3 | 3% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Turnstile | 1 | 1% | |
| Can | 1 | 1% | |
| John Martyn | 1 | 1% | |
| Ornette Coleman | 1 | 1% | |
| The Stooges | 1 | 1% | |
| Faust | 1 | 1% | |
| Charlie Patton | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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62 | 62% | |
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21 | 21% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 1 from 51st to 50thCrooked Rain, Crooked Rain by Pavement |
| Up 1 from 50th to 49thPerfect From Now On by Built To Spill |
| Up 1 from 49th to 48thFulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 33 from 18th to 51stHi, How Are You: The Unfinished Album by Daniel Johnston |
| Down 1 from 15th to 16thDouble Nickels On The Dime by Minutemen |
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| ! | 06/25/2026 16:20 |  DommeDamian | 1,005 | 89/100 |
| ! | 06/25/2026 08:56 |  MadhattanJack | 336 | 86/100 |
| ! | 02/08/2025 07:31 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,089 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/24/2024 22:11 | Exist-en-ciel | 162 | 97/100 |
| ! | 06/06/2023 13:54 | Johnnyo | 2,667 | 80/100 |
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DommeDamian 06/25/2026 16:20 | #315056
DommeDamian 06/25/2026 16:20 | #315056
Underwater Moonlight at #1 is goated.
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indieshins 12/16/2021 23:30 | #277593
indieshins 12/16/2021 23:30 | #277593
This chart has a lot of obscure picks and is eclectic to boot, which is everything I look for in a chart. Love the inclusion of Tragedy in the top 10, that's a super underrated Julia Holter album. And I also have Gallowsbird's Bark and Have One On Me in my chart, fantastic albums. I'll be sure to check some of these albums out!
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rockbluesfolkjaz 10/19/2021 18:15 | #275180
rockbluesfolkjaz 10/19/2021 18:15 | #275180
This chart is very much unfamiliar territory for me. However, as I'm very open minded, I'll be checking out many of your choices.
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StefanR10 06/13/2020 09:57 | #253421
StefanR10 06/13/2020 09:57 | #253421
Guter Chart, ich finde die Auswahl sehr erstaunlich. Vor allem weil viele Künstler vertreten sind die nicht in den Top 1000 sind, aber es sind gute Alben dabei.
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Thad 11/13/2019 05:37 | #244751
Your description seemed almost too extravagant to where I was expecting you to say that these albums make you contemplate existence and then have The National at #1 or something. Luckily, no, this chart is fantastic.
A ton of stuff I need to check out now, but we share enough tastes that I'm confident digging through this one.
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sssvnnn 02/22/2019 20:48 | #232423
sssvnnn 02/22/2019 20:48 | #232423
fantastic chart.
Very few in common with my chart, but I feel a good spirit in this chart: Adventurous but not pretentious.
(meaning a good mix of stars and outsiders) and lot´s of cool albums.
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zrommeke 02/22/2019 14:01 | #232366
So similar, so different...
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gussteivi 02/22/2019 13:50 | #232365
My two favourite recordings of Ravel's pavane are by Myra Hess and Walter Gieseking. You might wanna check them out if you haven't already.
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ForegroundNoise 02/22/2019 12:41 | #232362
ForegroundNoise 02/22/2019 12:41 | #232362
Electic, diverse I am enthralled by your taste. Would love to see more notes in the vein of Down Colorful Hill for a perfect score.
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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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