Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
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- Chart updated: 10/03/2016 18:45
- (Created: 10/03/2016 17:15).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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Working in a country House just outside Brighton with my dad. One of the owners' kids had this album. Beautiful.
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1975
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20,799
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................and I wished him goodluck
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1965
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11,817
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Won't Get fooled Again - lucky enough to have seen this live several times in the 70s.
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1971
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21,019
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Just brilliant from beginning to end.
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Pop perfection
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1977
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30,731
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Divides opinion for sure, but some of the best tunes ever written are squirrelled away in Ritual
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1973
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858
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1987
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18,330
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1991
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11,806
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1982
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16,167
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Punk rock for me. Hammersmith Odeon, seeing people with safety pins through their cheeks...................
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1977
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Total albums: 36. Page 1 of 4
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 4 | 10% | |
| 1970s | 25 | 63% | |
| 1980s | 7 | 18% | |
| 1990s | 2 | 5% | |
| 2000s | 1 | 3% | |
| 2010s | 1 | 3% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Bruce Springsteen | 3 | 8% | |
| Yes | 2 | 5% | |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 5% | |
| U2 | 2 | 5% | |
| Van Morrison | 2 | 5% | |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 2 | 5% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 5% | |
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 26th to 28thUntitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin |
| Down 1 from 24th to 25thThe Rising by Bruce Springsteen |
| Down 1 from 25th to 26thAstral Weeks by Van Morrison |
| Leavers |
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| Talking Heads: 77 by Talking Heads |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 05/14/2017 11:04 |  LedZep | 1,104 | 84/100 |
| ! | 03/11/2017 16:30 | Seab | 2,005 | 93/100 |
| ! | 11/26/2016 08:11 | york59 | 90 | 87/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2016 00:34 | crimson | 90 | 68/100 |
| ! | 10/03/2016 22:07 | cobbo95 | 266 | 81/100 |
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From LedZep 05/14/2017 11:05 | #190747
LedZep 05/14/2017 11:05 | #190747
Tales sure does divide opinions, but it's nice to see it. Station to Station is a great choice, props to you! Live albums are cheating, but I also have one in my chart so I'm not in position to complain :)
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From crimson 10/04/2016 00:34 | #176277
It's great to see "Tales from..." in the top 10. Also great that youadded "Goodbye Yellow Brick...".
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