Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Juan Schwartz

• Chart updated: 07/30/2011 19:46
• (Created: 07/29/2011 03:33).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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The Queen Is Dead 

 The Smiths

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[First added to this chart: 07/28/2011]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

2,483 charts

Rank Score:

35,221

Rank in 1986:

1

Rank in 1980s:

1

Overall Rank:

16

Average Rating:

 88 (2,903 votes)

Comments:

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The Velvet Underground & Nico 

 The Velvet Underground & Nico

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[First added to this chart: 07/28/2011]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,038 charts

Rank Score:

41,608

Rank in 1967:

2

Rank in 1960s:

4

Overall Rank:

10

Average Rating:

 89 (3,531 votes)

Comments:

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We're Only In It For The Money 

 The Mothers Of Invention

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[First added to this chart: 07/28/2011]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

413 charts

Rank Score:

2,715

Rank in 1968:

13

Rank in 1960s:

76

Overall Rank:

643

Average Rating:

 78 (633 votes)

Comments:

43

4. (3) 1

Neon Bible 

 Arcade Fire

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[First added to this chart: 07/28/2011]

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,169 charts

Rank Score:

9,299

Rank in 2007:

5

Rank in 2000s:

25

Overall Rank:

161

Average Rating:

 82 (2,002 votes)

Comments:

147

5. (4) 1

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 

 Neil Young & Crazy Horse

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[First added to this chart: 07/28/2011]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

938 charts

Rank Score:

8,289

Rank in 1969:

8

Rank in 1960s:

31

Overall Rank:

185

Average Rating:

 84 (1,098 votes)

Comments:

57

6. (5) 1

Horses 

 Patti Smith

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[First added to this chart: 07/28/2011]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,010 charts

Rank Score:

8,315

Rank in 1975:

7

Rank in 1970s:

45

Overall Rank:

184

Average Rating:

 81 (1,193 votes)

Comments:

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Electric Ladyland 

 The Jimi Hendrix Experience

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[First added to this chart: 07/28/2011]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,682 charts

Rank Score:

18,009

Rank in 1968:

2

Rank in 1960s:

14

Overall Rank:

58

Average Rating:

 86 (1,972 votes)

Comments:

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Blue 

 Joni Mitchell

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[First added to this chart: 07/28/2011]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,376 charts

Rank Score:

16,828

Rank in 1971:

6

Rank in 1970s:

20

Overall Rank:

67

Average Rating:

 85 (1,499 votes)

Comments:

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9. (8) 1

Tim 

 The Replacements

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[First added to this chart: 07/28/2011]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

506 charts

Rank Score:

4,012

Rank in 1985:

8

Rank in 1980s:

60

Overall Rank:

432

Average Rating:

 81 (560 votes)

Comments:

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Silent Shout 

 The Knife

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[First added to this chart: 07/28/2011]

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

387 charts

Rank Score:

2,461

Rank in 2006:

11

Rank in 2000s:

111

Overall Rank:

719

Average Rating:

 79 (428 votes)

Comments:

26

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	5	5%
1960s	14	14%
1970s	25	25%
1980s	9	9%
1990s	30	30%
2000s	16	16%
2010s	1	1%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Mercury Rev	1	1%
The Jam	1	1%
The Rolling Stones	1	1%
The Mothers Of Invention	1	1%
Black Sabbath	1	1%
Grant Lee Buffalo	1	1%
Pulp	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	46	46%
	37	37%
	4	4%
	4	4%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 20 from 92nd to 72nd Automatic For The People by R.E.M.
Up 20 from 91st to 71st The Kick Inside by Kate Bush
Up 17 from 87th to 70th Selling England By The Pound by Genesis

Biggest fallers
Down 21 from 75th to 96th Kaya by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Down 19 from 79th to 98th Silent Alarm by Bloc Party
Down 19 from 80th to 99th Different Class by Pulp

New entries
We're Only In It For The Money by The Mothers Of Invention
Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane
Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Music Has The Right To Children by Boards Of Canada
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
The Understanding by Röyksopp
Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

Leavers
Time Further Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

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This chart is rated in the top 12% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 87.6/100, a mean average of 88.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.1/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 7.0.

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From sssvnnn 03/11/2014 11:36

Very good.

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From ffudnebbuh 04/19/2013 12:52

Beautiful top 10

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75/100

From junodog4 10/17/2012 15:03

Zappa!

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85/100

From quadrophenia17 05/07/2012 04:34

Very original and a lot of surprises!

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80/100

From joedec 05/07/2012 03:20

Nice list

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From daftpunter 02/25/2012 16:15

When I look for favorites I look for two things. Common ground and albums I simply don't know. Knowing that you have Songs for Swinging Lovers, Kind Of Blue, Pink Flag, Stories from the City in a nice neat row requires my inquiries into the less obvious albums. An undeniably great chart.

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From They call me Stacey 01/09/2012 21:56

I can't think of any bearded ladies for my chart :(

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From zonrod 12/27/2011 22:04

fantastic chart!

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From cabvo 11/11/2011 00:01

Very original way of doing it, it's nice!

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From BlueNote 10/24/2011 23:52

I like it.

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