Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Lacobra 
Honestly, I don't like making "all time" albums charts. I don't like the idea of putting records that belong to very different universes, like The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady and Modern Vampires of the City on side with each other. The concept of popular music today is not the same as it was 50 years ago. Things change, you see?
Regretably BEA doesn't allow me to post decade or year lists until I get to level 5, and I don't know how long that will take, so...
Note: Naturally, I'm not including classical releases.
- Chart updated: 12/14/2020 18:45
- (Created: 10/10/2016 17:33).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 17 | 17% | |
| 1970s | 22 | 22% | |
| 1980s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 20 | 20% | |
| 2000s | 14 | 14% | |
| 2010s | 11 | 11% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Beatles | 4 | 4% | |
| Radiohead | 3 | 3% | |
| Vampire Weekend | 3 | 3% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 3% | |
| Joni Mitchell | 2 | 2% | |
| Sonic Youth | 2 | 2% | |
| Pavement | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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57 | 57% | |
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23 | 23% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 21 from 96th to 75th Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan |
| Up 20 from 94th to 74th The B-52's by The B-52's |
| Up 15 from 47th to 32nd Talking Book by Stevie Wonder |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 6 from 86th to 92nd Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective |
| Down 5 from 90th to 95th Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys |
| Down 4 from 61st to 65th The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me by Brand New |
| New entries |
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 There's A Riot Goin' Onby Sly & The Family Stone |
| Leavers |
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 Spiderlandby Slint |
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in a silent way what an underrated album....
good selections
4 beatles albums and 3 radioheads
Some excellent records on here, plus some ideas for new stuff for me to explore! Personal bonus points for the emphasis on early R.E.M. and for the Regina Spektor inclusion.
flyingcitrus 08/11/2020 16:07
Cowboy Bebop at 37! Love it
Larcx13 06/19/2020 15:41
I dont believe in Kany West.
This is an absolute gem of a chart. 22 albums/27 artists in common so plenty we agree with, a few albums I love but didn't quite make the charts, albums I've never heard of and will have to check out, and a few surprising picks as well. Variety of genre and nationality as well, and I also like how after the top 10 your picks aren't necessarily the artist's consensus "best."
Some great off the mainstream road picks
JulianR 08/18/2017 06:51
good picks! it would be cool to have some analysis for why you grade each album as such. especially with unconventional picks like magical mystery tour in the top 10
It's very weird to find someone that likes Wilco so much to put it in his top 10. Very good chart (except for the Beatles, IMO).
SaulCortes1992 01/18/2017 02:52
I love your chart!
I also think that listing Jazz or Classical music with popular music is unfair.
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| Best Artists of the 1970s | |
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| 1. Pink Floyd | |
| 2. David Bowie | |
| 3. Led Zeppelin | |
| 4. Neil Young | |
| 5. The Rolling Stones | |
| 6. The Clash | |
| 7. Fleetwood Mac | |
| 8. Black Sabbath | |
| 9. The Who | |
| 10. Genesis | |
| 11. Stevie Wonder | |
| 12. Bob Dylan | |
| 13. Yes | |
| 14. Paul McCartney | |
| 15. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 16. Joni Mitchell | |
| 17. Bob Marley | |
| 18. Nick Drake | |
| 19. Joy Division | |
| 20. Queen |