Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
joedec 
- Chart updated: 11/04/2023 19:15
- (Created: 07/31/2011 15:33).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Favorite Tracks
1. Zoo Station
2. Even Better Than The Real Thing
3. The Fly
4. Mysterious Ways
"The 7th album from U2, Achtung Baby is the album that made me a U2 fan. It's also the sound of 4 men chopping down the Joshua Tree, as Bono described. It's also their heaviest album emotionally, particularly with songs such as One and So Cruel. When people think of U2's best album, it's usually The Joshua Tree. For me, that honor goes to Achtung Baby." [First added to this chart: 07/31/2011]
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 7 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 18 | 18% | |
| 1980s | 47 | 47% | |
| 1990s | 23 | 23% | |
| 2000s | 2 | 2% | |
| 2010s | 3 | 3% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Cure | 6 | 6% | |
| Metallica | 5 | 5% | |
| Megadeth | 4 | 4% | |
| David Bowie | 4 | 4% | |
| Depeche Mode | 4 | 4% | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 3 | 3% | |
| Motörhead | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 13 from 38th to 25th Achtung Baby by U2 |
| Up 4 from 45th to 41st The Chronic by Dr. Dre |
| Up 2 from 40th to 38th Floodland by The Sisters Of Mercy |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 8 from 62nd to 70th The Suburbs by Arcade Fire |
| Down 3 from 23rd to 26th Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols by Sex Pistols |
| Down 3 from 32nd to 35th Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones |
| New entries |
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 Phantasmagoriaby The Damned |
| Leavers |
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 Thrillerby Michael Jackson |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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 90/100  | 08/03/2023 10:12 | Fade2Black | | 85/100 |
| 100/100 | 04/07/2023 13:48 |  melisandre | | 88/100 |
| 75/100 | 04/07/2023 11:32 |  Tamthebam | | 85/100 |
| 85/100 | 04/07/2023 11:20 | Johnnyo | | 80/100 |
| 80/100 | 04/07/2023 09:00 | Moondance | | 84/100 |
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Nice list. Love your attention to detail. Well done.
Ace chart.
It is clear where your tastes lie. For me, I didn't find this chart all that exciting or adventurous - nothing at all from outside the USA/Canada/UK/Ireland bubble or hidden album gems from your preferred musical genre. Appreciated the 'love' for The Cure ~ if a bit over the top with 6 entries (and not a 'Bloodflowers' in sight).
Larcx13 08/11/2022 16:53
good work on here
Fantastic chart. Love how you've labelled your favorite 4 songs off each. Original concept
“Foreground Noise” has it quite right that there is very little unpredictable about this chart: it entirely lacks artists unfamiliar to readers of the most standard rock criticism.
It is true that vis-à-vis such charts as those of ‘Rolling Stone’ and ‘New Musical Express’ there is a greater emphasis upon heavy metal – refreshing and a positive given the important impact heavy metal has undoubtedly had on Western culture since the late 1970s. However, even this positive is diluted by being confined to metal from before the middle 1990s, a period when the genre diverged and developed numerous new forms equally or more underground than beforehand.
qwert9579 09/02/2018 08:24
Sweet Chart
excellent chart, friend
foxytreeko 07/02/2018 20:47
Fantastic chart, I love it!
ForegroundNoise 07/02/2018 08:42
There are many great albums here but I feel little of your own personality or love of music comes through (something that the few well placed notes or a chart bio might help remedy). Only four of your 100 albums sit outside the overall BEA top 1000 and all but one are only ranked low because they are picks from artists who already have a number of entries in your chart. I don't mean to be rude when I say this but I feel like you are yet to carve out your own taste yet, try avoiding the classics and look off the beaten path - who knows you might find something you love that's a little different!!
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