Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by joedec

There are 50 comments for this chart from BestEverAlbums.com members and Top 100 Greatest Music Albums has an average rating of 86 out of 100 (from 98 votes). Please log in or register to leave a comment or assign a rating.

View the complete list of 56,000 charts on BestEverAlbums.com from The Charts page.

Share this chart
Collector's summary (filtered)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

This chart is currently filtered to only show soundtrack albums. (Remove this filter)

Sort by
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
Release Date - June 25, 1984

Favorite Tracks
1. Computer Blue
2. Purple Rain
3. The Beautiful Ones
4. Let's Go Crazy

The 6th album from Prince, and the soundtrack to the film of the same name, Purple Rain is the album/film that truly made a Prince a superstar. He would say is as much on Baby, I'm Star. It's also the first album to fully feature his band The Revolution. This album is a perfect combination of Funk, R&B, Rock, and New Wave all perfectly blended together. It also showcases Prince as the guitar icon that he was, especially on Let's Go Crazy and the iconic title track. Of course, the biggest hit off the album would be When Doves Cry, and for good enough reason. Back in 1984, you couldn't go anywhere without hearing it on the radio. But in all honesty, my favorite song off this album would have to be Computer Blue (both the album version and the Hallway version). Purple Rain truly made Prince a star as well as cementing his place as one of the greatest musical icons of all time."
[First added to this chart: 07/31/2011]
Year of Release:
1984
Appears in:
Rank Score:
16,451
Rank in 1984:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Total albums: 1. Page 1 of 1

Don't agree with this chart? Create your own from the My Charts page!

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


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 %


The Cure 6 6%
Metallica 5 5%
David Bowie 4 4%
Depeche Mode 4 4%
Megadeth 4 4%
The Smiths 3 3%
Misfits 3 3%
Show all
Country Albums %


United States 57 57%
United Kingdom 41 41%
Canada 1 1%
Ireland 1 1%
Compilation? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%
Live? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 13 from 38th to 25th
Achtung Baby
by U2
Climber Up 4 from 45th to 41st
The Chronic
by Dr. Dre
Climber Up 2 from 40th to 38th
Floodland
by The Sisters Of Mercy
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 8 from 62nd to 70th
The Suburbs
by Arcade Fire
Faller Down 3 from 23rd to 26th
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
by Sex Pistols
Faller Down 3 from 32nd to 35th
Sticky Fingers
by The Rolling Stones
TitleSourceTypePublishedCountry
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s joedec1980s decade chart2022
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums mayonaise93Overall chart2012
influential records of 20th century Larcx13Custom chart2020
Top 100 Greatest Music Albumsnas062080Overall chart2016
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980snas0620801980s decade chart2013
An Objective Ranking Of BEA'S Top 100... covecoveCustom chart2017
Top 100 Greatest Music AlbumsDakatalbumOverall chart2019Unknown
An Objective Ranking of the BEA Top 100PaperVinnieCustom chart2018
Top 100 Greatest Music AlbumsmalfiniousOverall chart2017
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980sKettwig1980s decade chart2019

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums similarity to your chart(s)


Not a member? Registering is quick, easy and FREE!


Why register?


Register now - it only takes a moment!

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings

Average Rating: 
86/100 (from 98 votes)
  Ratings distributionRatings distribution Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV
where:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.

Showing latest 5 ratings for this chart. | Show all 98 ratings for this chart.

Sort ratings
RatingDate updatedMemberChart ratingsAvg. chart rating
 
85/100
 Report rating
03/20/2025 22:49 SomethingSpecial  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,03285/100
 
75/100
 Report rating
05/14/2024 14:03 AvalancheGrips  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 13089/100
  
90/100
 Report rating
08/03/2023 10:12 Fade2Black  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1085/100
  
100/100
 Report rating
04/07/2023 13:48 melisandre  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 6188/100
  
75/100
 Report rating
04/07/2023 11:32 Tamthebam  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 62285/100

Rating metrics: Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some charts can have several thousand ratings)

This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 85.6/100, a mean average of 84.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.6/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 11.3.

Please log in or register if you want to be able to leave a rating

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums favourites

Showing all 5 members who have added this chart as a favourite

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums comments

Showing latest 10 comments | Show all 50 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Maximum Rated First | Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)

Rating:  
90/100
From 08/03/2023 10:13
Nice list. Love your attention to detail. Well done.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
85/100
From 04/07/2023 11:20
Ace chart.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
80/100
From 04/07/2023 09:09
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).
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
95/100
From 08/11/2022 16:53
good work on here
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
95/100
From 11/21/2020 21:15
Fantastic chart. Love how you've labelled your favorite 4 songs off each. Original concept
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
45/100
From 03/14/2020 05:11
“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.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | -2 votes (1 helpful | 3 unhelpful)
Rating:  
90/100
From 09/02/2018 08:24
Sweet Chart
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | -1 votes (0 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
Rating:  
90/100
From 07/02/2018 21:05
excellent chart, friend
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
90/100
From 07/02/2018 20:47
Fantastic chart, I love it!
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (1 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
Rating:  
80/100
From 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!!
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | -1 votes (3 helpful | 4 unhelpful)

Please log in or register if you want to be able to add a comment

Your feedback for Top 100 Greatest Music Albums

Anonymous
Let us know what you think of this chart by adding a comment or assigning a rating below!
Log in or register to assign a rating or leave a comment for this chart.
Member  Levels
seb7 Level 8
AK74 Level 2
ForARide Level 2
rkid61 Level 2
stareaterogni0n Level 2
New levels achieved over the last 7 days. Well done to all :)
Back to Top