Top 86 Greatest Music Albums
by F1Aaron

My favorite albums, albums I find myself coming back to and allowing myself to be subjective. Only restriction is 1 album per artist...

• Chart updated: 03/22/2022 13:15
• (Created: 10/20/2016 14:34).
• Chart size: 86 albums.

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Achtung Baby 

 U2

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[First added to this chart: 09/13/2019]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,318 charts

Rank Score:

11,823

Rank in 1991:

5

Rank in 1990s:

21

Overall Rank:

109

Average Rating:

 80 (1,832 votes)

Comments:

145

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The Bends 

 Radiohead

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[First added to this chart: 11/16/2016]

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

2,681 charts

Rank Score:

29,128

Rank in 1995:

1

Rank in 1990s:

4

Overall Rank:

22

Average Rating:

 87 (3,924 votes)

Comments:

316

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The Queen Is Dead 

 The Smiths

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[First added to this chart: 11/16/2016]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

2,494 charts

Rank Score:

33,874

Rank in 1986:

1

Rank in 1980s:

1

Overall Rank:

16

Average Rating:

 88 (2,917 votes)

Comments:

265

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Is This It 

 The Strokes

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[First added to this chart: 11/16/2016]

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

2,469 charts

Rank Score:

28,468

Rank in 2001:

1

Rank in 2000s:

4

Overall Rank:

24

Average Rating:

 86 (3,032 votes)

Comments:

277

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The Beatles (The White Album) 

 The Beatles

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[First added to this chart: 11/16/2016]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

2,951 charts

Rank Score:

37,234

Rank in 1968:

1

Rank in 1960s:

6

Overall Rank:

14

Average Rating:

 89 (3,824 votes)

Comments:

342

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Laughing Stock 

 Talk Talk

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[First added to this chart: 09/12/2019]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

784 charts

Rank Score:

8,679

Rank in 1991:

7

Rank in 1990s:

36

Overall Rank:

172

Average Rating:

 84 (899 votes)

Comments:

81

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Loveless 

 My Bloody Valentine

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[First added to this chart: 11/16/2016]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

2,161 charts

Rank Score:

28,612

Rank in 1991:

2

Rank in 1990s:

5

Overall Rank:

23

Average Rating:

 86 (2,481 votes)

Comments:

312

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Disintegration 

 The Cure

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[First added to this chart: 09/13/2019]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,840 charts

Rank Score:

26,165

Rank in 1989:

2

Rank in 1980s:

4

Overall Rank:

30

Average Rating:

 86 (2,057 votes)

Comments:

152

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The Lonesome Crowded West 

 Modest Mouse

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[First added to this chart: 11/16/2016]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

731 charts

Rank Score:

7,899

Rank in 1997:

4

Rank in 1990s:

40

Overall Rank:

194

Average Rating:

 84 (964 votes)

Comments:

65

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...Like Clockwork 

 Queens Of The Stone Age

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[First added to this chart: 09/13/2019]

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

786 charts

Rank Score:

7,315

Rank in 2013:

5

Rank in 2010s:

24

Overall Rank:

215

Average Rating:

 82 (1,168 votes)

Comments:

84

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Top 86 Greatest Music Albums composition

Country	Albums	%
	41	48%
	37	43%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%
	1	1%

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Rating	Date updated	Member	Chart ratings	Avg. chart rating
100/100  !	03/25/2025 20:08	DrewHamster	317	79/100
85/100  !	03/20/2025 17:15	SomethingSpecial	1,104	85/100
90/100  !	08/05/2021 20:04	Rhyner	1,456	99/100
80/100  !	08/05/2021 19:12	joedec	71	83/100
90/100  !	04/02/2021 23:17	mrmcrook	758	92/100

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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 87.7/100, a mean average of 87.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.3/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 6.3.

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80/100

From joedec 08/05/2021 19:13 | #272283

Very awesome list. It's a nice surprise to see my favorite U2 album as your favorite album

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85/100

From areminder 07/03/2020 09:37 | #254968

it's a very individualized list. Lots of curve balls in the to make things interesting.

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80/100

From vancevisuals 03/28/2018 01:38 | #211829

Dave Brubeck! Wow!

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80/100

From backhudson 03/27/2018 16:50 | #211777

Really good stuff, lots of classics!

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80/100

From Ulf 03/27/2018 12:06 | #211750

well chart of the day even though you state it needs a rework. Sure

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80/100

From JulianR 11/27/2017 21:29 | #202187

bunch o' classics!

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85/100

From CharlieBarley 09/24/2017 01:41 | #198641

Good solid chart, plenty of big hitters but also personalised enough to be original. Pretty diverse too, more so than my chart. 29 in common with mine. Good number one.

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From LedZep 05/02/2017 21:03 | #190205

Really cool! I just miss descriptions to give you 90 or higher

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90/100

From flyingcitrus 12/09/2016 07:16 | #179798

I like it. Cool to see the ATCQ representation! Pretty diverse across genres and decades, but a lot of repeat artists. I guess mine is kinda the same way.

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