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:

1,317 charts

Rank Score:

12,287

Rank in 1991:

5

Rank in 1990s:

21

Overall Rank:

111

Average Rating:

 80 (1,819 votes)

Comments:

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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:

2,659 charts

Rank Score:

30,569

Rank in 1995:

1

Rank in 1990s:

5

Overall Rank:

23

Average Rating:

 87 (3,896 votes)

Comments:

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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:

2,484 charts

Rank Score:

36,043

Rank in 1986:

1

Rank in 1980s:

1

Overall Rank:

16

Average Rating:

 88 (2,896 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:

2,457 charts

Rank Score:

30,202

Rank in 2001:

1

Rank in 2000s:

4

Overall Rank:

24

Average Rating:

 86 (3,009 votes)

Comments:

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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:

2,921 charts

Rank Score:

39,513

Rank in 1968:

1

Rank in 1960s:

6

Overall Rank:

14

Average Rating:

 89 (3,805 votes)

Comments:

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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:

775 charts

Rank Score:

9,062

Rank in 1991:

7

Rank in 1990s:

35

Overall Rank:

171

Average Rating:

 84 (888 votes)

Comments:

80

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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:

2,153 charts

Rank Score:

30,700

Rank in 1991:

2

Rank in 1990s:

4

Overall Rank:

22

Average Rating:

 86 (2,463 votes)

Comments:

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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:

1,822 charts

Rank Score:

27,250

Rank in 1989:

2

Rank in 1980s:

4

Overall Rank:

30

Average Rating:

 86 (2,034 votes)

Comments:

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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:

725 charts

Rank Score:

8,309

Rank in 1997:

4

Rank in 1990s:

40

Overall Rank:

186

Average Rating:

 84 (951 votes)

Comments:

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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:

764 charts

Rank Score:

7,468

Rank in 2013:

5

Rank in 2010s:

24

Overall Rank:

218

Average Rating:

 83 (1,155 votes)

Comments:

81

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Top 86 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	3	3%
1970s	12	14%
1980s	24	28%
1990s	32	37%
2000s	8	9%
2010s	7	8%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Death Grips	1	1%
Joy Division	1	1%
Embrace (US)	1	1%
Prince	1	1%
Tom Petty	1	1%
Talk Talk	1	1%
Frank Ocean	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	41	48%
	37	43%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%
	1	1%

Top 86 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 16 from 27th to 11th In On The Kill Taker by Fugazi
Up 5 from 19th to 14th Automatic For The People by R.E.M.
Up 5 from 17th to 12th Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

Biggest fallers
Down 4 from 11th to 15th Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
Down 4 from 12th to 16th The Money Store by Death Grips
Down 4 from 13th to 17th Atrocity Exhibition by Danny Brown

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100/100	03/25/2025 20:08	DrewHamster	318	79/100
85/100	03/20/2025 17:15	SomethingSpecial	1,032	85/100
90/100	08/05/2021 20:04	Rhyner	1,443	99/100
80/100	08/05/2021 19:12	joedec	71	83/100
90/100	04/02/2021 23:17	mrmcrook	543	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

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

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

Dave Brubeck! Wow!

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80/100

From backhudson 03/27/2018 16:50

Really good stuff, lots of classics!

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80/100

From Ulf 03/27/2018 12:06

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

bunch o' classics!

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85/100

From CharlieBarley 09/24/2017 01:41

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

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

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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