Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by Bach

My FAVOURITE albums.
("De gustibus non disputandum est.")

• Chart updated: 07/31/2025 22:15
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• Chart size: 100 albums.

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The Bends 

 Radiohead

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Best tracks: Street Spirit (Fade Out), Fake Plastic Trees, High & Dry, Just, My Iron Lung [First added to this chart: 08/04/2011]

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

2,673 charts

Rank Score:

29,538

Rank in 1995:

1

Rank in 1990s:

4

Overall Rank:

22

Average Rating:

 87 (3,917 votes)

Comments:

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Homogenic 

 Björk

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Best tracks: Bachelorette, Jóga, Hunter, Pluto, Unravel [First added to this chart: 08/04/2011]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

1,136 charts

Rank Score:

13,521

Rank in 1997:

2

Rank in 1990s:

17

Overall Rank:

89

Average Rating:

 84 (1,400 votes)

Comments:

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Post 

 Björk

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Best tracks: Hyper-Ballad, Isobel, Army of Me, Possibly Maybe, I Miss You [First added to this chart: 08/04/2011]

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

803 charts

Rank Score:

6,739

Rank in 1995:

5

Rank in 1990s:

49

Overall Rank:

243

Average Rating:

 82 (1,087 votes)

Comments:

48

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OK Computer 

 Radiohead

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Best tracks: Exit Music (For a Film), Karma Police, Paranoid Android, Lucky, Let Down [First added to this chart: 08/04/2011]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

4,412 charts

Rank Score:

65,057

Rank in 1997:

1

Rank in 1990s:

1

Overall Rank:

1

Average Rating:

 92 (5,631 votes)

Comments:

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The Queen Is Dead 

 The Smiths

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Best tracks: There Is a Light That Never Goes Out, The Boy With the Thorn in His Side [First added to this chart: 08/04/2011]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

2,489 charts

Rank Score:

34,428

Rank in 1986:

1

Rank in 1980s:

1

Overall Rank:

16

Average Rating:

 88 (2,913 votes)

Comments:

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Automatic For The People 

 R.E.M.

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Best tracks: Drive, Find the River, The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite, Everybody Hurts [First added to this chart: 08/04/2011]

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

1,821 charts

Rank Score:

19,363

Rank in 1992:

1

Rank in 1990s:

6

Overall Rank:

48

Average Rating:

 84 (2,207 votes)

Comments:

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Dummy 

 Portishead

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Best tracks: Sour Times, Roads, Glory Box, Mysterons, Wandering Star [First added to this chart: 08/04/2011]

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,567 charts

Rank Score:

16,640

Rank in 1994:

3

Rank in 1990s:

13

Overall Rank:

66

Average Rating:

 84 (1,715 votes)

Comments:

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Mezzanine 

 Massive Attack

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Best tracks: Risingson, Inertia Creeps, Man Next Door, Teardrop, Angel [First added to this chart: 08/04/2011]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

1,042 charts

Rank Score:

9,810

Rank in 1998:

2

Rank in 1990s:

30

Overall Rank:

143

Average Rating:

 83 (1,279 votes)

Comments:

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Una Donna Per Amico 

 Lucio Battisti

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Best tracks: Nessun Dolore, Prendila Così, Aver Paura di Innamorarsi Troppo, Perché No [First added to this chart: 08/04/2011]

Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

15 charts

Rank Score:

157

Rank in 1978:

126

Rank in 1970s:

1,212

Overall Rank:

7,950

Average Rating:

 74 (28 votes)

Comments:

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Post Orgasmic Chill 

 Skunk Anansie

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Best tracks: Charlie Big Potato, Secretly, You'll Follow Me Down, Tracy's Flaw [First added to this chart: 08/04/2011]

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

211

Rank in 1999:

87

Rank in 1990s:

1,015

Overall Rank:

6,199

Average Rating:

 74 (71 votes)

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	3	3%
1970s	14	14%
1980s	14	14%
1990s	37	37%
2000s	20	20%
2010s	10	10%
2020s	2	2%

Artist	Albums	%
Lucio Battisti	7	7%
Radiohead	5	5%
Skunk Anansie	4	4%
Björk	4	4%
The Smiths	4	4%
Suede	3	3%
Coldplay	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	52	52%
	19	19%
	16	16%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 2 from 26th to 24th Coming Up by Suede

Biggest fallers
Down 2 from 24th to 26th Violator by Depeche Mode

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90/100	01/25/2025 14:10	SomethingSpecial	1,108	85/100
80/100	04/19/2024 09:15	Moondance	476	85/100
75/100	02/15/2023 21:02	MadhattanJack	250	85/100
80/100	01/22/2023 11:23	Johnnyo	2,528	80/100
85/100	07/20/2021 14:57	Larcx13	1,141	86/100

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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 82.4/100, a mean average of 81.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.2/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 11.6.

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80/100

From Johnnyo 01/22/2023 11:23

Really nice chart. Thanks for sharing

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80/100

From Moondance 01/22/2023 10:16

Thanks for the introduction to Italian albums - I listened to Lucio Battsiti's 'Images' album ~ as it is in English.
Nice to see one album from south of the equator - Tame Impala's "Currents".
As a general observation, I appreciate that these are your favourite albums (can't disagree with that) but I prefer charts that showcase a wider diversity of artists.

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65/100

From Hophophop 05/14/2021 00:50

bjork is pretty good....

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85/100

From WillyMac 05/24/2020 15:54

I really like this unique chart. I don't know the Italian artists, but otherwise our tastes are quite similar for having only 10 albums the same. Many of your choices would be in my top 200. Great to see some love for REM's most underappreciated album, Reveal. And surprisingly, you don't seem to be a big Beach Boys fan... I have discovered that many people who like Reveal are both Beach Boys and REM fans...

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95/100

From Paule 04/14/2019 10:58

Great chart! I also thought about adding showbiz to my list, it is very underrated IMO.

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80/100

From ForegroundNoise 04/14/2019 09:57

Nice chart! Love to see Portishead's Third so high, as well as some much deserved love for Björk. Some notes would be great!!

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85/100

From bobbyb5 08/22/2017 16:21

Molto bene

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80/100

From xXhermitXx 04/14/2017 02:34

Decent Chart

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85/100

From platus 04/13/2017 16:32

good chart

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From benschrier00 09/18/2016 23:36

Can't say I was expecting to see Showbiz, especially that high, but nice list regardless!

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