Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by 
Bach 
My FAVOURITE albums.
("De gustibus non disputandum est.")
- Chart updated: 07/07/2026 15:15
- (Created: 08/05/2011 02:47).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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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
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27,598
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Best tracks: Bachelorette, Jóga, Hunter, Pluto, Unravel
[First added to this chart: 08/04/2011]
Year of Release:
1997
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12,438
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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
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6,389
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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
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59,844
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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]
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1986
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31,779
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Best tracks: Drive, Find the River, The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite, Everybody Hurts
[First added to this chart: 08/04/2011]
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1992
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18,689
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Best tracks: Sour Times, Roads, Glory Box, Mysterons, Wandering Star
[First added to this chart: 08/04/2011]
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1994
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16,165
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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]
Best tracks: Twisted (Everyday Hurts), Brazen (Weep), Hedonism
[First added to this chart: 08/04/2011]
Best tracks: Nessun Dolore, Prendila Così, Aver Paura di Innamorarsi Troppo, Perché No
[First added to this chart: 08/04/2011]
Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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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 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1970s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1980s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 38 | 38% | |
| 2000s | 20 | 20% | |
| 2010s | 10 | 10% | |
| 2020s | 2 | 2% |
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| Lucio Battisti | 7 | 7% | |
| Radiohead | 5 | 5% | |
| Björk | 4 | 4% | |
| The Smiths | 4 | 4% | |
| Skunk Anansie | 4 | 4% | |
| Suede | 3 | 3% | |
| Coldplay | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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53 | 53% | |
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19 | 19% | |
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15 | 15% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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Up 3 from 81st to 78th |
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Down 6 from 70th to 76th |
Down 4 from 77th to 81st |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 06/06/2026 00:14 |  serpico | 180 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2025 14:10 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,089 | 86/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2024 09:15 | Moondance | 476 | 85/100 |
| ! | 02/15/2023 21:02 |  MadhattanJack | 341 | 86/100 |
| ! | 01/22/2023 11:23 | Johnnyo | 2,674 | 80/100 |
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serpico 06/06/2026 00:15 | #314807
serpico 06/06/2026 00:15 | #314807
Un chart bastante interesante, mucha música italiana, soundtracks, mucho Suede, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, Radiohead, Bjork, Blur, Kate Bush, PJ Harvey, Massive Attack y Blur, buenos gustos musicales y muchos en común. (Edited)
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Johnnyo 01/22/2023 11:23 | #293171
Really nice chart. Thanks for sharing
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Moondance 01/22/2023 10:16 | #293170
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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Hophophop 05/14/2021 00:50 | #269746
bjork is pretty good....
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WillyMac 05/24/2020 15:54 | #252019
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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Paule 04/14/2019 10:58 | #234949
Paule 04/14/2019 10:58 | #234949
Great chart! I also thought about adding showbiz to my list, it is very underrated IMO.
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ForegroundNoise 04/14/2019 09:57 | #234946
ForegroundNoise 04/14/2019 09:57 | #234946
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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bobbyb5 08/22/2017 16:21 | #196558
bobbyb5 08/22/2017 16:21 | #196558
Molto bene
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xXhermitXx 04/14/2017 02:34 | #189225
Decent Chart
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platus 04/13/2017 16:32 | #189211
good chart
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