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]
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1995
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27,261
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Best tracks: Bachelorette, Jóga, Hunter, Pluto, Unravel
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1997
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12,465
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Best tracks: Hyper-Ballad, Isobel, Army of Me, Possibly Maybe, I Miss You
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1995
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6,361
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Best tracks: Exit Music (For a Film), Karma Police, Paranoid Android, Lucky, Let Down
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1997
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59,209
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Best tracks: There Is a Light That Never Goes Out, The Boy With the Thorn in His Side
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1986
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31,240
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Best tracks: Drive, Find the River, The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite, Everybody Hurts
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1992
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18,529
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Best tracks: Sour Times, Roads, Glory Box, Mysterons, Wandering Star
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1994
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16,169
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Best tracks: Charlie Big Potato, Secretly, You'll Follow Me Down, Tracy's Flaw
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Best tracks: Twisted (Everyday Hurts), Brazen (Weep), Hedonism
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Best tracks: Nessun Dolore, Prendila Così, Aver Paura di Innamorarsi Troppo, Perché No
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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% | |
| Skunk Anansie | 4 | 4% | |
| Björk | 4 | 4% | |
| The Smiths | 4 | 4% | |
| Grizzly Bear | 3 | 3% | |
| Suede | 3 | 3% | |
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53 | 53% | |
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19 | 19% | |
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| ! | 06/06/2026 00:14 |  serpico | 181 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2025 14:10 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,089 | 86/100 |
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BestEverAlbums 06/05/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5334): By Bach
BestEverAlbums 06/05/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5334): By Bach“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. The Bends by Radiohead (1995) 2. Homogenic by Björk (1997) 3. Post by Björk (1995) 4. OK Computer by Radiohead (1997) 5. The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths (1986) 6. Automatic For The People by R.E.M. (1992) 7. Dummy by Portishead (1994)…”
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sageamagoo TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/23/2013 11:10 | #74240
sageamagoo TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/23/2013 11:10 | #74240
A ton of Björk, but still a good chart. Nice to see you listing your personal favourites instead of what everyone else wants you to put.
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jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/08/2011 16:48 | #28131
jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/08/2011 16:48 | #28131
I like your list even less than you like mine. Seriously, three albums by Bjork in the top ten? Autoomatic for the People no. 5 of all time? Um.... no. As others have noted, there's not much variety. Seven artists account for 30 on your list.
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Mercury TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/17/2014 04:46 | #100823
Mercury TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/17/2014 04:46 | #100823
I really love this chart. Björk is fucking goddess! I recently added Homogenic and Automatic for the People to my chart. Love your taste.
I also have gotten some good recommendations from this chart.
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fds5000 09/05/2013 17:38 | #85256
Bella classifica, però mi sorprende un pò che tu non abbia incluso Murmur dei REM visto che a mio parere è il loro disco più bello. Comunque complimenti
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Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/18/2016 10:34 | #175270
Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/18/2016 10:34 | #175270
Liking the Bjork love and Up by REM is so underrated. I will try and check out some of the stuff I haven't heard before.
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