Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by pago82 
- Chart updated: 12/26/2024 12:15
- (Created: 08/11/2011 19:06).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Grunge, alternative rock
[First added to this chart: 08/11/2011]
Year of Release:
1991
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38,733
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Grunge, alternative rock, noise rock
[First added to this chart: 08/11/2011]
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1993
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18,056
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Grunge, alternative rock, hard rock, debut
[First added to this chart: 08/11/2011]
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1991
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18,859
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Alternative rock, art rock, experimental rock, electronic
[First added to this chart: 08/11/2011]
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1997
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65,548
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Electronica, experimental rock, post-rock,
electronic rock, art rock, ambient, IDM [First added to this chart: 08/11/2011]
electronic rock, art rock, ambient, IDM [First added to this chart: 08/11/2011]
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2000
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43,688
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Grunge, hard rock, heavy metal, alternative rock, alternative metal
[First added to this chart: 08/11/2011]
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1994
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8,646
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Grunge, alternative rock, hard rock
[First added to this chart: 08/11/2011]
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1993
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5,224
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Alternative metal, grunge, heavy metal, alternative rock, hard rock
[First added to this chart: 08/11/2011]
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1992
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7,427
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Alternative rock, indie rock, surf rock
[First added to this chart: 08/11/2011]
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1989
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32,392
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Grunge, alternative rock, experimental rock, art rock, hard rock
[First added to this chart: 08/11/2011]
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1994
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2,696
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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 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1970s | 6 | 6% | |
| 1980s | 6 | 6% | |
| 1990s | 31 | 31% | |
| 2000s | 21 | 21% | |
| 2010s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2020s | 5 | 5% |
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| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| Nirvana | 5 | 5% | |
| Pearl Jam | 5 | 5% | |
| Radiohead | 5 | 5% | |
| Pixies | 4 | 4% | |
| Alice In Chains | 3 | 3% | |
| Vampire Weekend | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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49 | 49% | |
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23 | 23% | |
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8 | 8% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 38 from 83rd to 45th Straka V Hrsti by Pražský Výběr |
| Up 35 from 92nd to 57th Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes |
| Up 19 from 60th to 41st Abbey Road by The Beatles |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 27 from 47th to 74th Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós |
| Down 20 from 76th to 96th The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd |
| Down 17 from 64th to 81st Collegium Musicum by Collegium Musicum |
| New entries |
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 Only God Was Above Usby Vampire Weekend |
| Krása Nesmírná by Vypsaná Fixa |
| Fetch by Melt-Banana |
| Indie Cindy by Pixies |
| Leavers |
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 Astigmaticby Komeda Quintet |
| Rakovina by Karel Kryl |
| Is This It by The Strokes |
| Hey, Killer by Local H |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
80/100 (from 64 votes)
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90/100  | 01/29/2025 12:44 |  SomethingSpecial | | 85/100 |
 70/100 | 11/04/2024 14:17 | DrewHamster | | 79/100 |
| 45/100 | 07/24/2024 19:57 | bwoodlan | | 70/100 |
| 90/100 | 04/05/2024 17:39 | Larcx13 | | 86/100 |
| 70/100 | 08/23/2023 07:14 |  Tamthebam | | 85/100 |
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From Larcx13 04/05/2024 17:42
Larcx13 04/05/2024 17:42
Nice selection. Shuffle it up a little maybe?
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85/100
From notsquib 08/23/2023 04:25
Loved seeing Black Gives Way to Blue and that Deerhunter album on a chart! There is quite a lot of standard grunge on this chart. Very interested in checking out the Czech and Slovakian albums you put here, since I have little to no experience with music from around there.
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85/100
From Johnnyo 08/22/2023 16:28
Not sure why I rated this charts so low first time around. Must have been having a bad day. Very decent album
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80/100
From Moondance 12/24/2022 10:33
No surprises on where your love of music resides. Really good to see you recognising homegrown artists/albums from Slovakia & Czech Republic.
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85/100
From Johnnyo 05/29/2021 08:33
Although I like a lot of albums on this chart it doesn't really grab me.
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80/100
From 
Keatownrodriguez 09/02/2020 15:56
Keatownrodriguez 09/02/2020 15:56
You do love the 90's, nothing wrong with that. Nirvana is also a favorite of mine. Love to see The mars volta so high too
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95/100
From BraddlesHendo 09/02/2020 14:53
Good stuff lots of grunge
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40/100
From mianfei 02/17/2020 22:30
On many levels, this is the most disappointing chart to reach “Chart of the Day”, with its absence of diversity due to the heavy focus on 1990s grunge, which fails to capture the diversity and talent even of that decade – although some of the post-rock inclusions are refreshing after looking through.
The chart is redeemed a little by the presence of some very unusual albums from Eastern Europe, though the fact that these are from the user’s homeland and hence less likely to be long-term research or personal discovery detracts even from that.
A minor issue but one that does bug me, is the absence of “shuffling” so that similar or obviously related albums are placed adjacent.
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80/100
From 
ForegroundNoise 05/10/2019 08:03
ForegroundNoise 05/10/2019 08:03
Nice to see some post-rock picks sneaking in, though the top ten is a little too homogeneous for my liking!!
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60/100
From SamNassiri98 03/08/2018 17:04
Most annoying top 10 I've seen in awhile...
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