Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by JR

• Chart updated: 03/23/2024 02:45
• (Created: 11/12/2016 00:05).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Songs In The Key Of Life 

 Stevie Wonder

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[First added to this chart: 11/12/2016]

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

1,223 charts

Rank Score:

15,480

Rank in 1976:

1

Rank in 1970s:

23

Overall Rank:

86

Average Rating:

 85 (1,307 votes)

Comments:

86

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Bringing It All Back Home 

 Bob Dylan

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[First added to this chart: 11/25/2016]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,238 charts

Rank Score:

13,371

Rank in 1965:

4

Rank in 1960s:

24

Overall Rank:

101

Average Rating:

 86 (1,638 votes)

Comments:

102

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What's Going On 

 Marvin Gaye

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[First added to this chart: 11/12/2016]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,567 charts

Rank Score:

19,697

Rank in 1971:

4

Rank in 1970s:

16

Overall Rank:

53

Average Rating:

 85 (1,884 votes)

Comments:

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Illinois 

 Sufjan Stevens

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[First added to this chart: 11/21/2016]

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

1,598 charts

Rank Score:

23,035

Rank in 2005:

1

Rank in 2000s:

5

Overall Rank:

42

Average Rating:

 86 (1,851 votes)

Comments:

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Rain Dogs 

 Tom Waits

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[First added to this chart: 12/27/2017]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

1,115 charts

Rank Score:

13,091

Rank in 1985:

2

Rank in 1980s:

14

Overall Rank:

108

Average Rating:

 84 (1,305 votes)

Comments:

85

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In The Aeroplane Over The Sea 

 Neutral Milk Hotel

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[First added to this chart: 11/12/2016]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

2,379 charts

Rank Score:

39,458

Rank in 1998:

1

Rank in 1990s:

3

Overall Rank:

16

Average Rating:

 87 (2,870 votes)

Comments:

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Pet Sounds 

 The Beach Boys

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[First added to this chart: 11/12/2016]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,779 charts

Rank Score:

45,089

Rank in 1966:

2

Rank in 1960s:

5

Overall Rank:

11

Average Rating:

 88 (3,194 votes)

Comments:

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The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill 

 Lauryn Hill

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[First added to this chart: 01/23/2021]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

604 charts

Rank Score:

5,653

Rank in 1998:

5

Rank in 1990s:

60

Overall Rank:

318

Average Rating:

 77 (780 votes)

Comments:

42

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Remain In Light 

 Talking Heads

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[First added to this chart: 11/12/2016]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,966 charts

Rank Score:

30,718

Rank in 1980:

1

Rank in 1980s:

3

Overall Rank:

27

Average Rating:

 87 (2,223 votes)

Comments:

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The 50 Greatest Hits 
Compilation

 Elvis Presley

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[First added to this chart: 02/18/2024]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

1 chart

Rank Score:

79

Rank in 2000:

259

Rank in 2000s:

2,647

Overall Rank:

14,186

Average Rating:

 75 (1 vote)

Comments:

0

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	8	8%
1960s	21	21%
1970s	26	26%
1980s	11	11%
1990s	17	17%
2000s	17	17%
2010s	0	0%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Radiohead	1	1%
The Doors	1	1%
Donald Fagen	1	1%
Van Morrison	1	1%
Gorillaz	1	1%
The White Stripes	1	1%
Derek & The Dominos	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	55	55%
	29	29%
	5	5%
	4	4%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 35 from 91st to 56th Demon Days by Gorillaz
Up 13 from 63rd to 50th Are You Experienced by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Up 5 from 99th to 94th Elephant by The White Stripes

Biggest fallers
Down 19 from 59th to 78th Nothing But The Best by Frank Sinatra
Down 13 from 58th to 71st Somethin' Else by Cannonball Adderley
Down 10 from 56th to 66th Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

New entries
Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone
American Beauty by Grateful Dead

Leavers
Greatest Hits by Sly & The Family Stone
Live/Dead by Grateful Dead

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Rating	Date updated	Member	Chart ratings	Avg. chart rating
80/100	05/09/2023 21:20	Moondance	455	84/100
90/100	05/09/2023 15:43	Tamthebam	552	85/100
85/100	05/09/2023 12:38	Johnnyo	2,014	80/100
85/100	11/23/2021 12:59	Cytoma	171	90/100
95/100	10/05/2021 21:55	Rhyner	1,382	99/100

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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 86.7/100, a mean average of 86.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.9/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 7.1.

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80/100

From Moondance 05/09/2023 21:23

Solid 'greatest albums' chart for this site - although I think I like it better before you made the 39 album changes in July 2022.

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85/100

From Johnnyo 05/09/2023 12:38

Really good chart

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85/100

From sssvnnn 08/16/2020 23:02

Very good picks, very classical chart, but Oselju is right:
The chart is pretty predictable and not very personal

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90/100

From DommeDamian 07/22/2019 10:39

22 artists in common amuse me. Good chart

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80/100

From ForegroundNoise 07/22/2019 08:46

Nice chart, though I find your picks a little too focused on the classics. Try some stuff more outside of your comfort zone, you never know you might end up falling in love with!!

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85/100

From PaperVinnie 04/05/2018 17:59

Good albums, but way too close to the top 100.

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80/100

From Thad 02/27/2018 03:11

I feel like this is trying a little too hard to be objective... I like trying to bring critical acclaim and cultural impact and stuff into the equation, but at some point I just wanna know what you listen to the most, you know?

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From SamNassiri98 09/15/2017 20:38

Good chart!

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80/100

From platus 08/21/2017 06:57

Nice chart!

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From Oselju 08/20/2017 15:28

Probably the less personal chart of BEA.

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