Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by steve_o_619 
Recently changed to just 1 album per artist
- Chart updated: 03/28/2014 21:03
- (Created: 08/14/2011 19:43).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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While Disorder remains my favorite song, I would go as far as to say the middle 4 tracks are the best 4 track run on any record, ever.
Released just 11 months before Ian Curtis' death, Joy Division's debut is unsurprisingly both more accessible and less dark than Closer. All four members are on absolute top form for the entire album.
To put it very briefly, Unknown Pleasures is the best debut you will ever hear. [First added to this chart: 11/22/2012]
Released just 11 months before Ian Curtis' death, Joy Division's debut is unsurprisingly both more accessible and less dark than Closer. All four members are on absolute top form for the entire album.
To put it very briefly, Unknown Pleasures is the best debut you will ever hear. [First added to this chart: 11/22/2012]
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1979
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Guitar work at its finest. When combined with the assured vocals of Tom Verlaine, Marquee moon had all the ingredients of a classic.
[First added to this chart: 07/10/2013]
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1977
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20,082
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Rumours is so full of hits that it has to make it to any chart.
The issues the band had at the time must of made this album an incredibly difficult task to record. Had the songwriting not been quite so good, Rumours may not of existed at all! [First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
The issues the band had at the time must of made this album an incredibly difficult task to record. Had the songwriting not been quite so good, Rumours may not of existed at all! [First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
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1977
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30,713
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Although Pink Moon shows glimmers of happiness, the general theme revolves around a man giving up hope with the world. The first four songs are truly exceptional, and packed into 10 minutes.
[First added to this chart: 09/09/2013]
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1972
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17,555
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[First added to this chart: 08/13/2012]
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1979
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4,236
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[First added to this chart: 03/08/2014]
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1970
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14,651
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No female will ever be more punk rock than Patti Smith!
Birdland, Free Money, and especially Horses are as good as anything you'll here [First added to this chart: 03/08/2014]
Birdland, Free Money, and especially Horses are as good as anything you'll here [First added to this chart: 03/08/2014]
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1975
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7,997
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[First added to this chart: 11/22/2012]
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1970
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12,013
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[First added to this chart: 06/03/2012]
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1971
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38,562
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[First added to this chart: 08/13/2012]
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1972
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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 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1970s | 22 | 22% | |
| 1980s | 21 | 21% | |
| 1990s | 23 | 23% | |
| 2000s | 16 | 16% | |
| 2010s | 4 | 4% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Tallest Man On Earth | 1 | 1% | |
| The Beatles | 1 | 1% | |
| Northern Portrait | 1 | 1% | |
| The Go-Betweens | 1 | 1% | |
| Wilco | 1 | 1% | |
| Patti Smith | 1 | 1% | |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse | 1 | 1% | |
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42 | 42% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 19 from 26th to 7thOdessey And Oracle by The Zombies |
| Up 14 from 25th to 11thScript Of The Bridge by The Chameleons |
| Up 13 from 99th to 86thWhat's Going On by Marvin Gaye |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 9 from 16th to 25thSouvlaki by Slowdive |
| Down 5 from 22nd to 27thThe Doors by The Doors |
| Down 4 from 5th to 9thForever Changes by Love |
| New entries |
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| I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One by Yo La Tengo |
| Leavers |
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| Funeral by Arcade Fire |
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| ! | 01/02/2025 14:31 | DrewHamster | 317 | 79/100 |
| ! | 04/20/2017 19:29 |  sssvnnn | 2,865 | 83/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2016 18:31 |  CharlieBarley | 477 | 94/100 |
| ! | 05/28/2016 13:39 | Seab | 2,005 | 93/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 6% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 88.5/100, a mean average of 88.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.9/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 10.3.
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From sssvnnn 09/21/2016 23:32 | #175545
sssvnnn 09/21/2016 23:32 | #175545
Very good.
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From CharlieBarley 09/02/2016 18:28 | #174107
CharlieBarley 09/02/2016 18:28 | #174107
We have many albums and artists in common, 11 albums I think. And I have only done a Top 40!
Like to se a real mixture of American and British albums and the odd French one. Want to check out Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco as have heard a lot of good about it. Good chart!
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From WillyMac 03/10/2016 17:12 | #161677
With 19 albums and 23 artists in common, how could I not be impressed with your chart? But it's the comments that really make it great. I have not heard many of the albums on your chart - using your comments as a guide to which ones I might like. Thanks.
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From HigherThanTheSun 05/19/2015 21:35 | #141837
HigherThanTheSun 05/19/2015 21:35 | #141837
Love all of it
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From gon2bed 01/14/2015 16:34 | #131532
I'm amazed how people can just pick 1 album per act. Great that you have Radiohead, Massive and Love in there as well as we have 12 artists in common. Personally I couldn't help but choose more than 1 album by favourite bands.
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From Schnouttz 01/14/2015 15:30 | #131528
Fantastic chart, detailed and varied.
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From BraddlesHendo 01/14/2015 13:51 | #131526
Really great top 10 not self indulgent very honest and great comments
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HazeyTwilight 10/12/2014 19:15 | #124243
HazeyTwilight 10/12/2014 19:15 | #124243
Our charts are actually a lot more similar than I thought. Many of your choices and artists resonate with me so much. Just going through this chart made me feel overjoyed. Everything just flows so well. It's now one of my favourite charts on this site.
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From pannkakesangen 09/03/2014 19:59 | #121133
really love your chart man!
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Mercury 06/23/2014 01:25 | #115045
Mercury 06/23/2014 01:25 | #115045
And IIIIIIIIIIIIII WILL ALWAAAAAAAAAYSSSS LOOOOOOOVE THIS CHAAAAAAAART!
Edit: but seriously, amazing chart that I love. I seem to hve more in common with this chart than any other user chart . And I love you having Rust Never Sleeps and The Wild Hunt and Beautiful Freak and etc etc etc, ... A gem.
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