Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by lh182 
Less "greatest albums" than my favourites and those that have most influenced my music and life (cringe), although the greater ones are nearer the top.
Limit of 5 per artist, cos I'd put Bowie's entire catalogue from '69 to '80 otherwise.
- Chart updated: 03/28/2022 09:45
- (Created: 11/18/2016 20:03).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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Favourite: Keep On Lying
[First added to this chart: 11/24/2016]
Year of Release:
2012
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14,593
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[First added to this chart: 06/17/2019]
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2014
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3,829
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[First added to this chart: 03/28/2022]
Year of Release:
2011
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1,036
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[First added to this chart: 09/18/2019]
Year of Release:
2018
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2,980
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[First added to this chart: 03/28/2022]
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2019
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2,543
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It'll probably be a while before I can make a bigger chart so I'll shove 'em here for now:
51. Coldplay - Parachutes
52. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
53. Sly & The Family Stone - Stand!
54. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
55. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis Bold As Love
56. Oasis - What's The Story (Morning Glory)
57. Blondie - Parallel Lines
58. The Zombies - Odessey And Oracle
59. The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
60. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
61. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
62. Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!
63. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Infest The Rats' Nest
64. The Velvet Underground - Loaded
65. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
66. Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love!
67. Talking Heads - Remain In Light
68. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
69. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn The Torpedoes
70. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
71. Nirvana - Nevermind
72. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
73. Lorde - Melodrama
74. Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
75. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
76. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
77. Prince - Purple Rain
78. Tool - Lateralus
79. The Killers - Hot Fuss
80. Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
81. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
82. The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
83. The White Stripes - Elephant
84. The Feeling - Twelve Stops & Home
85. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
86. The Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out
87. Green Day - Dookie
88. The Killers - Day & Age
89. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
90. Otis Redding - Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
91. The Doors - Strange Days
92. Parliament - Mothership Connection
93. Michael Jackson - Thriller
94. The Doors - The Doors
95. Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions
96. Cream - Disraeli Gears
97. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
98. The La's - The La's
99. Eminem - Recovery
100. Enter Shikari - A Flash Flood Of Colour
101. The Hoosiers - The Trick To Life
102. The Wombats - A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation
103. Van Morrison - Blowin' Your Mind!
104. Barclay James Harvest - Once Again [First added to this chart: 03/28/2022]
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2014
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 17 | 34% | |
| 1970s | 21 | 42% | |
| 1980s | 2 | 4% | |
| 1990s | 1 | 2% | |
| 2000s | 1 | 2% | |
| 2010s | 6 | 12% | |
| 2020s | 2 | 4% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| The Beatles | 5 | 10% | |
| David Bowie | 5 | 10% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 6% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 6% | |
| The Velvet Underground | 2 | 4% | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 2 | 4% | |
| Big Thief | 1 | 2% | |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 6 from 14th to 20thInnervisions by Stevie Wonder |
| Down 1 from 10th to 11thDoolittle by Pixies |
| Down 1 from 11th to 12thForever Changes by Love |
| New entries |
|---|
| After The Gold Rush by Neil Young |
| Leavers |
|---|
| Parachutes by Coldplay |
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