Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
by landriax 
Limited to 1 album per artist.
Honorable Mentions:
This Year's Model - Elvis Costello
The Band - The Band
Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
Derek & The Dominos - Layla And Other Assorted Songs
London Calling - The Clash
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis
The Stooges - The Stooges
The Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen
At Last! - Etta James
Night Beat - Sam Cooke
At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
Live at the Apollo - James Brown
Blue - Joni Mitchell
Van Halen - Van Halen
Dance Party - Martha and the Vandellas
Sky's The Limit - The Temptations
At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band
Eye In The Sky - The Alan Parsons Project
Sun Sessions - Elvis Presley
Going to a Go-Go - Smokey Robinson
The Birth of Soul - Ray Charles
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
The Stranger - Billy Joel
Reach Out - Four Tops
- Chart updated: 12/03/2016 05:45
- (Created: 12/03/2016 04:57).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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Runner up: Face to Face
3rd: Something Else
4th: Arthur (or the decline and fall of the British Empire)
5th: Lola versus Powerman and the MoneyGoRound
6th: Muswell Hillbillies [First added to this chart: 12/03/2016]
3rd: Something Else
4th: Arthur (or the decline and fall of the British Empire)
5th: Lola versus Powerman and the MoneyGoRound
6th: Muswell Hillbillies [First added to this chart: 12/03/2016]
Year of Release:
1968
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Rank Score:
9,479
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[First added to this chart: 12/03/2016]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
39,957
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Runner up: White Light/White Heat
3rd: Loaded [First added to this chart: 12/03/2016]
3rd: Loaded [First added to this chart: 12/03/2016]
Year of Release:
1967
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40,897
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Runner up: The Wall
3rd: Animals
4th: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
5th: Wish you Were Here
6th: A Saucerful of Secrets [First added to this chart: 12/03/2016]
3rd: Animals
4th: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
5th: Wish you Were Here
6th: A Saucerful of Secrets [First added to this chart: 12/03/2016]
Year of Release:
1973
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Rank Score:
61,771
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Runner up: Led Zeppelin
3rd: Led Zeppelin II
4th: Led Zeppelin III
5th: Houses of the Holy
6th: Physical Graffiti [First added to this chart: 12/03/2016]
3rd: Led Zeppelin II
4th: Led Zeppelin III
5th: Houses of the Holy
6th: Physical Graffiti [First added to this chart: 12/03/2016]
Year of Release:
1971
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39,741
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Runner up: White Album
3rd: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
4th: Abbey Road
5th: Rubber Soul
6th: Help! [First added to this chart: 12/03/2016]
3rd: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
4th: Abbey Road
5th: Rubber Soul
6th: Help! [First added to this chart: 12/03/2016]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
50,658
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Runner up: The Next Day
3rd: Low
4th: Aladdin Sane
5th: Hunky Dory
6th: Station to Station [First added to this chart: 12/03/2016]
3rd: Low
4th: Aladdin Sane
5th: Hunky Dory
6th: Station to Station [First added to this chart: 12/03/2016]
Year of Release:
1972
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44,647
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Runner up: After the Gold Rush
3rd: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
4th: Harvest Moon
5th: On the Beach
6th: Rust Never Sleeps [First added to this chart: 12/03/2016]
3rd: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
4th: Harvest Moon
5th: On the Beach
6th: Rust Never Sleeps [First added to this chart: 12/03/2016]
Year of Release:
1972
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12,726
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[First added to this chart: 12/03/2016]
Year of Release:
1969
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28,992
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[First added to this chart: 12/03/2016]
Year of Release:
1975
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8,160
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Total albums: 40. Page 1 of 4
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 16 | 40% | |
| 1970s | 17 | 43% | |
| 1980s | 3 | 8% | |
| 1990s | 2 | 5% | |
| 2000s | 1 | 3% | |
| 2010s | 1 | 3% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Byrds | 1 | 3% | |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 1 | 3% | |
| The Beatles | 1 | 3% | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1 | 3% | |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 1 | 3% | |
| Jethro Tull | 1 | 3% | |
| David Bowie | 1 | 3% | |
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