Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
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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: Dire Straits
3rd: Making Movies
4th: Love Over Gold
5th: Communique
6th: On Every Street [First added to this chart: 12/03/2016]
3rd: Making Movies
4th: Love Over Gold
5th: Communique
6th: On Every Street [First added to this chart: 12/03/2016]
Year of Release:
1985
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7,055
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Runner up: Pretenders II
[First added to this chart: 12/03/2016]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
2,916
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Runner up: Traveling Wildburys Vol III
[First added to this chart: 12/03/2016]
Year of Release:
1988
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2,089
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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