Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by zrommeke 
My personal criteria for this chart :
- I have to own the album as CD or vinyl
- I prefer to choose for different artists if possible (although The Stooges and Iggy Pop are different to me)
- I try to limit the number of compilations and live albums
- Chart updated: 08/30/2020 08:15
- (Created: 12/04/2016 10:51).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1994
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616
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1988
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2,113
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1992
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872
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1979
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23,395
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1989
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29,898
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1987
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8,464
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1989
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1,948
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2002
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9,925
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1987
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10,531
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1970s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1980s | 29 | 29% | |
| 1990s | 29 | 29% | |
| 2000s | 15 | 15% | |
| 2010s | 5 | 5% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Guns N' Roses | 1 | 1% | |
| alt-J | 1 | 1% | |
| Fleetwood Mac | 1 | 1% | |
| The Beatles | 1 | 1% | |
| Living Colour | 1 | 1% | |
| Midnight Oil | 1 | 1% | |
| The Kinks | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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47 | 47% | |
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29 | 29% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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| ! | 03/20/2025 22:35 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,090 | 86/100 |
| ! | 03/22/2021 20:01 |  Rhyner | 1,463 | 99/100 |
| ! | 03/22/2021 11:52 |  desh79 | 1,274 | 93/100 |
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BestEverAlbums 03/22/2021 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3437): By zrommeke
BestEverAlbums 03/22/2021 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3437): By zrommeke“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by zrommeke () 1. Worst Case Scenario by dEUS (1994) 2. I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen (1988) 3. Puta's Fever by Mano Negra (1989) 4. Henry's Dream by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (1992) 5. The Wall by Pink Floyd (1979) 6. Doolittle by Pixies…”
View forum post →From BestEverAlbums 04/03/2020 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3085): By zrommeke
BestEverAlbums 04/03/2020 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3085): By zrommeke“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by zrommeke () 1. Worst Case Scenario by dEUS (1994) 2. The Real Thing by Faith No More (1989) 3. I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen (1988) 4. Puta's Fever by Mano Negra (1989) 5. Henry's Dream by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (1992) 6. The Wall by Pink…”
View forum post →From BestEverAlbums 09/06/2019 08:00 in Chart of the day (#2875): By zrommeke
BestEverAlbums 09/06/2019 08:00 in Chart of the day (#2875): By zrommeke“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by zrommeke () 1. Worst Case Scenario by dEUS (1994) 2. The Real Thing by Faith No More (1989) 3. I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen (1988) 4. Puta's Fever by Mano Negra (1989) 5. Henry's Dream by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (1992) 6. The Wall by Pink…”
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911Turbo 04/16/2020 19:54 | #250038
911Turbo 04/16/2020 19:54 | #250038
you have a very interesting top 20 albums that are full of unexpected surprises.
i really love to see that.
it gives me a chance to listen to your albums that i never heard of or considered to be
awesome. great list.
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mianfei 04/15/2020 13:54 | #249975
Although this list is rather too focused on the 1980s and 1990s for my liking, and includes a significant number of artists who were part of the grunge fad and lacked even the undoubted talent and originality of Soundgarden, there are a lot of surprising and interesting choices on this list that make it by no means bad.
Choices like Mano Negra, ‘The Lion and the Cobra’, Sisters of Mercy, ‘The Uplift Mofo Party Plan’, Body Count, and to a lesser extent ‘Songs for Drella’ (David Keenan had that one back in 2003), Faith No More, and Living Color are unexpected enough to seriously make me think this a reasonably personal and interesting chart.
On the debit side, although it appears as if this is supposed to be “one album per artist”, there is both Lou Reed and Lou Reed & John Cale, and both Jane’s Addiction and Porno for Pyros.
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Purplepash 09/12/2018 03:29 | #220945
Purplepash 09/12/2018 03:29 | #220945
Some interesting picks here...especially in which albums by certain artists...ie we have 8 albums in common, but 18 artists in common.
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ForegroundNoise 09/11/2018 10:50 | #220889
ForegroundNoise 09/11/2018 10:50 | #220889
Really interesting chart!!
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Reppu1976 09/09/2018 23:48 | #220854
28 artist in common! Very nice chart!
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