Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Patman360

100 decent albums as recommended by an Irish geologist. Order is loose and subject to mood changes. Comments may or may not make any sense, sway from side to side or travel in a full 360 degrees, who knows? Not me anyway. Enjoy!

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"Meet me at the station don't be late,
I need to spend some money and it just won't wait"

Sitting on a wall watching the world slide by in slow-mo as autumn leaves cover the ground.
[First added to this chart: 02/16/2014]
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1974
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1,623
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"We were at the beach,
Everybody had matching towels"

Downing Jack Daniels and coke before preceding to clear the dance floor with your best mate.
[First added to this chart: 05/18/2013]
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1979
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2,019
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"We got twenty five rifles,
Just to keep the population down"
[First added to this chart: 11/14/2013]
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1974
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7,644
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"Blank Frank is the messenger of your doom and your destruction" [First added to this chart: 05/31/2014]
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1974
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3,012
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"Hurry,
People running from their worries,
While the judge and his juries,
Dictate the law that's partly flaw"
[First added to this chart: 12/26/2014]
Year of Release:
1970
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2,483
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"And as we walked through the streets of Arklow,
Oh, the color of the day wore on,
And our heads were filled with poetry,
And the morning a-comin' on to dawn"
[First added to this chart: 12/26/2014]
Year of Release:
1974
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1,471
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"Generals gathered in their masses,
Just like witches at black masses,
Evil minds that plot destruction,
Sorcerers of death's construction,
In the fields the bodies burning,
As the war machine keeps turning,
Death and hatred to mankind,
Poisoning their brainwashed minds"
[First added to this chart: 09/27/2011]
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1970
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19,146
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[First added to this chart: 05/18/2024]
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1972
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1,037
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"You can say the sun is shinning if you really want to" [First added to this chart: 12/26/2014]
Year of Release:
1972
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18,431
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"I'm counting the gulls that sit on the waves surrounding the boats in the bay,
I'm counting the miles till we're there where the sun and the rain and the snow"
[First added to this chart: 05/21/2015]
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1970
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1,769
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 1 1%
1960s 11 11%
1970s 28 28%
1980s 21 21%
1990s 25 25%
2000s 8 8%
2010s 6 6%
2020s 0 0%
Artist Albums %


Bruce Springsteen 1 1%
The Clash 1 1%
Pavement 1 1%
Eno 1 1%
Sufjan Stevens 1 1%
Joni Mitchell 1 1%
The Avalanches 1 1%
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Country Albums %


United States 61 61%
United Kingdom 24 24%
Ireland 7 7%
Canada 2 2%
Jamaica 2 2%
Australia 1 1%
Mixed Nationality 1 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 94 94%
Yes 6 6%
Live? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 98 98%
Yes 2 2%

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From 10/17/2024 08:36
A top notch chart indeed. I probably would have liked to have seen a few more Irish albums for sure, for sure and perhaps another from Australia (the Avalanches look a bit lonely).
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From 12/01/2021 19:57
Still one of the great charts!
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From 02/02/2020 18:26
Excellent picks and notes. Love me some Roman Candle.
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From 09/21/2019 19:36
My new favourite chart. Thanks for rating mine. This is a very eclectic, good quality chart. I agree with almost all of them but that won't stop me giving full marks. And some albums to check out, esp the Irish ones I've never heard of like Ginnels and others. I heard of Planxty through liking Billy Connolly's stand-up. Top stuff man. and I like all the quotes from songs.
I enjoyed reading this.
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From 01/27/2018 11:49
Very diverse chart - some really interesting choices
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From 06/27/2017 21:18
This may be my new favorite chart.
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From 12/02/2016 18:37
It's the motherload!!
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From 07/24/2016 23:11
Hey Man, cool chart! I'll definitely check out some of these. Nice to see some lesser known Irish bands make the cut.
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From 05/28/2016 05:45
Haven't listened to most of these, I'm definitely going to give a few of them a listen!
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From 05/05/2016 10:17
And love the descriptions
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3. Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
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