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!
- Chart updated: 05/18/2024 10:45
- (Created: 08/28/2011 15:31).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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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 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1970s | 28 | 28% | |
| 1980s | 21 | 21% | |
| 1990s | 25 | 25% | |
| 2000s | 8 | 8% | |
| 2010s | 6 | 6% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| 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 | % | |
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61 | 61% | |
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23 | 23% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 02/03/2025 14:51 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/15/2025 16:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 147 | 98/100 |
| ! | 10/17/2024 08:34 | Moondance | 476 | 85/100 |
| ! | 11/13/2023 18:57 | DaaN | 11 | 86/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2021 22:05 | Giant2015 | 102 | 91/100 |
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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).
Mercury 12/01/2021 19:57 | #276958
Still one of the great charts!
Excellent picks and notes. Love me some Roman Candle.
CharlieBarley 09/21/2019 19:36 | #242890
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.
Dankel 01/27/2018 11:49 | #206631
Very diverse chart - some really interesting choices
louisjwyatt 06/27/2017 21:18 | #193305
This may be my new favorite chart.
Amirkhosro 12/02/2016 18:37 | #179480
It's the motherload!!
Hey Man, cool chart! I'll definitely check out some of these. Nice to see some lesser known Irish bands make the cut.
jlancast1996 05/28/2016 05:45 | #167049
Haven't listened to most of these, I'm definitely going to give a few of them a listen!
LedZep 05/05/2016 10:17 | #165241
And love the descriptions
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