Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by panapsal 
- Chart updated: 05/14/2021 07:15
- (Created: 12/20/2016 12:33).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1977
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869
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1968
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1,716
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[First added to this chart: 12/25/2016]
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1974
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1,850
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4. (=)
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1969
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1,467
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1969
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6,573
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1974
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6,355
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1970
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8,772
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1973
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6,801
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1968
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16,520
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1967
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14,392
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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 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 29 | 29% | |
| 1970s | 37 | 37% | |
| 1980s | 9 | 9% | |
| 1990s | 9 | 9% | |
| 2000s | 11 | 11% | |
| 2010s | 2 | 2% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 3% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
| Frank Zappa | 2 | 2% | |
| Miles Davis | 2 | 2% | |
| The Who | 2 | 2% | |
| Jimi Hendrix | 2 | 2% | |
| Jethro Tull | 2 | 2% | |
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44 | 44% | |
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42 | 42% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 03/02/2025 11:24 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,090 | 86/100 |
| ! | 07/23/2022 00:58 |  sssvnnn | 2,881 | 83/100 |
| ! | 06/26/2022 16:32 |  seb7 | 114 | 91/100 |
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BestEverAlbums 11/29/2021 09:00 in Chart of the day (#3688): By panapsal
BestEverAlbums 11/29/2021 09:00 in Chart of the day (#3688): By panapsal“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by panapsal () 1. Songs From The Wood by Jethro Tull (1977) 2. Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces (1968) 3. Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan (1974) 4. Blind Faith by Blind Faith (1969) 5. Hot Rats by Frank Zappa (1969) 6. The Lamb Lies Down On…”
View forum post →From BestEverAlbums 06/22/2017 08:00 in Chart of the day (#2069): By panapsal
BestEverAlbums 06/22/2017 08:00 in Chart of the day (#2069): By panapsal“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by panapsal () 1. OK Computer by Radiohead (1997) 2. The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd (1973) 3. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles (1967) 4. The Velvet Underground And Nico by The Velvet Underground And Nico (1967) 5.…”
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JulianR TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/05/2017 05:20 | #197296
JulianR TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/05/2017 05:20 | #197296
it's funny, looking at the how high each album is ranked on the site, your chart almost perfectly mirrors the main chart's progression. you rarely have any albums placed higher than an album with a higher overall rank on this site. It could use some individuality to it
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Boltzmann TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/24/2019 12:48 | #245915
Boltzmann TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/24/2019 12:48 | #245915
A bit too bad that after the top 10 it suddenly turns into your usual BEA chart. Makes me doubt whether you actually are passionate about those albums, or that you just listened them once because they're recommended by this site and you thought "that's not bad indeed". But the top ten looks interesting enough, expand that.
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magpie369 01/15/2017 21:08 | #182827
Liked your chart a lot => Pink Floyd, King Crimson and Herbie Zappa on page 1. But then came page 9 and I fell in love - Yeti, Mogwai Young Team, Thirteenth Step and Shields! Can't get better than that :)
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CharlieBarley 12/01/2017 17:37 | #202462
CharlieBarley 12/01/2017 17:37 | #202462
Plenty of big hitters, like me there is plenty of canon fodder but these are classic albums. Lovin' Mogwai, Scary Monsters, Sketches of Spain, and Elvis' first album. Good variety of decades. I liked this chart but sorry I can't get into prog so your number one fails to move me. Only prog I love is Pink Floyd. I also like King Crimson's debut and Hawkwind and Van der graaf Generator but don't know if the latter two are prog or had their roots in prog or not. Still 18 albums in common. Good work!
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LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/21/2017 22:50 | #187846
LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/21/2017 22:50 | #187846
Top 20 looks like a top 20 of this site, which can be a good or a bad thing. However when I dug deeper, I discovered In Absentia, Aqualung, Moving Pictures, Thirteenth Step and Lamb, and the progger in me just couldn't give you less than 85. In the end, the chart is really good and deserves it
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