Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by BlueNote 
- Chart updated: 06/27/2023 01:15
- (Created: 09/12/2011 21:10).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 4 | 4% | |
| 1960s | 10 | 10% | |
| 1970s | 32 | 32% | |
| 1980s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1990s | 20 | 20% | |
| 2000s | 15 | 15% | |
| 2010s | 6 | 6% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| U2 | 6 | 6% | |
| Bob Dylan | 6 | 6% | |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 4 | 4% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 4% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 3 | 3% | |
| The War On Drugs | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 4 from 92nd to 88thWay Out West by Sonny Rollins |
| Up 4 from 63rd to 59thDelta Momma Blues by Townes Van Zandt |
| Up 3 from 83rd to 80thA Deeper Understanding by The War On Drugs |
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 11 from 78th to 89thFuneral by Arcade Fire |
| Down 7 from 65th to 72ndWhat's Going On by Marvin Gaye |
| Down 2 from 58th to 60thHere Come The Warm Jets by Eno |
| New entries |
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| High, Low And In Between by Townes Van Zandt |
| Leavers |
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| The Times They Are A-Changin' by Bob Dylan |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 03/20/2025 22:26 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 11/18/2023 14:54 |  Tamthebam | 651 | 85/100 |
| ! | 12/01/2022 18:52 | Rm12398 | 99 | 89/100 |
| ! | 10/03/2019 03:03 | RoundTheBend | 372 | 92/100 |
| ! | 10/01/2019 06:48 | Johnnyo | 2,566 | 80/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some charts can have several thousand ratings)
This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 85.4/100, a mean average of 85.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.3/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 10.5.
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RoundTheBend 10/03/2019 03:03 | #243324
Hell yes.
Crammed full of classics. Very good chart
Boltzmann 10/23/2018 21:46 | #223140
The chart hangs a bit around the same genres, even the same artists. But not bad.
LedZep 05/22/2017 22:13 | #191252
Really nice seing so much U2!
CharlieBarley 05/22/2017 21:23 | #191249
26 albums in common good chart I enjoyed reading it
Good chart
All amazing albums here, a good chart to recommend to friends.
CharlieBarley 10/20/2016 23:23 | #177239
Good chart. 22 in common. Good to see some curveballs.
Really enjoyed this chart, great work!
louisjwyatt 01/13/2015 20:58 | #131467
Nothing new in the top 20. It gets much more interesting after that.
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