Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by lanis 
Yes, its very loaded with 1991-onwards music, but given the choice, this is what I would want to listen to. Also find it very hard to rate music of different decades against other!
- Chart updated: 11/16/2023 22:15
- (Created: 09/18/2011 05:19).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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2003
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2005
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 3 | 3% | |
| 1970s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1980s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1990s | 26 | 26% | |
| 2000s | 53 | 53% | |
| 2010s | 14 | 14% | |
| 2020s | 2 | 2% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Radiohead | 5 | 5% | |
| Iron & Wine | 5 | 5% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
| Arcade Fire | 3 | 3% | |
| The National | 3 | 3% | |
| Death Cab For Cutie | 3 | 3% | |
| Beastie Boys | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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54 | 54% | |
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29 | 29% | |
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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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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 30 from 80th to 50th Modern Vampires Of The City by Vampire Weekend |
| Up 2 from 34th to 32nd The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd |
| Up 1 from 90th to 89th De-Loused In The Comatorium by The Mars Volta |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 27 from 63rd to 90th Contra by Vampire Weekend |
| Down 2 from 31st to 33rd The Age Of Adz by Sufjan Stevens |
| Down 1 from 33rd to 34th The First Tindersticks Album by Tindersticks |
| New entries |
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| The New Abnormal by The Strokes |
| Song For Our Daughter by Laura Marling |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 03/20/2025 22:10 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,106 | 85/100 |
| ! | 03/01/2024 10:11 | Johnnyo | 2,546 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/17/2022 17:00 |  ExTeaSea | 244 | 89/100 |
| ! | 06/10/2019 11:23 |  ForegroundNoise | 472 | 87/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2019 22:02 |  DommeDamian | 1,003 | 89/100 |
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From Johnnyo 03/01/2024 10:12 | #302313
Great chart
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From ExTeaSea 12/17/2022 17:02 | #292030
ExTeaSea 12/17/2022 17:02 | #292030
Good chart! Always meant to actually check out Iron and Wine. I should check out Tindersticks. Gosh only 4 albums in common.
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From Pretender 07/08/2018 06:51 | #217901
First time I've KNOWN and liked almost all records on a chart. And therefor you could have a look at mine and get some new listenings? You "should" like Moneybrother and maybe Chet Baker Sings?
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LedZep 02/02/2018 21:16 | #207031
LedZep 02/02/2018 21:16 | #207031
That Jeff Buckley at number 3 :)
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From gon2bed 03/08/2016 12:40 | #161574
20 albums and 15 acts in common, very good.
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From LordMark 03/08/2016 10:35 | #161568
21 albums in common!
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From bluesbrew82 08/08/2015 02:15 | #147333
Tons of killer albums on here. Just remember who all these artists are influenced by, you might want to look into your 60's, 70's and 80's a little closer.
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From BraddlesHendo 11/29/2014 01:42 | #128197
Great list nice seeing some Australian albums on the list. Angus & Julia Stone are fantastic
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Anti 05/26/2014 01:09 | #112944
Anti 05/26/2014 01:09 | #112944
Cool list, I like the selection a lot!
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From mightyram 05/25/2014 20:59 | #112932
I guess your chart picks up in dates, where mined starts to fade away, which you would have thought would not mean a strong connection or like. Not the case, I really like this chart.
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| Best Ever Artists | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. Radiohead | |
| 3. Pink Floyd | |
| 4. David Bowie | |
| 5. Bob Dylan | |
| 6. Led Zeppelin | |
| 7. The Rolling Stones | |
| 8. Arcade Fire | |
| 9. Nirvana | |
| 10. The Velvet Underground | |
| 11. Neil Young | |
| 12. Kendrick Lamar | |
| 13. Miles Davis | |
| 14. The Smiths | |
| 15. The Beach Boys | |
| 16. R.E.M. | |
| 17. Kanye West | |
| 18. Pixies | |
| 19. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 20. Jimi Hendrix |
