Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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Chicken4Sale 
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Since I haven't updated my chart in half a year, I figured it was time for some changes
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- Chart updated: 10/24/2018 22:45
- (Created: 01/13/2017 03:38).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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"I'm amazed that I survived
An airbag saved my life"
Top 5 Tracks:
1. Let Down
2. Paranoid Android
3. No Surprises
4. The Tourist
5. Karma Police [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]
An airbag saved my life"
Top 5 Tracks:
1. Let Down
2. Paranoid Android
3. No Surprises
4. The Tourist
5. Karma Police [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]
Year of Release:
1997
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Rank Score:
63,497
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"Did they get you trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?"
Top 5 Tracks:
1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 1
2. Wish You Were Here
3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 2
4. Have a Cigar
5. Welcome to the Machine [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?"
Top 5 Tracks:
1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 1
2. Wish You Were Here
3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 2
4. Have a Cigar
5. Welcome to the Machine [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]
Year of Release:
1975
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Rank Score:
44,608
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"Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream
It is not dying, it is not dying"
Top 5 Tracks:
1. Tomorrow Never Knows
2. Eleanor Rigby
3. Got to Get You Into My Life
4. I'm Only Sleeping
5. Love You To [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]
It is not dying, it is not dying"
Top 5 Tracks:
1. Tomorrow Never Knows
2. Eleanor Rigby
3. Got to Get You Into My Life
4. I'm Only Sleeping
5. Love You To [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
49,311
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"You can try the best you can, you can try the best you can
The best you can is good enough"
Top 5 Tracks:
1. How to Disappear Completely
2. Idioteque
3. Motion Picture Soundtrack
4. Everything In Its Right Place
5. The National Anthem [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]
The best you can is good enough"
Top 5 Tracks:
1. How to Disappear Completely
2. Idioteque
3. Motion Picture Soundtrack
4. Everything In Its Right Place
5. The National Anthem [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]
Year of Release:
2000
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Rank Score:
41,784
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"I remember you was conflicted
Misusing your influence
Sometimes I did the same"
Top 5 Tracks:
1. The Blacker the Berry
2. Wesley's Theory
3. How Much A Dollar Cost
4. Mortal Man
5. Alright [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]
Misusing your influence
Sometimes I did the same"
Top 5 Tracks:
1. The Blacker the Berry
2. Wesley's Theory
3. How Much A Dollar Cost
4. Mortal Man
5. Alright [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]
Year of Release:
2015
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Rank Score:
31,317
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"And as I climb into an empty bed
Oh well, enough said"
Top 5 Tracks:
1. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
2. The Queen is Dead
3. I Know It's Over
4. Bigmouth Strikes Again
5. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]
Oh well, enough said"
Top 5 Tracks:
1. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
2. The Queen is Dead
3. I Know It's Over
4. Bigmouth Strikes Again
5. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
33,652
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"One thing I can tell you is you got to be free"
Top 5 Tracks:
1. Abbey Road Medley
2. Something
3. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
4. Come Together
5. Because [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]
Top 5 Tracks:
1. Abbey Road Medley
2. Something
3. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
4. Come Together
5. Because [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]
Year of Release:
1969
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Rank Score:
56,991
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"There's a starman waiting in the sky
He'd like to come and meet us
But he thinks he'd blow our minds"
Top 5 Tracks:
1. Ziggy Stardust
2. Moonage Daydream
3. Starman
4. Suffragette City
5. Star [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]
He'd like to come and meet us
But he thinks he'd blow our minds"
Top 5 Tracks:
1. Ziggy Stardust
2. Moonage Daydream
3. Starman
4. Suffragette City
5. Star [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]
Year of Release:
1972
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Rank Score:
43,177
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"And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon"
Top 5 Tracks:
1. Time
2. Brain Damage/Eclipse
3. Us and Them
4. Money
5. Breathe [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon"
Top 5 Tracks:
1. Time
2. Brain Damage/Eclipse
3. Us and Them
4. Money
5. Breathe [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]
Year of Release:
1973
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Rank Score:
59,754
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"Can't believe how strange it is
to be anything at all"
Top 5 Tracks:
1. Two-Headed Boy Pt. 2
2. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
3. Oh Comely
4. Holland, 1945
5. The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1 [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]
to be anything at all"
Top 5 Tracks:
1. Two-Headed Boy Pt. 2
2. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
3. Oh Comely
4. Holland, 1945
5. The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1 [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]
Year of Release:
1998
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Rank Score:
32,493
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1970s | 15 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 15 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 24 | 24% | |
| 2000s | 17 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 9 | 9% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Radiohead | 6 | 6% | |
| The Beatles | 6 | 6% | |
| David Bowie | 4 | 4% | |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4% | |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor | 3 | 3% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 3% | |
| The Smiths | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 07/20/2019 23:40 |  Glitterboiii | 21 | 92/100 |
| ! | 07/15/2019 00:32 | Purplepash | 1,703 | 88/100 |
| ! | 07/14/2019 16:23 |  DommeDamian | 1,003 | 89/100 |
| ! | 07/14/2019 16:03 | jpajovich | 92 | 76/100 |
| ! | 07/14/2019 13:10 | vancevisuals | 207 | 85/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 2% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 91.2/100, a mean average of 92.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 92.8/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 5.9.
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From Glitterboiii 07/20/2019 23:40 | #240067
Glitterboiii 07/20/2019 23:40 | #240067
65 in common! Hory shet!
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gidgidi 07/14/2019 11:45 | #239461
gidgidi 07/14/2019 11:45 | #239461
45 albums in common!
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NowhereMan 11/20/2018 11:02 | #225270
NowhereMan 11/20/2018 11:02 | #225270
Classic after classic, can't go wrong.
Would love to see a #101-#200
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ForegroundNoise 11/20/2018 10:47 | #225269
ForegroundNoise 11/20/2018 10:47 | #225269
Really great list, lots and lots of the classics!!
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From Mr November 10/20/2018 08:13 | #222788
An undeniably good chart full of classics, it just seems a little short on contemporary albums for someone of your age. Do you see much live music? I find that very much colours my opinions of albums, Alligator may not be my top album if I hadn't seen The National playing the songs from it in a tiny room in the Manchester Students Union. 19 albums in common though, you have ondoubted good taste ;)
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From Thad 02/27/2018 03:27 | #209717
Big fan of this one! 38 albums in common. I wouldn't worry about it being too boring of a list, there's definitely enough cool picks sprinkled in with the classics to keep it interesting
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JulianR 01/28/2018 20:56 | #206708
JulianR 01/28/2018 20:56 | #206708
tons of classics all the way through!
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From chris lancaster 09/29/2017 09:23 | #198879
Excellent chart!
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LedZep 05/21/2017 18:57 | #191186
LedZep 05/21/2017 18:57 | #191186
It's really diverse chart that keeps surprising you. Great favourite song choices too
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From CharlieBarley 03/12/2017 17:05 | #187316
CharlieBarley 03/12/2017 17:05 | #187316
Great chart. I like all of these albums. I struggled with Nas at first but repeated listens has it growing on me bigtime. Great to see Iron Maiden. Great album. 33 albums in common. Not too shabby.
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