Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Chicken4Sale

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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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Wish You Were Here 

 Pink Floyd

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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]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

2,913 charts

Rank Score:

50,776

Rank in 1975:

1

Rank in 1970s:

2

Overall Rank:

8

Average Rating:

 91 (3,945 votes)

Comments:

308

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The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars 

 David Bowie

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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]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

2,934 charts

Rank Score:

50,118

Rank in 1972:

1

Rank in 1970s:

3

Overall Rank:

9

Average Rating:

 90 (3,446 votes)

Comments:

298

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The Dark Side Of The Moon 

 Pink Floyd

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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]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,043 charts

Rank Score:

71,188

Rank in 1973:

1

Rank in 1970s:

1

Overall Rank:

2

Average Rating:

 92 (5,203 votes)

Comments:

581

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Unknown Pleasures 

 Joy Division

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"These sensations barely interest me for another day
I've got the spirit, lose the feeling, take the shock away"

Top 5 Tracks:
1. New Dawn Fades
2. Shadowplay
3. She's Lost Control
4. Day of the Lords
5. Disorder [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

1,917 charts

Rank Score:

24,934

Rank in 1979:

3

Rank in 1970s:

9

Overall Rank:

38

Average Rating:

 86 (2,273 votes)

Comments:

189

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Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) 

 Led Zeppelin

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"There's a feeling I get
When I look to the west
And my spirit is crying for leaving"

Top 5 Tracks:
1. When the Levee Breaks
2. Stairway to Heaven
3. Rock and Roll
4. Black Dog
5. Going to California [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

3,070 charts

Rank Score:

44,303

Rank in 1971:

1

Rank in 1970s:

4

Overall Rank:

12

Average Rating:

 90 (3,901 votes)

Comments:

300

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Animals 

 Pink Floyd

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"Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland away
Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air
You better watch out
There may be dogs about"

Top 5 Tracks:
1. Dogs
2. Sheep
3. Pigs (Three Different Ones)
4. Pigs on the Wing Part 1
5. Pigs on the Wing Part 2 [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,711 charts

Rank Score:

25,578

Rank in 1977:

2

Rank in 1970s:

8

Overall Rank:

36

Average Rating:

 88 (2,723 votes)

Comments:

198

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Marquee Moon 

 Television

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Top 5 Tracks:
1. Marquee Moon
2. Venus
3. See No Evil
4. Torn Curtain
5. Friction [First added to this chart: 03/12/2017]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,723 charts

Rank Score:

21,727

Rank in 1977:

3

Rank in 1970s:

14

Overall Rank:

47

Average Rating:

 86 (1,832 votes)

Comments:

144

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Paranoid 

 Black Sabbath

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Top 5 Tracks:
1. Fairies Wear Boots
2. Electric Funeral
3. War Pigs
4. Paranoid
5. Planet Caravan [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,645 charts

Rank Score:

19,383

Rank in 1970:

1

Rank in 1970s:

18

Overall Rank:

56

Average Rating:

 86 (2,030 votes)

Comments:

136

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Hunky Dory 

 David Bowie

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Top 5 Tracks:
1. Life on Mars?
2. Quicksand
3. Oh! You Pretty Things
4. Changes
5. Andy Warhol [First added to this chart: 01/14/2017]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,800 charts

Rank Score:

22,094

Rank in 1971:

3

Rank in 1970s:

13

Overall Rank:

46

Average Rating:

 87 (2,376 votes)

Comments:

159

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Low 

 David Bowie

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Top 5 Tracks:
1. Sound and Vision
2. Speed of Life
3. Breaking Glass
4. Warszawa
5. Be My Wife [First added to this chart: 10/24/2018]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,486 charts

Rank Score:

19,397

Rank in 1977:

4

Rank in 1970s:

17

Overall Rank:

55

Average Rating:

 86 (2,026 votes)

Comments:

168

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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	%
Radiohead	6	6%
The Beatles	6	6%
Pink Floyd	4	4%
David Bowie	4	4%
Godspeed You! Black Emperor	3	3%
Led Zeppelin	3	3%
Joy Division	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	49	49%
	41	41%
	4	4%
	4	4%
	1	1%
	1	1%

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100/100	07/20/2019 23:40	Glitterboiii	21	92/100
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From Glitterboiii 07/20/2019 23:40

65 in common! Hory shet!

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From gidgidi 07/14/2019 11:45

45 albums in common!

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From NowhereMan 11/20/2018 11:02

Classic after classic, can't go wrong.

Would love to see a #101-#200

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85/100

From ForegroundNoise 11/20/2018 10:47

Really great list, lots and lots of the classics!!

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From Mr November 10/20/2018 08:13

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

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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From JulianR 01/28/2018 20:56

tons of classics all the way through!

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From chris lancaster 09/29/2017 09:23

Excellent chart!

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85/100

From LedZep 05/21/2017 18:57

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

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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