Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
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This is a subjective view, the greatest albums ever in terms of their effect on me.
- Chart updated: 04/30/2019 00:15
- (Created: 01/15/2017 15:41).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 02/24/2017]
Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
2,589
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[First added to this chart: 01/24/2018]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
1,382
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[First added to this chart: 11/08/2018]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
2,275
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 7 | 14% | |
| 1970s | 8 | 16% | |
| 1980s | 3 | 6% | |
| 1990s | 7 | 14% | |
| 2000s | 6 | 12% | |
| 2010s | 19 | 38% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Bob Dylan | 2 | 4% | |
| Bright Eyes | 1 | 2% | |
| Lou Reed | 1 | 2% | |
| Sonic Youth | 1 | 2% | |
| Weezer | 1 | 2% | |
| Phoebe Bridgers | 1 | 2% | |
| Herbie Hancock | 1 | 2% | |
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32 | 64% | |
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9 | 18% | |
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3 | 6% | |
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2 | 4% | |
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1 | 2% | |
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| ! | 03/20/2025 22:37 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 12/28/2020 18:47 | weston | 80 | 87/100 |
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From LedZep 10/15/2018 13:22 | #222567
LedZep 10/15/2018 13:22 | #222567
Pretty fantastic chart, interesting that you have so many newer albums. Also it's very diverse which I like very much. I really wanna see top 100!
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JulianR 03/29/2018 23:30 | #211952
Quite an interesting list so far! I would love to see it keep expandaing
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