Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by 
TheAstralPlane 
One album per artist.
Honorable Mention (In no particular order)
Suede-Suede
Music Has The Right to Children-Boards of Canada
Bloom-Beach House
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space-Spiritualized
Spiritual Unity-Albert Ayler
Funeral-Arcade Fire
Brothers-The Black Keys
Turn on the Bright Lights-Interpol
Damaged-Black Flag
Complete Discography-Minor Threat
(What's the Story) Morning Glory-Oasis
Since I Left You-The Avalanches
La's-The La's
Parklife-Blur
Automatic For The People-R.E.M
Blue-Joni Mitchell
Tapestry-Carole King
Disraeli Gears-Cream
Is This It-The Strokes
Maxinquaye-Tricky
Forever Changes-Love
Spiderland-Slint
Sounds of Silver-LCD Soundsystem
Violator-Depeche Mode
3 Feet High and Rising-De La Soul
Paid in Full-Eric B. & Rakim
Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star
The Glow Pt. 2-The Microphones
Pet Sounds-The Beach Boys
What's Goin On-Marvin Gaye
Otis Blue-Otis Redding
Ride the Lightning-Metallica
Blue Lines-Massive Attack
Screamadelica-Primal Scream
The Stone Roses-The Stone Roses
Odelay-Beck
Paranoid-Black Sabbath
Another Green World-Brian Eno
Getz/Gilberto-Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto
The Black Saint and Sinner Lady-Charles Mingus
Live at Newport-Duke Ellington
Live at the Apollo-James Brown
Kick Out The Jams-MC5
The Great Twenty Eight-Chuck Berry
Elvis Presley-Elvis Presley
At Folsom Prison-Johnny Cash
The Kinks Are Village Green Preservation Society-The Kinks
Suicide-Suicide
Laughing Stock-Talk Talk
Wild Gift-X
Disintegration-The Cure
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust-David Bowie
You're Living All Over Me-Dinosaur Jr.
This Nation's Saving Grace-The Fall
On Fire-Galaxie 500
Bee Thousand-Guided By Voices
Exile In Guyville-Liz Phair
Dookie-Green Day
Trans Europe Express-Kraftwerk
Transformer-Lou Reed
The Holy Bible-Manic Street Preachers
The Moon and Antarctica-Modest Mouse
Anthology-Muddy Waters
Life After Death-Notorious B.I.G
Stankonia-Outkast
Songs for the Deaf-Queens of the Stone Age
Dub Housing-Pere Ubu
Pretenders-The Pretenders
Metal Box-Public Image Ltd
Rage Against the Machine-Rage Against the Machine
Rocket to Russia-The Ramones
Californication-Red Hot Chili Peppers
Complete Collection-Robert Johnson
Parsley Sage Rosemary and Thyme-Simon and Garfunkel
Siamese Dream-Smashing Pumpkins
Saxophone Colossus-Sonny Rollins
Songs In The Key Of Life-Stevie Wonder
Rain Dogs-Tom Waits
Violent Femmes-Violent Femmes
Pink Flag-Wire
xx-The xx
- Chart updated: 11/06/2012 06:19
- (Created: 10/18/2011 04:31).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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1967
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1991
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26,524
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1992
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6,830
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1979
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28,906
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2000
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38,567
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1966
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1977
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18,587
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1975
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1972
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1988
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 9 | 18% | |
| 1970s | 18 | 36% | |
| 1980s | 12 | 24% | |
| 1990s | 9 | 18% | |
| 2000s | 1 | 2% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Patti Smith | 1 | 2% | |
| Bob Dylan | 1 | 2% | |
| Neutral Milk Hotel | 1 | 2% | |
| Public Enemy | 1 | 2% | |
| The Velvet Underground | 1 | 2% | |
| Neil Young | 1 | 2% | |
| The Replacements | 1 | 2% | |
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| ! | 06/30/2016 01:29 |  kadupheming | 153 | 93/100 |
| ! | 01/22/2016 17:31 |  PatrickD | 94 | 94/100 |
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From 
BestEverAlbums 10/27/2013 08:00 in Chart of the day (#741): By TheAstralPlane
BestEverAlbums 10/27/2013 08:00 in Chart of the day (#741): By TheAstralPlane“Today's chart of the day Top 50 Greatest Music Albums by TheAstralPlane () 1. The Velvet Underground And Nico by The Velvet Underground (1967) 2. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine (1991) 3. Slanted & Enchanted by Pavement (1992) 4. London Calling by The Clash (1979) 5. Kid A by Radiohead (2000) 6.…”
View forum post →From BestEverAlbums 03/30/2013 08:00 in Chart of the day (#533): By TheAstralPlane
BestEverAlbums 03/30/2013 08:00 in Chart of the day (#533): By TheAstralPlane“Today's chart of the day Top 50 Greatest Music Albums by TheAstralPlane () 1. The Velvet Underground And Nico by The Velvet Underground (1967) 2. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine (1991) 3. Slanted & Enchanted by Pavement (1992) 4. London Calling by The Clash (1979) 5. Kid A by Radiohead (2000) 6.…”
View forum post →From BestEverAlbums 09/06/2012 08:00 in Chart of the day (#329): By TheAstralPlane
BestEverAlbums 09/06/2012 08:00 in Chart of the day (#329): By TheAstralPlane“Today's chart of the day Top 50 Greatest Music Albums by TheAstralPlane () 1. The Velvet Underground And Nico by The Velvet Underground (1967) 2. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine (1991) 3. Slanted & Enchanted by Pavement (1992) 4. London Calling by The Clash (1979) 5. Kid A by Radiohead (2000) 6.…”
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TheKing 08/24/2024 11:41 | #304866
Come back and update this chart please! It rules :) (Edited)
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tgarritsen 10/27/2013 17:57 | #89467
tgarritsen 10/27/2013 17:57 | #89467
Good chart, and really good position 1 choice
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quadrophenia17 10/27/2013 15:27 | #89452
Can't wait to see your other 50 choices!
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Antonio-Pedro TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/27/2013 14:12 | #89449
Antonio-Pedro TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/27/2013 14:12 | #89449
Aweasome chart no its not aweasome its amazing
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HazeyTwilight TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/22/2013 15:40 | #84341
HazeyTwilight TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/22/2013 15:40 | #84341
Even though it's 50 entries, I think this is one of the best charts that implicate the one album per artist rule on this site. Most of your honourable mentions are good too.
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