Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
by neary83 
Bullocks to variety, here's the top 40
- Chart updated: 07/24/2019 23:45
- (Created: 02/14/2017 17:28).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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"When you're lost in the rain in Juarez
When it's Easter time too
And your gravity fails
And negativity don't pull you through"
Like a Rolling Stone, It takes a lot to Laugh, Queen Jane Approximately [First added to this chart: 02/15/2017]
When it's Easter time too
And your gravity fails
And negativity don't pull you through"
Like a Rolling Stone, It takes a lot to Laugh, Queen Jane Approximately [First added to this chart: 02/15/2017]
Year of Release:
1965
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26,397
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"And here I am
Standing in your sad arrest
Trying to do my very best
Lookin' straight at you
Comin' through, darlin'"
Astral Weeks, Sweet Thing, Cyprus Avenue [First added to this chart: 02/15/2017]
Standing in your sad arrest
Trying to do my very best
Lookin' straight at you
Comin' through, darlin'"
Astral Weeks, Sweet Thing, Cyprus Avenue [First added to this chart: 02/15/2017]
Year of Release:
1968
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15,958
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"You know, you know where you are with
You know where you are with
Floor collapsing
Floating, bouncing back"
Let Down, Karma Police, No Surprises [First added to this chart: 02/15/2017]
You know where you are with
Floor collapsing
Floating, bouncing back"
Let Down, Karma Police, No Surprises [First added to this chart: 02/15/2017]
Year of Release:
1997
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61,931
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"I'm trying to read her poetry but I'm helpless like a rich man's child"
Visions of Johanna, Just Like a Woman, Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands [First added to this chart: 02/15/2017]
Visions of Johanna, Just Like a Woman, Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands [First added to this chart: 02/15/2017]
Year of Release:
1966
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24,449
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"What a beautiful face
I have found in this place
That is circling all 'round the sun
And when we meet on a cloud
I'll be laughing out loud
I'll be laughing with everyone I see
Can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all"
King of Carrot Flowers, In the Aeroplane, Two Headed Boy pt II [First added to this chart: 02/17/2017]
I have found in this place
That is circling all 'round the sun
And when we meet on a cloud
I'll be laughing out loud
I'll be laughing with everyone I see
Can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all"
King of Carrot Flowers, In the Aeroplane, Two Headed Boy pt II [First added to this chart: 02/17/2017]
Year of Release:
1998
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31,242
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"If we died right now, this fool you love somehow, is here with you"
Tonight Tonight, Galapagos, Porcelina of the Vast Oceans [First added to this chart: 07/24/2019]
Tonight Tonight, Galapagos, Porcelina of the Vast Oceans [First added to this chart: 07/24/2019]
Year of Release:
1995
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14,594
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"It's a shame this whole crazy world want to keep two people like us apart"
Magical Colors, I Wanna Make it Alright, Torture [First added to this chart: 07/24/2019]
Magical Colors, I Wanna Make it Alright, Torture [First added to this chart: 07/24/2019]
"I came in from the wilderness
A creature void of form
"Come in," she said, "I'll give ya
Shelter from the storm"
You're Gonna Make me Lonesome When you go, If you see her, say Hello, Shelter From the Storm [First added to this chart: 02/15/2017]
A creature void of form
"Come in," she said, "I'll give ya
Shelter from the storm"
You're Gonna Make me Lonesome When you go, If you see her, say Hello, Shelter From the Storm [First added to this chart: 02/15/2017]
Year of Release:
1975
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20,322
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"I have no idea how this happens
All of my maps have been overthrown
Happenstance has changed my plans
So many times my heart has been outgrown"
Either Way, Hate it Here, What Light [First added to this chart: 07/24/2019]
All of my maps have been overthrown
Happenstance has changed my plans
So many times my heart has been outgrown"
Either Way, Hate it Here, What Light [First added to this chart: 07/24/2019]
Year of Release:
2007
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2,019
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"They heard me singing and they told me to stop
Quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock"
The Suburbs, We Used to Wait, Sprawl II [First added to this chart: 02/17/2017]
Quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock"
The Suburbs, We Used to Wait, Sprawl II [First added to this chart: 02/17/2017]
Year of Release:
2010
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18,794
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Total albums: 39. Page 1 of 4
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 7 | 18% | |
| 1970s | 9 | 23% | |
| 1980s | 4 | 10% | |
| 1990s | 11 | 28% | |
| 2000s | 7 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 2 | 5% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Wilco | 3 | 8% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 8% | |
| Radiohead | 3 | 8% | |
| Neutral Milk Hotel | 2 | 5% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 2 | 5% | |
| Van Morrison | 2 | 5% | |
| Arctic Monkeys | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 1 from 31st to 30thElectric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience |
| Up 1 from 30th to 29thLayla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos |
| Up 1 from 29th to 28thBeing There by Wilco |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 12 from 19th to 31stLondon Calling by The Clash |
| Down 1 from 14th to 15thGraceland by Paul Simon |
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