Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by jrbaker 
The bias is strong with this one...
Top tracks are listed in the order they appear on the album.
- Chart updated: 07/13/2025 21:15
- (Created: 02/20/2017 02:49).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top Tracks:
Airbag
Paranoid Android
Karma Police
Electioneering
No Surprises
Lucky [First added to this chart: 02/19/2017]
Airbag
Paranoid Android
Karma Police
Electioneering
No Surprises
Lucky [First added to this chart: 02/19/2017]
Year of Release:
1997
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Rank Score:
63,467
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2. (=)
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Top Tracks:
My Own Summer (Shove It)
Around the Fur
Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)
Dai the Flu
MX [First added to this chart: 02/13/2021]
My Own Summer (Shove It)
Around the Fur
Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)
Dai the Flu
MX [First added to this chart: 02/13/2021]
Year of Release:
1997
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Rank Score:
1,431
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Top Tracks:
You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire
No One Knows
First It Giveth
Song For The Dead
Go With The Flow
God Is In The Radio
Song For The Deaf [First added to this chart: 08/27/2018]
You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire
No One Knows
First It Giveth
Song For The Dead
Go With The Flow
God Is In The Radio
Song For The Deaf [First added to this chart: 08/27/2018]
Year of Release:
2002
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Rank Score:
10,289
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Top Tracks:
Debaser
Wave of Mutilation
I Bleed
Monkey Gone to Heaven
Hey
Gouge Away [First added to this chart: 02/13/2021]
Debaser
Wave of Mutilation
I Bleed
Monkey Gone to Heaven
Hey
Gouge Away [First added to this chart: 02/13/2021]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
31,422
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Top Tracks:
Them Bones
Rain When I Die
Down In A Hole
Rooster
Angry Chair
Would? [First added to this chart: 02/19/2017]
Them Bones
Rain When I Die
Down In A Hole
Rooster
Angry Chair
Would? [First added to this chart: 02/19/2017]
Year of Release:
1992
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Rank Score:
7,360
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Top Tracks:
Untitled
Obstacle 1
PDA
Hands Away
Roland
The New [First added to this chart: 01/31/2023]
Untitled
Obstacle 1
PDA
Hands Away
Roland
The New [First added to this chart: 01/31/2023]
Year of Release:
2002
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Rank Score:
13,116
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Top Tracks:
Little Dipper
The Pod
Suicide Machine
Why I Like The Robins
I'd Like Your Hair Long
I Hate It Too [First added to this chart: 08/11/2024]
Little Dipper
The Pod
Suicide Machine
Why I Like The Robins
I'd Like Your Hair Long
I Hate It Too [First added to this chart: 08/11/2024]
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Top Tracks:
Feiticeira
Digital Bath
Elite
Korea
Passenger
Change (In the House of Flies)
Pink Maggit [First added to this chart: 02/13/2021]
Feiticeira
Digital Bath
Elite
Korea
Passenger
Change (In the House of Flies)
Pink Maggit [First added to this chart: 02/13/2021]
Year of Release:
2000
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Rank Score:
3,863
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Top Tracks:
Where The Streets Have No Name
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
With Or Without You
In God's Country
One Tree Hill [First added to this chart: 02/19/2017]
Where The Streets Have No Name
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
With Or Without You
In God's Country
One Tree Hill [First added to this chart: 02/19/2017]
Year of Release:
1987
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Rank Score:
18,326
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Top Tracks:
Let Me Drown
My Wave
Superunknown
Black Hole Sun
Limo Wreck
4th Of July [First added to this chart: 02/19/2017]
Let Me Drown
My Wave
Superunknown
Black Hole Sun
Limo Wreck
4th Of July [First added to this chart: 02/19/2017]
Year of Release:
1994
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Rank Score:
8,488
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1970s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1990s | 46 | 46% | |
| 2000s | 22 | 22% | |
| 2010s | 8 | 8% | |
| 2020s | 3 | 3% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Deftones | 6 | 6% | |
| Soundgarden | 5 | 5% | |
| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| Queens Of The Stone Age | 5 | 5% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 4% | |
| Foo Fighters | 4 | 4% | |
| Interpol | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 23 from 30th to 7thYou'd Prefer An Astronaut by Hum |
| Up 20 from 59th to 39thRoom On Fire by The Strokes |
| Up 17 from 48th to 31stS.C.I.E.N.C.E. by Incubus |
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 36 from 16th to 52ndAbsolution by Muse |
| Down 25 from 22nd to 47thAntics by Interpol |
| Down 16 from 42nd to 58thFuneral by Arcade Fire |
| New entries |
|---|
| Parklife by Blur |
| Good News For People Who Love Bad News by Modest Mouse |
| Blur by Blur |
| Leavers |
|---|
| The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths |
| Disintegration by The Cure |
| Pablo Honey by Radiohead |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 04/07/2024 02:01 | mrmcrook | 774 | 92/100 |
| ! | 02/21/2021 13:21 |  Bas1978 | 11 | 72/100 |
| ! | 03/22/2018 02:15 | PaperVinnie | 452 | 81/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2018 18:07 |  LedZep | 1,105 | 84/100 |
| ! | 08/10/2017 23:19 | cobbo95 | 266 | 81/100 |
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From LedZep 03/20/2018 18:09 | #211349
LedZep 03/20/2018 18:09 | #211349
So nice to see Sailing The Seas Of Cheese!
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From PaperVinnie 02/18/2018 23:52 | #208783
I like seeing Here Is No Why getting attention, but I'm not a fan of three repeats in the top 10, nice WIP though
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