Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by elton229 
- Chart updated: 04/04/2023 20:15
- (Created: 10/23/2011 17:36).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 10 | 10% | |
| 1970s | 17 | 17% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1990s | 25 | 25% | |
| 2000s | 13 | 13% | |
| 2010s | 19 | 19% | |
| 2020s | 5 | 5% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 4 | 4% | |
| The National | 3 | 3% | |
| The Kinks | 2 | 2% | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 2 | 2% | |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 2% | |
| Lana Del Rey | 2 | 2% | |
| Metallica | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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47 | 47% | |
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41 | 41% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 51 from 98th to 47thGrace by Jeff Buckley |
| Up 16 from 70th to 54thNorman Fucking Rockwell! by Lana Del Rey |
| Up 8 from 27th to 19thRumours by Fleetwood Mac |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 23 from 42nd to 65thA Seat At The Table by Solange |
| Down 5 from 3rd to 8thFuneral by Arcade Fire |
| Down 5 from 69th to 74thIn Absentia by Porcupine Tree |
| New entries |
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| Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road |
| Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd by Lana Del Rey |
| Melt My Eyez See Your Future by Denzel Curry |
| Let's Start Here by Lil Yachty |
| Leavers |
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| One Day I'm Going To Soar by Dexys |
| Transformer by Lou Reed |
| The Seeds Of Love by Tears For Fears |
| Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 03/20/2025 17:12 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,089 | 85/100 | |
| 12/19/2023 18:28 |  Tamthebam | 651 | 85/100 | |
| 04/20/2023 21:03 | Moondance | 476 | 85/100 | |
| 07/03/2022 22:26 | PeterSmith | 68 | 82/100 | |
| 06/20/2021 03:00 | RioBravo | 200 | 84/100 |
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With 61 albums from the BEA top 200, this chart pretty much reflects the BEA members status quo ¬ nothing wrong with that. Also a few albums outside to top 1000, that gives a glimpse of personality beyond the status quo.
Really like this chart. Know almost all and have many included in my own chart
I never got Aeroplane over the sea but that withstanding, this is a really really good chart.
JulianR 08/21/2017 05:04 | #196441
good stuff. Great variety!
LedZep 04/13/2017 11:16 | #189197
Very good chart, love the Neil Young choices!
CharlieBarley 01/23/2017 07:03 | #183967
Good chart. 30 in common. Good to see Dexys and many others. Some notes would be nice but overall is good.
buzzdainer 05/17/2016 15:06 | #166287
Excellent chart! I'm fully on board with your enthusiasm for Funeral and Closing Time.
pa 12/01/2014 10:06 | #128406
really nice top ten dude!
A nice variety here!
Antonio-Pedro 10/29/2013 16:01 | #89702
Godd chart you made a mix between the great albuns and new albuns ow very nice
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