Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
by pulvinar 
this is my first trial to provide an overall best-ever albums chart. as a rule there should be only one album per artist, but in the case of Black Sabbath, U2 and Kate Bush I couldn't stop myself from putting more...:-)
- Chart updated: 12/01/2011 11:41
- (Created: 12/01/2011 11:41).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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Year of Release:
1969
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12,075
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1970
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6,057
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1988
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588
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Year of Release:
1967
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1,975
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1969
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6,001
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1985
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17,737
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1978
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1,950
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1969
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1,907
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1969
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1,763
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Total albums: 40. Page 1 of 4
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 6 | 15% | |
| 1970s | 9 | 23% | |
| 1980s | 7 | 18% | |
| 1990s | 10 | 25% | |
| 2000s | 4 | 10% | |
| 2010s | 4 | 10% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| U2 | 3 | 8% | |
| Kate Bush | 2 | 5% | |
| Black Sabbath | 2 | 5% | |
| The Velvet Underground | 2 | 5% | |
| St. Vincent | 1 | 3% | |
| Janis Joplin | 1 | 3% | |
| Tim Buckley | 1 | 3% | |
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| ! | 09/04/2019 06:54 | Johnnyo | 2,682 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/07/2014 12:29 |  sssvnnn | 2,881 | 83/100 |
| ! | 08/14/2012 16:18 | ZebraRock | 95 | 87/100 |
| ! | 12/01/2011 15:21 |  The Gollux | 1,009 | 67/100 |
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some odd picks, but overall good
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