Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by RandolphCarterJr

This is chart is a list of my personal favorite albums--those I believe deserve recognition for their artistic achievement and which have a profound effect on me. But, I also give a lot of weight to albums that have a significant historical value and influence.

It's all rock, more or less. When I can make a Top-100, I'll add jazz, hip-hop, and other genres.

Hope you enjoy!

(Sorry to those who don't like repeat artists. If they're the best, they're the best!)

• Chart updated: 12/04/2017 21:45
• (Created: 04/27/2017 06:11).
• Chart size: 50 albums.

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Surfer Rosa 

 Pixies

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[First added to this chart: 04/27/2017]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

1,313 charts

Rank Score:

12,011

Rank in 1988:

2

Rank in 1980s:

13

Overall Rank:

106

Average Rating:

 84 (1,870 votes)

Comments:

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Doolittle 

 Pixies

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[First added to this chart: 04/27/2017]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,548 charts

Rank Score:

31,586

Rank in 1989:

1

Rank in 1980s:

2

Overall Rank:

18

Average Rating:

 88 (2,957 votes)

Comments:

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Up On The Sun 

 Meat Puppets

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[First added to this chart: 04/27/2017]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

167 charts

Rank Score:

572

Rank in 1985:

34

Rank in 1980s:

408

Overall Rank:

2,713

Average Rating:

 77 (153 votes)

Comments:

5

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Daydream Nation 

 Sonic Youth

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[First added to this chart: 04/27/2017]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

1,586 charts

Rank Score:

15,616

Rank in 1988:

1

Rank in 1980s:

10

Overall Rank:

75

Average Rating:

 84 (1,869 votes)

Comments:

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Psychocandy 

 The Jesus And Mary Chain

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[First added to this chart: 07/31/2017]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

764 charts

Rank Score:

5,575

Rank in 1985:

5

Rank in 1980s:

40

Overall Rank:

301

Average Rating:

 79 (924 votes)

Comments:

68

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Emergency Third Rail Power Trip 

 Rain Parade

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[First added to this chart: 12/04/2017]

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

78 charts

Rank Score:

324

Rank in 1983:

60

Rank in 1980s:

638

Overall Rank:

4,370

Average Rating:

 75 (50 votes)

Comments:

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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition

Country	Albums	%
	30	60%
	19	38%
	1	2%

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85/100  !	12/25/2019 16:26	sssvnnn	2,865	83/100
80/100  !	07/30/2018 20:04	ForegroundNoise	473	87/100
95/100  !	07/30/2018 16:49	Rhyner	1,457	99/100
95/100  !	07/30/2018 16:07	jdenny2018	102	91/100
90/100  !	07/30/2018 13:48	CharlieBarley	477	94/100

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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 84.2/100, a mean average of 80.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.6/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 20.7.

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From sssvnnn 12/25/2019 16:27 | #245940

Very Good Chart.
More than 1 album of Dylan, Beatles... is Good.

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From jdenny2018 07/30/2018 16:07 | #218961

Very good chart. Come back so we can see your top 100!

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From CharlieBarley 07/30/2018 13:49 | #218954

Solid chart. A few I don't know but plenty of classics. 16 in common with mine. I could easily work my way listening through this as a playlist. Good work. Great number one.

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From Lgk21 12/02/2017 22:19 | #202540

I like it, a lot of my favorites are represented here.

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From BraddlesHendo 12/02/2017 11:04 | #202514

Bob Dylan deserves the love

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From ObsoleteEntity 09/10/2017 00:49 | #197680

Nice start. Can't wait to see the next 50!

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From LedZep 07/30/2017 23:26 | #195223

Well this is pretty great. Classics from every decade, great albums. Surfer Rosa and Superunknown in top 10 are fabulous choices!

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From martintho 07/16/2017 21:20 | #194428

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From ffudnebbuh 07/11/2017 14:00 | #194067

beautiful chart

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