Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by dethguy1 
- Chart updated: 09/07/2017 16:45
- (Created: 05/22/2017 08:38).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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Morissey's voice and the multiple guitars layered on every track create a godlike combination. With Morissey's ghost like voice and Johnny Marr's heavenly guitar riffs The Smiths have created an album like no other.
This is one of those albums that I could listen to this all day long and not get bored.
Key Tracks: I Know Its Over, There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, Bigmouth Strikes Again, The Boy With The Thorn In His Side [First added to this chart: 05/31/2017]
This is one of those albums that I could listen to this all day long and not get bored.
Key Tracks: I Know Its Over, There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, Bigmouth Strikes Again, The Boy With The Thorn In His Side [First added to this chart: 05/31/2017]
Year of Release:
1986
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33,648
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Key Tracks, Only Shallow, When You Sleep, Soon [First added to this chart: 05/22/2017]
Key Tracks, Only Shallow, When You Sleep, Soon [First added to this chart: 05/22/2017]
Year of Release:
1991
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28,368
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This album is just so damn solid! Every single track here is a masterpiece. Best prog rock album.
The mellotron is huge in this one.
Key Tracks: 21st Century Schizoid Man, Epitaph, In The Court Of The Crimson King [First added to this chart: 05/22/2017]
The mellotron is huge in this one.
Key Tracks: 21st Century Schizoid Man, Epitaph, In The Court Of The Crimson King [First added to this chart: 05/22/2017]
Year of Release:
1969
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28,156
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4. (=)
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Best Album Of The 2010s So far
Key Tracks: Dark Fantasy, Gorgeous, All Of The Lights, Monster, Runaway [First added to this chart: 06/02/2017]
Key Tracks: Dark Fantasy, Gorgeous, All Of The Lights, Monster, Runaway [First added to this chart: 06/02/2017]
Year of Release:
2010
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22,684
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King Crimson's last album with a more "progier" sound. After this album King Crimson broke up, until they reformed in 1981 as a New-Wave act.
Starless is maybe the best song ever.
Key Tracks: Starless, One More Red Nightmare [First added to this chart: 05/22/2017]
Starless is maybe the best song ever.
Key Tracks: Starless, One More Red Nightmare [First added to this chart: 05/22/2017]
Year of Release:
1974
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10,144
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Key Tracks: Money, Us And Them, Brain Damage, Eclipse
[First added to this chart: 05/22/2017]
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1973
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59,826
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Key Tracks: Everything In Its Right Place, The National Anthem, Idoteque, Motion Picture Soundtrack
[First added to this chart: 05/22/2017]
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2000
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41,859
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[First added to this chart: 08/04/2017]
Year of Release:
1999
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15,116
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[First added to this chart: 06/03/2017]
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2000
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12,911
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Key Tracks: For Whom The Bell Tolls, Call of Kutulu, Fade To Black
[First added to this chart: 05/29/2017]
Year of Release:
1984
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9,176
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 3 | 6% | |
| 1970s | 6 | 12% | |
| 1980s | 7 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 14 | 28% | |
| 2000s | 12 | 24% | |
| 2010s | 8 | 16% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Pink Floyd | 4 | 8% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 8% | |
| Björk | 3 | 6% | |
| King Crimson | 3 | 6% | |
| Metallica | 3 | 6% | |
| The Smiths | 2 | 4% | |
| Death Grips | 2 | 4% | |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 1 from 13th to 12thHomogenic by Björk |
| Up 1 from 12th to 11thMeat Is Murder by The Smiths |
| Up 1 from 11th to 10thRide The Lightning by Metallica |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 7 from 6th to 13thHospice by The Antlers |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 11/07/2019 06:09 | BraddlesHendo | 497 | 91/100 |
| ! | 03/22/2019 07:29 | AReasonableMan | 11 | 86/100 |
| ! | 11/27/2017 02:37 |  AAL2014 | 163 | 92/100 |
| ! | 11/21/2017 02:54 |  JulianR | 570 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/08/2017 08:53 | TheSmiths82-87 | 1,830 | 83/100 |
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From BraddlesHendo 11/07/2019 06:09 | #244501
Great mix of indie, metal and classic rock
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From AReasonableMan 03/22/2019 07:29 | #233874
Great picks! I'll try Loveless again.
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From JulianR 11/21/2017 02:54 | #201736
JulianR 11/21/2017 02:54 | #201736
nice stuff!
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CharlieBarley 09/07/2017 18:51 | #197446
Eclectic chart, good to see a few notes. Must listen to Death Grips, I discovered Madvillainy on this site.
Good overall range.
Great number one, one of my favourites.
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From ICrypticI 07/09/2017 18:42 | #193984
best list
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| Best Artists of 1969 | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. Led Zeppelin | |
| 3. King Crimson | |
| 4. The Rolling Stones | |
| 5. The Velvet Underground | |
| 6. Creedence Clearwater Revival | |
| 7. Nick Drake | |
| 8. Miles Davis | |
| 9. Neil Young | |
| 10. Neil Young & Crazy Horse | |
| 11. Frank Zappa | |
| 12. The Who | |
| 13. The Band | |
| 14. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | |
| 15. The Kinks | |
| 16. The Stooges | |
| 17. Crosby, Stills & Nash | |
| 18. Sly & The Family Stone | |
| 19. Fairport Convention | |
| 20. Townes Van Zandt |
