Top 50 Greatest Music Albums by 
Yann 
Today I value silence more, but these albums have brought me, and still bring me some happiness, and I'm grateful.
I like the great power of reminiscence of music. For instance, the way the DX7 synth brings back to the eighties, or the way an album, or a song, brings back to a moment in life. We know it's not just a memory but the full atmosphere of it that is magically recreated in the mind (as Marcel Proust vividly described). However if you listen too much to a record for this purpose, it gradually looses its power of reminiscence, because the present moment gradually permeates it: no more than a listening per decade is then recommended.
- Chart updated: 07/30/2023 19:45
- (Created: 05/22/2017 18:43).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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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 | 5 | 10% | |
| 1970s | 14 | 28% | |
| 1980s | 10 | 20% | |
| 1990s | 16 | 32% | |
| 2000s | 3 | 6% | |
| 2010s | 2 | 4% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Pink Floyd | 4 | 8% | |
| The Beatles | 2 | 4% | |
| The Cure | 2 | 4% | |
| Étienne Daho | 1 | 2% | |
| Lloyd Cole And The Commotions | 1 | 2% | |
| Sugar | 1 | 2% | |
| The Beach Boys | 1 | 2% | |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 3 from 53rd to 50th For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music |
| Up 2 from 51st to 49th Lloyd Cole by Lloyd Cole |
| Up 1 from 49th to 48th Hotel California by Eagles |
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 100/100  | 04/04/2023 13:04 |  melisandre | | 88/100 |
| 100/100 | 01/18/2022 21:00 |  jnfbn | | 96/100 |
| 85/100 | 01/18/2022 18:00 | Johnnyo | | 80/100 |
| 95/100 | 10/23/2020 16:25 | BraddlesHendo | | 91/100 |
| 100/100 | 10/23/2020 13:32 |  EyeKanFly | | 88/100 |
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melisandre 04/04/2023 13:11
a little bit too much pink floyd for me but otherwise I really like this chart…divine comedy, blur, hall and oates, the police. nice pop choices. also I agree with you on silence. its the best possible music
Very nice chart. Good to see Rattlesnakes in here
DommeDamian 10/23/2020 21:49
Still a very impressive chart, with the love for standout songwriting being obvious. And it's always a super-plus to have MJ in his place!
EyeKanFly 10/23/2020 13:32
Love this, would be interested to see it expanded to 100, but the 50 here are great
doubleA 03/23/2020 17:29
Spicy with just the right amount of seasoning. What a tasteful list backed up with sweet writing! Would've love some more daring flavours, but fantastic nonetheless!
ForegroundNoise 06/18/2019 08:52
Really great stuff, and I love your small descriptive notes too!!
Yann 05/03/2019 18:27
@Julelios : oui, peut-être un peu haut pour l'album de Fleurent Didier, mais ce site est rempli de charts avec d'obscures albums indépendant en bonnes places, et c'est vrai on peut toujours se dire, : est-ce que tel album est vraiment meilleur que, disons, the VU&Nico? Ceci dit, La Reproduction est vraiment un très bon album, plus que "sympathique" à mon avis (bien que léger par moment, ce qui n'est pas un reproche bien sûr).
Julelios 04/25/2019 12:35
"La Reproduction" de Florent-Didier en 23ème place !
Ok, suis d'accord, c'est un album sympathique, mais de là à le placer si haut dans ton classement (Curtis Mayfield doit se retourner dans sa tombe le pauvre !).
Paule 03/03/2019 10:07
Oh wow Thriller and Laughing Stock. What a strange one-two punch! Love it :)
Yann 12/09/2018 16:17
@Nowhereman: funny how you (and so many people) associate silence with sadness:)
Quite the opposite.
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