Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
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One album per artist. No particular order or genre. Includes: CAN, Ween, Green Day, Radiohead, Kraftwerk, Aphex Twin, Elliott Smith, Grateful Dead, Yes, Faust, etc.
- Chart updated: 06/13/2020 18:15
- (Created: 05/24/2017 17:22).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 05/31/2017]
Year of Release:
2004
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1,253
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[First added to this chart: 05/31/2017]
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2003
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8,349
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[First added to this chart: 05/31/2017]
Year of Release:
1973
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4,994
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[First added to this chart: 05/31/2017]
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1995
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831
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[First added to this chart: 05/31/2017]
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2008
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5,372
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1983
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4,587
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[First added to this chart: 05/31/2017]
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[First added to this chart: 05/31/2017]
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1971
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6,425
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[First added to this chart: 05/31/2017]
Year of Release:
1975
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968
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Total albums: 50. Page 1 of 5
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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 | 4 | 8% | |
| 1970s | 17 | 34% | |
| 1980s | 3 | 6% | |
| 1990s | 8 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 13 | 26% | |
| 2010s | 5 | 10% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Wilco | 1 | 2% | |
| Aphex Twin | 1 | 2% | |
| Faust | 1 | 2% | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 1 | 2% | |
| Thundercat | 1 | 2% | |
| The Fugs | 1 | 2% | |
| Portishead | 1 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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24 | 48% | |
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13 | 26% | |
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5 | 10% | |
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2 | 4% | |
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2 | 4% | |
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1 | 2% | |
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1 | 2% | |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 31 from 39th to 8th Pure Guava by Ween |
| Up 24 from 37th to 13th Give Up by The Postal Service |
| Up 12 from 17th to 5th ...I Care Because You Do by Aphex Twin |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 20 from 7th to 27th Tenderness Junction by The Fugs |
| Down 11 from 4th to 15th Eddie Fisher & The Next One Hundred Years by Eddie Fisher (1970s) |
| Down 7 from 9th to 16th Untitled Unmastered. by Kendrick Lamar |
| New entries |
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 The Ghost Tradeby Camberwell Now |
| Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits |
| Relatively Clean Rivers by Relatively Clean Rivers |
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| 90/100 | 07/18/2017 05:03 |  AAL2014 | | 92/100 |
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From JulianR 11/27/2017 21:27
JulianR 11/27/2017 21:27
great picks here!
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From AAL2014 07/18/2017 05:04
AAL2014 07/18/2017 05:04
Great fucking taste. I would be interested in seeing your comment on the albums, keep adding them as well. Wonderful chart.
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