Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by DJENNY 
These are my favorites. 100 albums I would bring to a desert island. So many more I wish I could add.
For reference, I was born on September 30th, 1996. This explains the healthy representation of contemporary albums on my chart.
As much as I rock with the music, Kanye has been banned from my chart. Don’t feel like talking about him or highlighting his work.
- Chart updated: 05/02/2024 17:15
- (Created: 05/30/2017 21:29).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 7 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 12 | 12% | |
| 1980s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1990s | 21 | 21% | |
| 2000s | 21 | 21% | |
| 2010s | 19 | 19% | |
| 2020s | 5 | 5% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Sade | 1 | 1% | |
| Bon Iver | 1 | 1% | |
| Yves Tumor | 1 | 1% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 1 | 1% | |
| Clipse | 1 | 1% | |
| alt-J | 1 | 1% | |
| Sampha | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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71 | 71% | |
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20 | 20% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| New entries |
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| Louder Than Bombs by The Smiths |
| Leavers |
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| Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets |
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| ! | 10/12/2025 08:57 |  MadhattanJack | 266 | 85/100 |
| ! | 02/14/2025 09:49 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/04/2025 13:12 | Exist-en-ciel | 147 | 98/100 |
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Now there's some variety. Love the Black Sabbath at number one.
A nice chart that scans the decades ¬ although with only 4 albums in common, we walk to different musical beats.
I did notice that some of your fav picks & comments didn't match the actual album: eg The Doors, Lou Reed & Beach Boys.
Interesting chart. I will discover lots of new favourites with this one.
great chart friend
Interesting list... showing an extraordinary wide range of musical interest. Within the differnet genres very concentrated on the usual expected mainstream releases... (dig deeper in the underground for the gems! ;-) ) and to be honest: There's a lot of music in that list that is really not my cup of tea... ;-) But I like this open minded view on music...
Really good chart DJENNY
rockbluesfolkjaz 09/18/2021 16:45 | #273890
Very interesting! I've been made aware of some good stuff I hadn't noticed before!
AlvaroIesus 09/17/2021 23:13 | #273868
Instant fav. A lot in common, bro.
Good stuff! Nice to see someone who enjoys rap and hip-hop as well as Prefab Sprout and Steely Dan. Will "Donda" repay your faith? I hope so.
Goliath 07/28/2021 09:27 | #272003
Born in 1996 and three Sabbath albums in your top 100, nice.
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| Best Artists of the 1980s | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Smiths | |
| 2. Prince | |
| 3. Pixies | |
| 4. The Cure | |
| 5. Talking Heads | |
| 6. U2 | |
| 7. Metallica | |
| 8. Kate Bush | |
| 9. R.E.M. | |
| 10. The Stone Roses | |
| 11. Sonic Youth | |
| 12. Michael Jackson | |
| 13. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 14. Iron Maiden | |
| 15. Prince And The Revolution | |
| 16. Tom Waits | |
| 17. Joy Division | |
| 18. New Order | |
| 19. Talk Talk | |
| 20. Rush |
