Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
by Muziktweak 
- Chart updated: 06/04/2017 23:45
- (Created: 06/04/2017 14:53).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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For me, The Wall, Dark Side of the Moon and this are in a class of their own, and if I could only play one of the three this would shade it by a whisker.
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1975
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41,561
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This and Blonde on Blonde for the consistency from start to end put them ahead of everything else for me, but there are at least another half dozen of his albums that I could swap in if I had to.
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Year of Release:
1975
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19,442
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1966
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23,287
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If you only know the Bee Gees from their Disco days this their 4th and final 60s album will be an eye opener.
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1969
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485
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1970
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8,743
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Year of Release:
1972
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11,585
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1995
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1,083
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Year of Release:
1969
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1,739
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1980
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3,767
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Total albums: 40. Page 1 of 4
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 3 | 8% | |
| 1970s | 16 | 40% | |
| 1980s | 2 | 5% | |
| 1990s | 8 | 20% | |
| 2000s | 6 | 15% | |
| 2010s | 5 | 13% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Bob Dylan | 3 | 8% | |
| The Beatles | 2 | 5% | |
| Bee Gees | 2 | 5% | |
| Tori Amos | 1 | 3% | |
| R.E.M. | 1 | 3% | |
| DJ Shadow | 1 | 3% | |
| Tom Russell | 1 | 3% | |
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