Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
by remco27 
Like almost all personal lists, the order and input of my list is never stable due to new discoveries I make and the amount of times I have listened to a certain album. The list I maintain is a compilation of what I think are some of the best albums ever made, slightly influenced by personal taste. Meaning that some albums might be frowned upon or seen as overrated and others are not represented at all. However, I do my best to improve this list on a monthly basis to get it more diverse and better worked out. Still, I try to give an slight impression of my personal favourites.
- Chart updated: 03/14/2013 22:55
- (Created: 12/05/2011 01:56).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 07/08/2012]
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1967
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39,143
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1963
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12,836
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Year of Release:
1991
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11,909
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Year of Release:
1969
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6,044
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[First added to this chart: 03/11/2012]
Year of Release:
1989
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31,149
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[First added to this chart: 03/11/2012]
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1991
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28,060
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[First added to this chart: 12/08/2011]
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1997
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62,803
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[First added to this chart: 03/11/2012]
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1969
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6,979
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[First added to this chart: 07/08/2012]
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2000
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12,763
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[First added to this chart: 12/08/2011]
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1996
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10,050
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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 | 1 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 9 | 23% | |
| 1970s | 5 | 13% | |
| 1980s | 5 | 13% | |
| 1990s | 13 | 33% | |
| 2000s | 6 | 15% | |
| 2010s | 1 | 3% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Radiohead | 2 | 5% | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 1 | 3% | |
| Tom Waits | 1 | 3% | |
| Flying Lotus | 1 | 3% | |
| The Velvet Underground & Nico | 1 | 3% | |
| Opeth | 1 | 3% | |
| GZA/Genius | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 28 from 37th to 9thLift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor |
| Up 14 from 15th to 1stThe Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico |
| Up 12 from 25th to 13thKid A by Radiohead |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 20 from 1st to 21stBoxer by The National |
| Down 17 from 18th to 35thScreamadelica by Primal Scream |
| Down 16 from 2nd to 18thEmergency & I by The Dismemberment Plan |
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| 01/20/2020 15:57 |  salahshoori | 29 | 83/100 | |
| 01/18/2017 01:32 | Seab | 2,001 | 93/100 | |
| 07/27/2016 10:11 | TheSmiths82-87 | 1,829 | 83/100 | |
| 09/10/2013 15:29 |  SingingPeasant96 | 780 | 83/100 | |
| 05/11/2013 03:24 | newbands1 | 55 | 87/100 |
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From salahshoori 01/20/2020 15:57 | #247020
salahshoori 01/20/2020 15:57 | #247020
Interesting choices...
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From SingingPeasant96 09/10/2013 15:30 | #85654
SingingPeasant96 09/10/2013 15:30 | #85654
Man, your chart is awesome
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From badger 12/02/2012 12:47 | #56480
Totally agree with what you said about Boxer, I can remember listening to that album every night for about a month before going to sleep, led to a lot of late night introspection. Brilliant #1. You've got quite a few similar choices to me, albeit in a very different order.
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From dwils0891 03/27/2012 02:29 | #38978
Interesting...
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Sean 12/09/2011 01:40 | #32351
Good chart
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