Top 19 Greatest Music Albums
by sedric-z 
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- Chart updated: 06/23/2017 05:15
- (Created: 06/12/2017 21:23).
- Chart size: 19 albums.
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Led Zeppelin took the blues and amped-up the volume to new heights. What an amazing confluence of music history that this band happened. "Rock & Roll" is my top track of all time and "Stairway" set a new standard.
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1971
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37,710
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I went to the "Back in Black" tour in Milwaukee(!) with diehard AC/DC fans. More than 35+ years later, I love this album.
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1980
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10,008
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Not one of my alltime faves, but my algorithm puts it way up in my chart. Another 1M in sales acknowledged in Feb 17 bumped-it-up one notch. "Thriller" is incredible fun and a groundbreaking video.
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1982
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16,130
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An extraordinary album by an extraordinary ensemble.
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1977
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30,466
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The one-two punch of "Heartbreaker" and "Living Loving Maid" hits you right in the mouth like superb hard rock should. The rest of this groundbreaking album burns with the same intensity.
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1969
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20,776
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Wow! The blues on acid cranked-up to max intensity...in 1967. A groundbreaking work issued during "The Summer of Love" and part of the first modern music festival, the Monterey Pop Fest featuring Jimi's burning guitar.
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1967
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21,325
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An icon of American pop culture still providing a touchstone for today's young music listener. Singlehandedly turned the corner of Winslow Arizona into a tourist site.
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1976
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6,222
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A cultural touchstone for those of us coming of age in the early 1980s, especially in the upper Midwest. "Darling Nicki" set a new standard for craziness in a pop song.
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1984
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15,754
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A nearly perfect album headlined by "Nowhere Man," this album tops The Beatles discography despite many critics citing "Sgt. Pepper's" as the single greatest album of all time.
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1965
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26,023
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10. (=)
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This album was as much a demarcation as "The Summer of Love," affecting everything that came after and made 90's alternative rock a cultural phenomenon.
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1991
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36,996
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Top 19 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 7 | 37% | |
| 1970s | 6 | 32% | |
| 1980s | 4 | 21% | |
| 1990s | 2 | 11% | |
| 2000s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 3 | 16% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 16% | |
| Prince And The Revolution | 1 | 5% | |
| Nirvana | 1 | 5% | |
| Elton John | 1 | 5% | |
| Pearl Jam | 1 | 5% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 1 | 5% | |
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Top 19 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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|---|---|
| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. Radiohead | |
| 3. Pink Floyd | |
| 4. David Bowie | |
| 5. Bob Dylan | |
| 6. Led Zeppelin | |
| 7. The Rolling Stones | |
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| 10. Nirvana | |
| 11. The Velvet Underground | |
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