Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by AledJames 
- Chart updated: 01/01/2026 15:45
- (Created: 07/08/2017 15:17).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top three songs: Head Rolls Off, Keep Yourself Warm, The Modern Leper
[First added to this chart: 10/13/2018]
Year of Release:
2008
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882
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Top three songs: Thunder Road, Backstreets, Jungleland
[First added to this chart: 07/08/2017]
Year of Release:
1975
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Rank Score:
15,324
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Top three songs: Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye, So Long Marianne, Suzanne
[First added to this chart: 08/28/2019]
Year of Release:
1967
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Rank Score:
9,673
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Top three songs: Faster, Yes, She is Suffering
[First added to this chart: 07/08/2017]
Year of Release:
1994
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Rank Score:
3,552
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Top three songs: Badlands, Racing in the Street, Prove It All Night
[First added to this chart: 07/08/2017]
Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
7,212
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Top three songs: Go Your Own Way, Songbird, The Chain
[First added to this chart: 07/28/2017]
Year of Release:
1977
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Rank Score:
30,759
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Top three songs: Death With Dignity, The Only Thing, Fourth of July
[First added to this chart: 01/26/2020]
Year of Release:
2015
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Rank Score:
16,210
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Top three songs: A Design For Life, Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier, Australia
[First added to this chart: 07/08/2017]
Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
2,622
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Top three songs: Heart of Gold, Old Man, Alabama
[First added to this chart: 11/03/2020]
Year of Release:
1972
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Rank Score:
12,357
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Top three songs: Festival Song, ...While You're Alive, HELLLLHOOOOLE
[First added to this chart: 07/08/2017]
Year of Release:
2016
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1,737
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 5 | 5% | |
| 1970s | 18 | 18% | |
| 1980s | 6 | 6% | |
| 1990s | 11 | 11% | |
| 2000s | 16 | 16% | |
| 2010s | 24 | 24% | |
| 2020s | 20 | 20% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| The National | 5 | 5% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 5 | 5% | |
| Sufjan Stevens | 3 | 3% | |
| Bon Iver | 3 | 3% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
| Lorde | 3 | 3% | |
| Frightened Rabbit | 3 | 3% | |
| Show all | |||
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 22 from 87th to 65thService Station At The End Of The Universe by Antony Szmierek |
| Up 19 from 78th to 59thTurn On The Bright Lights by Interpol |
| Up 18 from 47th to 29thSleep Well Beast by The National |
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 14 from 66th to 80thSound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem |
| Down 8 from 64th to 72ndSilent Alarm by Bloc Party |
| Down 3 from 68th to 71stMagical Mystery Tour by The Beatles |
| New entries |
|---|
| Nevermind by Nirvana |
| Funeral by Arcade Fire |
| Oracular Spectacular by MGMT |
| Pearl by Janis Joplin |
| Crazymad, For Me by CMAT |
| Leavers |
|---|
| Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys |
| Vicious Delicious by Luvcat |
| From The Pyre by The Last Dinner Party |
| The Winter Of Mixed Drinks by Frightened Rabbit |
| 22, A Million by Bon Iver |
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