Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by AledJames 
- Chart updated: 3 days ago
- (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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894
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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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15,499
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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:
9,695
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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:
3,627
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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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7,263
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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:
30,920
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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:
16,348
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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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2,624
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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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12,510
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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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1,688
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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 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1970s | 17 | 17% | |
| 1980s | 6 | 6% | |
| 1990s | 10 | 10% | |
| 2000s | 14 | 14% | |
| 2010s | 26 | 26% | |
| 2020s | 21 | 21% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Bruce Springsteen | 5 | 5% | |
| The National | 5 | 5% | |
| Bon Iver | 4 | 4% | |
| Frightened Rabbit | 4 | 4% | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 3 | 3% | |
| Sufjan Stevens | 3 | 3% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 26 from 58th to 32nd Songs by Adrianne Lenker |
| Up 15 from 77th to 62nd Prelude To Ecstasy by The Last Dinner Party |
| Up 9 from 44th to 35th Purple Rain by Prince And The Revolution |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 9 from 84th to 93rd Stranger In The Alps by Phoebe Bridgers |
| Down 9 from 85th to 94th Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. by Bruce Springsteen |
| Down 9 from 86th to 95th Lungs by Florence + The Machine |
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