Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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- Chart updated: 07/19/2026 23:45
- (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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Rank Score:
922
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Top three songs: Thunder Road, Backstreets, Jungleland
[First added to this chart: 07/08/2017]
[First added to this chart: 07/08/2017]
Year of Release:
1975
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Rank Score:
14,165
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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]
[First added to this chart: 08/28/2019]
Year of Release:
1967
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Rank Score:
9,462
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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:
3,359
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Top three songs: Badlands, Racing in the Street, Prove It All Night
[First added to this chart: 07/08/2017]
[First added to this chart: 07/08/2017]
Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
6,932
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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:
29,031
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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:
15,412
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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:
2,689
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Top three songs: Wish You Were Here, Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts I-V, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts VI-IX
[First added to this chart: 07/28/2017]
[First added to this chart: 07/28/2017]
Year of Release:
1975
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Rank Score:
41,607
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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:
11,512
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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 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1970s | 18 | 18% | |
| 1980s | 7 | 7% | |
| 1990s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2000s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 25 | 25% | |
| 2020s | 12 | 12% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| The National | 5 | 5% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 5 | 5% | |
| Neil Young | 4 | 4% | |
| The Beatles | 4 | 4% | |
| Sufjan Stevens | 3 | 3% | |
| Bon Iver | 3 | 3% | |
| Elliott Smith | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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Up 37 from 87th to 50th |
Up 21 from 30th to 9th |
Up 7 from 24th to 17th |
| Biggest fallers |
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Down 17 from 65th to 82nd |
Down 11 from 86th to 97th |
Down 10 from 19th to 29th |
| New entries |
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