Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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- Chart updated: 09/21/2025 10:15
- (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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902
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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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15,704
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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:
3,662
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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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9,819
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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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31,215
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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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2,641
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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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16,503
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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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7,326
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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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12,717
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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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1,631
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 9 | 9% | |
| 1970s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1980s | 6 | 6% | |
| 1990s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2000s | 11 | 11% | |
| 2010s | 24 | 24% | |
| 2020s | 19 | 19% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Bruce Springsteen | 5 | 5% | |
| The National | 5 | 5% | |
| Frightened Rabbit | 4 | 4% | |
| Bon Iver | 4 | 4% | |
| The Beatles | 4 | 4% | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 3 | 3% | |
| Oasis | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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49 | 49% | |
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37 | 37% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 29 from 72nd to 43rd The Stranger by Billy Joel |
| Up 27 from 57th to 30th Born In The U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen |
| Up 20 from 98th to 78th Virgin by Lorde |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 25 from 39th to 64th Sable, Fable by Bon Iver |
| Down 17 from 17th to 34th The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess by Chappell Roan |
| Down 4 from 90th to 94th Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau by Geraint Jarman A'r Cynganeddwyr |
| New entries |
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 Euro-Countryby CMAT |
| Service Station At The End Of The Universe by Antony Szmierek |
| Rubber Soul by The Beatles |
| Who's Next by The Who |
| Leavers |
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 Masterpieceby Big Thief |
| Foxes In The Snow by Jason Isbell |
| All Things Must Pass by George Harrison |
| You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen |
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| Best Artists of the 1970s | |
|---|---|
| 1. Pink Floyd | |
| 2. David Bowie | |
| 3. Led Zeppelin | |
| 4. Neil Young | |
| 5. The Rolling Stones | |
| 6. The Clash | |
| 7. Black Sabbath | |
| 8. Fleetwood Mac | |
| 9. Stevie Wonder | |
| 10. The Who | |
| 11. Genesis | |
| 12. Brian Eno | |
| 13. Joni Mitchell | |
| 14. Paul McCartney | |
| 15. Yes | |
| 16. Bob Dylan | |
| 17. Bob Marley | |
| 18. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 19. Nick Drake | |
| 20. Marvin Gaye |