Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by AledJames 
- Chart updated: 04/14/2024 17:45
- (Created: 07/08/2017 15:17).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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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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17,253
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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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34,084
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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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8,159
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Top three songs: Starman, Moonage Daydream, Five Years
[First added to this chart: 01/11/2018]
Year of Release:
1972
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50,120
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Top three songs: Marquee Moon, See No Evil, Guiding Light
[First added to this chart: 10/16/2023]
Year of Release:
1977
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21,727
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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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13,195
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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]
Year of Release:
1975
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50,779
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Top three songs; Pink Moon, Which Will, Place To Be
[First added to this chart: 04/14/2024]
Year of Release:
1972
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20,139
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Top three songs: Life On Mars?, Queen Bitch, Oh! You Pretty Things
[First added to this chart: 01/16/2018]
Year of Release:
1971
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22,095
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Top three songs: 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy), Rosalita (Come Out Tonight), The E Street Shuffle
[First added to this chart: 07/08/2017]
Year of Release:
1973
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3,036
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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 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1970s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 5 | 5% | |
| 1990s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2000s | 15 | 15% | |
| 2010s | 29 | 29% | |
| 2020s | 22 | 22% |
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| The National | 6 | 6% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 5 | 5% | |
| Jeff Rosenstock | 4 | 4% | |
| Manic Street Preachers | 3 | 3% | |
| Sufjan Stevens | 3 | 3% | |
| Frightened Rabbit | 3 | 3% | |
| Super Furry Animals | 3 | 3% | |
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52 | 52% | |
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36 | 36% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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| Down 1 from 3rd to 4th Rumours by Fleetwood Mac |
| Down 1 from 4th to 5th Grace by Jeff Buckley |
| Down 1 from 5th to 6th Darkness On The Edge Of Town by Bruce Springsteen |
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