Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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- Chart updated: 11/28/2025 12:45
- (Created: 07/08/2017 15:17).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top three songs: No Surrender, Bobby Jean, I'm Goin' Down
[First added to this chart: 07/08/2017]
Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
7,901
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Top three songs: Purple Rain, Let's Go Crazy, When Doves Cry
[First added to this chart: 07/27/2020]
Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
15,991
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Top three songs: Runnin Down a Dream, I Won't Back Down, Free Fallin'
[First added to this chart: 01/01/2018]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
3,329
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Top three songs: Answering Machine, Androgynous, I Will Dare
[First added to this chart: 05/16/2019]
Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
7,533
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Top three songs: Pictures of You, Lovesong, Plainsong
[First added to this chart: 10/15/2020]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
26,176
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Top three songs: Atlantic City, Johnny 99, Open All Night
[First added to this chart: 07/08/2017]
Year of Release:
1982
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Rank Score:
5,838
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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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| The National | 5 | 5% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 5 | 5% | |
| Bon Iver | 4 | 4% | |
| Frightened Rabbit | 4 | 4% | |
| Sufjan Stevens | 3 | 3% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
| Lorde | 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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