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: 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:
8,267
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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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27,773
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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:
5,758
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Top three songs: Left of the Dial, Here Comes a Regular, Bastards of Young
[First added to this chart: 06/05/2019]
Year of Release:
1985
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4,043
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Top three songs: Androgynous, I Will Dare, Favorite Thing
[First added to this chart: 05/16/2019]
Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
7,891
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Total albums: 5. Page 1 of 1
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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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| Country | Albums | % | |
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52 | 52% | |
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36 | 36% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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| Up 13 from 16th to 3rd Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen |
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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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