Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by Tihonovetsky 
- Chart updated: 03/13/2025 12:15
- (Created: 07/25/2017 06:57).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 11/14/2017]
Year of Release:
1969
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57,496
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[First added to this chart: 11/14/2017]
Year of Release:
1966
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49,915
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[First added to this chart: 11/14/2017]
Year of Release:
1973
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60,549
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[First added to this chart: 11/14/2017]
Year of Release:
1967
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43,523
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[First added to this chart: 11/14/2017]
Year of Release:
1969
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Rank Score:
28,255
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[First added to this chart: 11/14/2017]
Year of Release:
2013
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8,243
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[First added to this chart: 05/01/2020]
Year of Release:
1970
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6,387
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[First added to this chart: 11/14/2017]
Year of Release:
1975
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45,050
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[First added to this chart: 11/14/2017]
Year of Release:
1972
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43,816
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[First added to this chart: 11/14/2017]
Year of Release:
1979
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25,262
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 21 | 21% | |
| 1970s | 37 | 37% | |
| 1980s | 7 | 7% | |
| 1990s | 15 | 15% | |
| 2000s | 11 | 11% | |
| 2010s | 8 | 8% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 8 | 8% | |
| Pink Floyd | 5 | 5% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 4% | |
| Black Sabbath | 4 | 4% | |
| Queen | 3 | 3% | |
| Deep Purple | 3 | 3% | |
| Arctic Monkeys | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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69 | 69% | |
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20 | 20% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 9 from 89th to 80th Is This It by The Strokes |
| Up 7 from 72nd to 65th Metallica by Metallica |
| Up 5 from 88th to 83rd Lonerism by Tame Impala |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 16 from 76th to 92nd Rising by Rainbow |
| Down 15 from 84th to 99th One Step Beyond... by Madness |
| Down 11 from 25th to 36th Random Access Memories by Daft Punk |
| New entries |
|---|
| Plastic Beach by Gorillaz |
| Aqualung by Jethro Tull |
| 2001 by Dr. Dre |
| Leavers |
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| West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum by Kasabian |
| Slayed? by Slade |
| Is This The Life We Really Want? by Roger Waters |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 03/20/2025 08:05 |  MadhattanJack | 256 | 85/100 |
| ! | 03/13/2025 12:22 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,105 | 85/100 |
| ! | 08/08/2024 10:55 | Johnnyo | 2,546 | 80/100 |
| ! | 02/09/2024 03:01 |  ffudnebbuh | 654 | 91/100 |
| ! | 02/08/2024 14:46 | BillyA | 1 | 50/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 4% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 89.3/100, a mean average of 89.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.3/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 8.7.
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From Johnnyo 08/08/2024 10:55 | #304672
Very solid chart. Not a lot of surprises but full of classics.
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From davidhuret 02/08/2024 09:12 | #301797
Solid choices.
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From KineticEchoes02 08/04/2023 01:24 | #298479
This is an awesome chart! Many in common with mine. You've captured the absolute essential creations from the rock gods here. That top 10 (or at least 9 of them) basically nails it. Love it!
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From Moondance 08/03/2023 08:42 | #298461
Cool chart
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MagicMikie 12/06/2022 17:09 | #291804
MagicMikie 12/06/2022 17:09 | #291804
Nice chart man! Nice to see some Muse representation in here. Map of the Problematique could possibly be the single greatest song ever. I also appreciate that their newest travesty of an album "Will of the People" didn't make the chart. I'm not a big Pink Floyd guy myself so "Dark Side of the Moon" being in the top 3 seems a mistake but to each his own I guess.
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From Bjartmar03 05/25/2022 08:48 | #285699
great chart, Much in common
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Goliath 08/29/2021 15:39 | #273023
Goliath 08/29/2021 15:39 | #273023
Great list, 32 in common.
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From Rivera 07/23/2021 14:26 | #271868
Great selection! I'll have to check out "Surf's Up", heard a lot of good things about it.
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From NowhereMan 07/23/2021 11:56 | #271853
NowhereMan 07/23/2021 11:56 | #271853
Can't go wrong with much here.
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From Wallerand 01/26/2021 15:31 | #265144
Nice list!
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