Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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"Now there's a look in your eyes / Like black holes in the sky / Shine on you crazy diamond" [First added to this chart: 06/29/2019]
Year of Release:
1975
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45,264
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"Rosalie / We've been talking all summer / Picking the straw from our clothes / See how the breeze has softened / Everything pauses in the night"
Year of Release:
1975
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8,232
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10. (9) Down1
Aja 
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"My back to the wall / A victim of laughing chance / This is for me / The essence of true romance" [First added to this chart: 09/17/2021]
Year of Release:
1977
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9,108
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"Forward he cried from the rear / And the front rank died / The general sat and the lines on the map / Moved from side to side" [First added to this chart: 09/17/2021]
Year of Release:
1973
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61,289
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"We lay beneath the stars / Under a lover's tree that's seen through the eyes of my mind / I reach out for the part / Of me that lives in you / That only our two hearts can find"
Year of Release:
1976
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15,828
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30. (66) Up36
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"Drifting into my solitude / Over my head / Don't you wonder sometimes / About sound and vision?" [First added to this chart: 09/17/2021]
Year of Release:
1977
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17,230
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"Just before our love got lost you said / I am as constant as a northern star"
Year of Release:
1971
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16,390
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"I know the animals are laughing at us / Don't even know what a joke is / I won't follow animals' advice / I don't care if they're laughing at us"
Year of Release:
1979
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6,962
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"Crying won't help you / Praying won't do you no good" [First added to this chart: 12/21/2017]
Year of Release:
1971
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39,381
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Year of Release:
1970
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12,397
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 10 10%
1970s 17 17%
1980s 7 7%
1990s 25 25%
2000s 15 15%
2010s 25 25%
2020s 1 1%
Artist Albums %


Kanye West 5 5%
Radiohead 4 4%
Massive Attack 3 3%
David Bowie 3 3%
Pink Floyd 3 3%
The Beatles 3 3%
OutKast 2 2%
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Country Albums %


United States 51 51%
United Kingdom 31 31%
Mixed Nationality 6 6%
Iceland 3 3%
Australia 2 2%
France 2 2%
Canada 2 2%
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Soundtrack? Albums %
No 97 97%
Yes 3 3%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

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Climber Up 36 from 66th to 30th
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Climber Up 25 from 65th to 40th
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Biggest fallers
Faller Down 33 from 38th to 71st
Doolittle
by Pixies
Faller Down 18 from 55th to 73rd
★ [Blackstar]
by David Bowie
Faller Down 17 from 71st to 88th
Piñata
by Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
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88/100 (from 10 votes)
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This chart is rated in the top 10% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 87.9/100, a mean average of 90.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.0/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 7.7.

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80/100
From 05/22/2019 08:22
Cool chart, so many great indie and hip hop choices! It is a bit predictable, but that's because those are all excellent albums so it makes sense you like them. And so do I.
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From 10/30/2018 20:13
TPAB imo is a bit overrated, but that doesn't change the fact that we have 18 artists and 16 albums in common + your chart is great.
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From 07/09/2018 12:26
Nice blend of genres.

The Top 10 is awesome!
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From 03/19/2018 22:56
Great rap choices
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From 09/10/2017 09:37
Interestic chart I liked the diversity in this. Tired of seeing all the Beatles discography in every chart.
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