Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
Brad1770 
Wow I’ve really been neglecting this list, its way out of kilter
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- Chart updated: 03/27/2023 02:15
- (Created: 08/25/2017 08:30).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1998
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4,024
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Released: August 1972
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Producer: John Fry
Recorded: 1972 at Ardent Studios, Memphis
Fact 1: Chris Bell and Alex Chilton each contributed songs to the album that were individually composed before Big Star was formed. Bell brought the songs "Feel", "My Life Is Right", and "Try Again" which he had previously recorded with the band Rock City whilst Chilton brought "The Ballad of El Goodo", "In the Street", and the acoustic ballads "Thirteen" and "Watch the Sunrise"
Fact 2: An inability by Stax Records to make the album available in stores meant it sold fewer than 10,000 copies upon its initial release [First added to this chart: 08/01/2018]
37:03
Producer: John Fry
Recorded: 1972 at Ardent Studios, Memphis
Fact 1: Chris Bell and Alex Chilton each contributed songs to the album that were individually composed before Big Star was formed. Bell brought the songs "Feel", "My Life Is Right", and "Try Again" which he had previously recorded with the band Rock City whilst Chilton brought "The Ballad of El Goodo", "In the Street", and the acoustic ballads "Thirteen" and "Watch the Sunrise"
Fact 2: An inability by Stax Records to make the album available in stores meant it sold fewer than 10,000 copies upon its initial release [First added to this chart: 08/01/2018]
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1972
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4,271
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2014
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908
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2014
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9,933
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1999
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3,799
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1981
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1,884
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91. (63) 
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2012
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2008
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11,289
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1977
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21,642
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98. (=)
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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 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1970s | 9 | 9% | |
| 1980s | 36 | 36% | |
| 1990s | 31 | 31% | |
| 2000s | 8 | 8% | |
| 2010s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Pixies | 3 | 3% | |
| R.E.M. | 3 | 3% | |
| The Cure | 3 | 3% | |
| The Smiths | 2 | 2% | |
| The National | 2 | 2% | |
| Big Star | 2 | 2% | |
| Hoodoo Gurus | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 2 from 44th to 42nd If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues |
| Up 1 from 89th to 88th Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs |
| Up 1 from 88th to 87th Burn Your Fire For No Witness by Angel Olsen |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 28 from 22nd to 50th The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico |
| Down 28 from 63rd to 91st The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do by Fiona Apple |
| Down 1 from 91st to 92nd Born Sandy Devotional by The Triffids |
| New entries |
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 When The Pawn...by Fiona Apple |
| Leavers |
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 Primary Coloursby The Horrors (UK) |
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