Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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Dankel 
This is my Top 100 of favourite albums, chosen not for any significance in musical history but purely how much I have enjoyed listening to them and if they mean anything to me.
- Chart updated: 01/04/2026 12:45
- (Created: 11/04/2017 15:39).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Ramones second and more of the same, possibly even better than the first album. I bought this and Ramones in early 77 as US import pressings and they were barely off my turntable for the whole year – best band ever and a soundtrack to my youth. This is my favourite Ramones album and IMHO one of the best rock n roll records ever made.
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1977
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I would have to pick this as one of my choices for the best album ever, the Clash at their peak with a fantastic fusion of styles but not as self-indulgent as Sandinista.
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1979
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The third of their classic first three albums and just as good as the first two, they just don't let up.
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1977
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For me this is the best Stooges album and so influential, if you hear it now it seems as fresh a when it was released. Incredibly powerful and with some great songs - Search and Destroy and many others.
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1973
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This is what they call seminal, a fantastic blast of noise and now with extra tracks, from the opening bars of Blitzkrieg Bop this LP does not let up - one of the best albums of all time (IMHO of course!)
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1976
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What can I say? First heard this when I was 17 and it blew me away. The sheer power and venomous energy unleashed was in evidence from the first bars of Janie Jones.
You can hear traces of how they would later diversify their style and their version of Junior Murvin’s police and thieves was incredibly influential in terms of the punk-reggae cross-over.
For me this is the quintessential punk album – Five stars all the way. [First added to this chart: 11/04/2017]
You can hear traces of how they would later diversify their style and their version of Junior Murvin’s police and thieves was incredibly influential in terms of the punk-reggae cross-over.
For me this is the quintessential punk album – Five stars all the way. [First added to this chart: 11/04/2017]
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1977
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Quite frankly a superb album, the band is really tight, with great songs from Mike Ness, not a weak track on this LP
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Classic UK Punk album - after Brian James left people thought the Damned were finished but this album proved them wrong - nearly every track is great
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1979
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I've worked out that this is my highest rated Dropkick Murphys album and I am trying to work out why. Let me say first that I like all of their albums but unlike the typical trope of bands (especially it seems punks bands) being at their most powerful and most somehow authentic in their first couple of albums the Murphys seem to have genuinely grown and developed as they have grown older as a band.
I think I like this album best because it seems like this was the cusp moment when it all came together and their subsequent releases have further brought a range of influences into their music.
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I think I like this album best because it seems like this was the cusp moment when it all came together and their subsequent releases have further brought a range of influences into their music.
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This is, I think, Social Distortions, most hard rocking album. There are some great songs on here, The album starts with Dear Lover and does not let up, no filler on this album.
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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 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 42 | 42% | |
| 1980s | 18 | 18% | |
| 1990s | 14 | 14% | |
| 2000s | 14 | 14% | |
| 2010s | 5 | 5% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Ramones | 7 | 7% | |
| Social Distortion | 6 | 6% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 5 | 5% | |
| The Jam | 5 | 5% | |
| Elvis Costello | 4 | 4% | |
| Billy Bragg | 3 | 3% | |
| The Clash | 3 | 3% | |
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BestEverAlbums 01/14/2026 09:00 in Chart of the day (#5192): By Dankel“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. Leave Home by Ramones (1977) 2. London Calling by The Clash (1979) 3. Rocket To Russia by Ramones (1977) 4. Raw Power by Iggy And The Stooges (1973) 5. Ramones by Ramones (1976) 6. The Clash by The Clash (1977) 7. Sex, Love And Rock 'N'…”
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daftpunter 01/15/2018 06:17 | #205645
A solid punk chart that is a bit...fan-ish...but solid none the less. Ramones!, E.C., Pistols, Pogues, Dolls, Stooges, Wire, Buzzcocks!...A who's who of tremendous punk. Springsteen, R.E.M. added in for color along with Nick LoweThe fandom kinda limits what what ends up being a tremendous chart for punk recommendation as I got 4 bands and more albums for my wish list.
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LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/01/2018 15:55 | #206950
LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/01/2018 15:55 | #206950
Coooool! Not enough punk charts here, I get sick of all the Radiohead+Arcade Fire top 10s. It's not diverse but it's without any compromises, 100% honest.
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Glitterboiii 08/01/2019 14:48 | #240636
Glitterboiii 08/01/2019 14:48 | #240636
You wouldn’t, per chance, be into punk, would you?
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NoisyBeast 11/23/2017 00:26 | #201916
NoisyBeast 11/23/2017 00:26 | #201916
Off to great start! Rare to find a chart that includes an album featuring Mick Collins... meanwhile yours has a couple of 'em!!
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CharlieBarley 12/02/2017 19:44 | #202532
CharlieBarley 12/02/2017 19:44 | #202532
Love a bit of punk. The Ramones were a revelation to me too. I listen to their albums all the time.
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