Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by 
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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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Ramones | 7 | 7% | |
| Social Distortion | 6 | 6% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 5 | 5% | |
| The Jam | 5 | 5% | |
| The Damned | 3 | 3% | |
| Reigning Sound | 3 | 3% | |
| Dr. Feelgood | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/15/2026 07:20 | Johnnyo | 2,571 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/16/2025 02:18 |  MadhattanJack | 277 | 85/100 |
| ! | 04/28/2025 16:37 |  AlvaroIesus | 74 | 77/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2025 14:36 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,097 | 85/100 |
| ! | 06/12/2021 17:07 | bobnickmad | 31 | 88/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 87.1/100, a mean average of 87.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.4/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 8.7.
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A really great chart. Nice one.
MadhattanJack 11/16/2025 02:26 | #311692
Everyone seems to be calling this a "punk chart," but that strikes me as grossly unfair. I'd call it more of a "killer rock 'n' roll chart," if I had to call it anything in particular. Anyway, I just felt like someone had to say that.
So nice to see the Damned ranked here. Their first two albums should be higher in the charts.
Larcx13 08/04/2020 10:36 | #256678
Hell fucking yes! lol
Goliath 03/31/2020 12:42 | #249349
My Punk chart has 27 entries, 12 of them are here, great chart.
DommeDamian 08/14/2019 14:09 | #241158
Great punk chart. Fine descriptions too. Surprised you don't like The Replacements enough to be on here...
Glitterboiii 08/01/2019 14:48 | #240636
You wouldn’t, per chance, be into punk, would you?
flyingcitrus 06/20/2018 13:33 | #217071
You seem like a punk expert!
LedZep 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.
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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