Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by cooly 
- Chart updated: 07/06/2020 03:15
- (Created: 11/25/2017 01:45).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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Each Beatle gets their time to shine individually here; but, most importantly, they work together so well. Every track works perfectly, and I consider the medley on Side 2 to be their greatest achievement. The whole here is greater than the sum of its parts, and that's saying something.
Favorite Tracks: Side 2 Medley
Worst Tracks: Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Oh! Darling [First added to this chart: 01/04/2019]
Favorite Tracks: Side 2 Medley
Worst Tracks: Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Oh! Darling [First added to this chart: 01/04/2019]
Year of Release:
1969
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55,797
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The first rock album I ever really loved. Any album that opens with "Airbag" and closes with "The Tourist" would be high on my list, yet there's so much more in between. Such a unique sound, and really ushers in the Digital Age.
Favorite Tracks: Airbag, Subterranean Homesick Alien, Paranoid Android, Climbing Up the Walls, Lucky
Worst Tracks: Fitter Happier [First added to this chart: 01/04/2019]
Favorite Tracks: Airbag, Subterranean Homesick Alien, Paranoid Android, Climbing Up the Walls, Lucky
Worst Tracks: Fitter Happier [First added to this chart: 01/04/2019]
Year of Release:
1997
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62,075
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Favorite Tracks: Breathe (In the Air), Time, Money
Worst Tracks: None [First added to this chart: 01/04/2019]
Worst Tracks: None [First added to this chart: 01/04/2019]
Year of Release:
1973
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58,603
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Favorite Tracks: I'm Only Sleeping, Here, There and Everywhere, I Want to Tell You
Worst Tracks: Doctor Robert [First added to this chart: 01/04/2019]
Worst Tracks: Doctor Robert [First added to this chart: 01/04/2019]
Year of Release:
1966
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48,247
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One of the only "concept albums" I've really liked, it's just larger than life. The beauty is how it manages to be coherent despite so many different sounds on each track. After so many listens, it's the one Beatles album that I'm still learning to enjoy more.
Favorite Tracks: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Within You Without You, A Day in the Life
Worst Tracks: Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!, Good Morning Good Morning [First added to this chart: 01/04/2019]
Favorite Tracks: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Within You Without You, A Day in the Life
Worst Tracks: Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!, Good Morning Good Morning [First added to this chart: 01/04/2019]
Year of Release:
1967
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42,256
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Favorite Tracks: Like a Rolling Stone, Ballad of a Thin Man, Queen Jane Approximately, Desolation Row
Worst Tracks: None [First added to this chart: 01/04/2019]
Worst Tracks: None [First added to this chart: 01/04/2019]
Year of Release:
1965
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26,446
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Favorite Songs: Soul Love, Moonage Daydream, Rock 'N' Roll Suicide
Worst Songs: It Ain't Easy [First added to this chart: 01/04/2019]
Worst Songs: It Ain't Easy [First added to this chart: 01/04/2019]
Year of Release:
1972
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42,177
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Favorite Tracks: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
[First added to this chart: 04/01/2020]
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1998
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31,312
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Favorite Tracks: The Queen is Dead, I Know It's Over, Cemetry Gates, Bigmouth Strikes Again, The Boy with the Thorn in his Side, There is a Light that Never Goes Out
Worst Tracks: None [First added to this chart: 04/01/2020]
Worst Tracks: None [First added to this chart: 04/01/2020]
Year of Release:
1986
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32,757
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10. (=)
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Favorite Tracks: Dark Fantasy, POWER, All of the Lights, Runaway, Lost in the World
Worst Tracks: Blame Game [First added to this chart: 01/04/2019]
Worst Tracks: Blame Game [First added to this chart: 01/04/2019]
Year of Release:
2010
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22,116
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 11 | 22% | |
| 1970s | 12 | 24% | |
| 1980s | 1 | 2% | |
| 1990s | 5 | 10% | |
| 2000s | 12 | 24% | |
| 2010s | 9 | 18% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Bob Dylan | 5 | 10% | |
| The Beatles | 5 | 10% | |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 8% | |
| David Bowie | 4 | 8% | |
| Radiohead | 3 | 6% | |
| Sufjan Stevens | 3 | 6% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 2 | 4% | |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 18 from 26th to 8thIn The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel |
| Up 1 from 12th to 11thIllinois by Sufjan Stevens |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 3 from 9th to 12thIn Rainbows by Radiohead |
| Down 2 from 11th to 13thBlonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan |
| Down 2 from 17th to 19thGood Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 05/02/2021 16:59 |  Goliath | 350 | 86/100 | |
| 05/08/2020 21:37 | DJENNY | 4,338 | 100/100 | |
| 04/02/2020 05:34 | FelipeBoorkes | 47 | 92/100 | |
| 03/24/2019 17:58 |  DommeDamian | 1,004 | 89/100 |
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From FelipeBoorkes 04/02/2020 05:35 | #249423
I like your choices. A lot of music in common, so many classic albums here. I wonder what shape will it take when you get to 100 albums.
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From DommeDamian 03/24/2019 17:59 | #233966
DommeDamian 03/24/2019 17:59 | #233966
I like your picks.
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