Top 30 Greatest Music Albums
by The Epic Sax Machine 
My favourite albums, all from different artists who have inspired me as a fellow musician. Chart is still largely a work in progress, but suggestions for both Soul and Jazz artists in the comments would be appreciated.
- Chart updated: 12/22/2012 00:26
- (Created: 01/16/2012 22:47).
- Chart size: 30 albums.
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Top 30 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 7 | 23% | |
| 1970s | 8 | 27% | |
| 1980s | 4 | 13% | |
| 1990s | 4 | 13% | |
| 2000s | 4 | 13% | |
| 2010s | 3 | 10% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Radiohead | 1 | 3% | |
| The Flaming Lips | 1 | 3% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 1 | 3% | |
| Sigur Rós | 1 | 3% | |
| Beach House | 1 | 3% | |
| Belle And Sebastian | 1 | 3% | |
| Van Morrison | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 30 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 9 from 22nd to 13thYankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco |
| Up 7 from 13th to 6thAstral Weeks by Van Morrison |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 6 from 20th to 26thNebraska by Bruce Springsteen |
| Down 5 from 18th to 23rdIn The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel |
| Down 5 from 19th to 24thThe Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars by David Bowie |
| New entries |
|---|
| Marquee Moon by Television |
| Bitches Brew by Miles Davis |
| Either/Or by Elliott Smith |
| Fun House by The Stooges |
| Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band |
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Top 30 Greatest Music Albums ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
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).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this chart. | Show all 11 ratings for this chart.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 01/18/2016 19:08 |  Applerill | 974 | 75/100 |
| ! | 10/01/2015 16:22 | luis721 | 173 | 93/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2015 22:18 | cobbo95 | 266 | 81/100 |
| ! | 02/10/2014 08:30 |  sssvnnn | 2,865 | 83/100 |
| ! | 10/30/2013 07:48 |  SingingPeasant96 | 780 | 83/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some charts can have several thousand ratings)
This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 85.6/100, a mean average of 86.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.4/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 9.1.
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sssvnnn 02/10/2014 08:30 | #102744
Good Chart. What´s about the progres?
HazeyTwilight 05/21/2013 08:09 | #76786
This chart is really good.
MrFrogger 04/19/2013 19:14 | #73883
Fantastic choices!
ffudnebbuh 04/17/2013 12:43 | #73582
nice chart
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