Top 61 Greatest Music Albums
by VanillaBean 
- Chart updated: 12/31/2025 16:45
- (Created: 01/18/2012 10:06).
- Chart size: 61 albums.
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No one else can make you change
And to see you're really only very small
And life flows on within you and without you" [First added to this chart: 01/03/2013]
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But when I could I gave strangth to you
I'm waiting for the day when you can love again" [First added to this chart: 01/09/2013]
Top 61 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 3 | 5% | |
| 1970s | 6 | 10% | |
| 1980s | 6 | 10% | |
| 1990s | 15 | 25% | |
| 2000s | 10 | 16% | |
| 2010s | 8 | 13% | |
| 2020s | 12 | 20% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Deftones | 3 | 5% | |
| The Cure | 2 | 3% | |
| David Bowie | 2 | 3% | |
| Cindy Lee | 2 | 3% | |
| The Beach Boys | 2 | 3% | |
| Nine Inch Nails | 1 | 2% | |
| DJ Shadow | 1 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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29 | 48% | |
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15 | 25% | |
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6 | 10% | |
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4 | 7% | |
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3 | 5% | |
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2 | 3% | |
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1 | 2% | |
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Top 61 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 15 from 26th to 11thIn The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) by King Crimson |
| Up 2 from 12th to 10thWhite Pony by Deftones |
| Up 1 from 10th to 9thBlond by Frank Ocean |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 15 from 7th to 22ndLive At Bush Hall by Black Country, New Road |
| Down 1 from 11th to 12thTreats by Sleigh Bells |
| Down 1 from 22nd to 23rdWe're Not Here To Be Loved by Fleshwater |
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Top 61 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 08/26/2025 17:00 |  Keatownrodriguez | 84 | 95/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2025 14:14 | Johnnyo | 2,566 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/27/2025 15:43 | DrewHamster | 317 | 79/100 |
| ! | 03/08/2025 09:16 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 04/24/2024 04:48 |  MadhattanJack | 266 | 85/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 10% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 88.0/100, a mean average of 87.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.2/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 10.7.
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Keatownrodriguez 08/26/2025 17:00 | #310706
Great mix, love a unique chart
Some really nice picks here. Good chart
LedZep 04/29/2018 12:41 | #213866
Love the top 5, fantastic picks. Some of the stuff is pretty predictable (4 Radiohead albums), but what chart isn't? Would love to see the 100 albums chart!
JulianR 12/20/2017 22:15 | #203626
Nice choices!
buzzdainer 03/18/2016 15:35 | #162146
Great selections! Nice to see Funeral and Have One on Me getting some well-deserved love.
ShadowColossi 02/08/2016 05:34 | #159058
Good variety, very similar taste (only difference being i'm honestly not a rap fan :P)
Awesome Mix of differnt styles, i like.
Nice to see Deafheaven and destroyer in your Chart :)
Behrus58 07/17/2015 12:54 | #145943
Very Nice Chart.
Thank You for your statement,I'll Surely try to.
awesomness425 07/12/2015 10:27 | #145571
Good Shit Right Here ^^
Ollie 04/08/2015 10:22 | #139092
I love this, excellent lyric choices too :)
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