Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ddeeddles64

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• Chart updated: 03/31/2022 01:15
• (Created: 04/07/2018 21:20).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Fun House 

 The Stooges

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The barbarians have entered the city, they're peeing in the fountains and much worse is to follow. [First added to this chart: 04/08/2018]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

877 charts

Rank Score:

8,154

Rank in 1970:

10

Rank in 1970s:

50

Overall Rank:

204

Average Rating:

 83 (1,069 votes)

Comments:

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Abbey Road 

 The Beatles

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Oh. So it's not just hype after all. If only someone had played this for me back in 1990, instead of Sergeant Pepper. Like meeting a sibling you never knew you had. Sob.

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,625 charts

Rank Score:

65,347

Rank in 1969:

1

Rank in 1960s:

1

Overall Rank:

3

Average Rating:

 92 (4,508 votes)

Comments:

466

3. (2) 1

Radio City 

 Big Star

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Once upon a time, two Zen acolytes were observing a flag.
"The flag is moving" stated the first.
"The wind is moving" countered the other.
The Zen master overheard them and declared: "Not the wind. Not the flag. Mind is moving."
Not me. Not Alex Chilton. Music.
(All questions to Douglas R. Hofstadter.) [First added to this chart: 04/08/2018]

Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

320 charts

Rank Score:

2,082

Rank in 1974:

13

Rank in 1970s:

187

Overall Rank:

859

Average Rating:

 79 (431 votes)

Comments:

19

4. (3) 1

Songs From A Room 

 Leonard Cohen

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You can take this in 1969, or wait another ten years for Apocalypse 'Now'. Free choice. [First added to this chart: 04/08/2018]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

310 charts

Rank Score:

1,924

Rank in 1969:

27

Rank in 1960s:

101

Overall Rank:

934

Average Rating:

 79 (389 votes)

Comments:

15

5. (4) 1

Munki 

 The Jesus And Mary Chain

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The sound of two brothers falling out of love with their passion and with each other. Their honest expression of a growing self-loathing produces a break-up album that surpasses Shoot Out the Lights. I love this so much. [First added to this chart: 04/08/2018]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

233

Rank in 1998:

94

Rank in 1990s:

958

Overall Rank:

5,681

Average Rating:

 75 (43 votes)

Comments:

3

6. (5) 1

First Impressions Of Earth 

 The Strokes

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It's like The Ninth Configuration for WASPs. Don't order the swordfish. [First added to this chart: 04/08/2018]

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

309 charts

Rank Score:

1,635

Rank in 2005:

19

Rank in 2000s:

169

Overall Rank:

1,078

Average Rating:

 73 (692 votes)

Comments:

48

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Fear Of Music 

 Talking Heads

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My finest teenage discovery and one of only three albums in this chart that I heard before I was twenty, which makes me feel pretty sad. Memories Can't Wait vanquished my fear of the afterlife. [First added to this chart: 04/08/2018]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

840 charts

Rank Score:

7,315

Rank in 1979:

4

Rank in 1970s:

56

Overall Rank:

233

Average Rating:

 84 (1,059 votes)

Comments:

49

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American Beauty 

 Grateful Dead

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Tell me the truth: they're not going to play Ripple at my funeral, are they? [First added to this chart: 04/08/2018]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

580 charts

Rank Score:

5,212

Rank in 1970:

16

Rank in 1970s:

85

Overall Rank:

342

Average Rating:

 80 (791 votes)

Comments:

55

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Fear Of A Black Planet 

 Public Enemy

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[First added to this chart: 04/08/2018]

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

426 charts

Rank Score:

2,669

Rank in 1990:

10

Rank in 1990s:

114

Overall Rank:

675

Average Rating:

 78 (481 votes)

Comments:

28

10. (9) 1

In The Aeroplane Over The Sea 

 Neutral Milk Hotel

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[First added to this chart: 04/08/2018]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

2,379 charts

Rank Score:

39,542

Rank in 1998:

1

Rank in 1990s:

3

Overall Rank:

16

Average Rating:

 87 (2,868 votes)

Comments:

425

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	19	19%
1970s	38	38%
1980s	13	13%
1990s	13	13%
2000s	11	11%
2010s	6	6%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Funkadelic	2	2%
Miles Davis	2	2%
Neil Young	2	2%
Public Enemy	2	2%
The Flaming Lips	2	2%
The Fall	2	2%
The Kinks	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	51	51%
	32	32%
	6	6%
	5	5%
	4	4%
	1	1%
	1	1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest fallers
Down 1 from 2nd to 3rd Radio City by Big Star
Down 1 from 3rd to 4th Songs From A Room by Leonard Cohen
Down 1 from 4th to 5th Munki by The Jesus And Mary Chain

New entries
Abbey Road by The Beatles

Leavers
Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention

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90/100	03/20/2023 19:13	Johnnyo	2,013	80/100
80/100	03/20/2023 09:07	Moondance	453	84/100
90/100	03/31/2022 15:56	Nkelleyslc	114	91/100
90/100	01/12/2022 15:15	sssvnnn	2,821	83/100
95/100	12/15/2020 07:58	desh79	1,281	93/100

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This chart is rated in the top 2% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 90.0/100, a mean average of 91.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.4/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 6.1.

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90/100

From Johnnyo 03/20/2023 19:14

I really like this chart. Got a lot of class

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80/100

From Moondance 03/20/2023 09:17

One of the more intriguing charts I've seen. Not really sure what to make of it - and maybe that is what you intended.

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95/100

From areminder 12/15/2020 05:28

Solid albeit curious picks. The kind of picks one would make if digging though a record bin for something to play. Brilliant. Favorited

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95/100

From Larcx13 12/14/2020 10:51

Interesting picks! Pleasantly surprised to see Fun House at n.1

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90/100

From zowie 06/27/2020 20:36

great.loads I haven't listened too for yonks.a couple of underated albums you have chosen that I love, madness,thier best album,and the late great junior murvin.

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90/100

From pctrooper 01/21/2020 22:40

Plenty of great picks on here. I share your affinity for rock albums with a rawer edge to them. Check out Peter Hammill's Nadir's Big Chance if you haven't before.

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90/100

From EyeKanFly 01/20/2020 19:55

Neat stuff! I'll have to check out a few of these albums. I can't say I've ever given The Fall a listen, that's first up.

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85/100

From salahshoori 01/20/2020 11:23

I like your chart. I'm gonna be looking alot at your chart to find new things.

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100/100

From ForegroundNoise 07/13/2019 14:37

God I love this chart and god I love how you write.

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From DeusExMackia 04/15/2019 13:18

Your taste is to die for...Idles, Fall, Slaves, Talking Heads and Public Enemy all in one place. This is stellar.

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