Top 45 Greatest Music Albums
by twoheadedboy

This chart is not done or in the perfect order yet, I'm slowly working in it and I think it might never be finished. I wish there was a way to make things have a tie on this website.

• Chart updated: 01/16/2013 06:21
• (Created: 03/06/2012 07:06).
• Chart size: 45 albums.

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For Emma, Forever Ago 

 Bon Iver

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[First added to this chart: 03/05/2012]

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,217 charts

Rank Score:

11,219

Rank in 2007:

3

Rank in 2000s:

14

Overall Rank:

118

Average Rating:

 83 (1,533 votes)

Comments:

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Bon Iver, Bon Iver 

 Bon Iver

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[First added to this chart: 03/05/2012]

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

957 charts

Rank Score:

8,390

Rank in 2011:

2

Rank in 2010s:

17

Overall Rank:

180

Average Rating:

 80 (1,355 votes)

Comments:

105

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Album 

 Girls

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[First added to this chart: 03/05/2012]

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

183 charts

Rank Score:

821

Rank in 2009:

25

Rank in 2000s:

327

Overall Rank:

2,014

Average Rating:

 78 (228 votes)

Comments:

17

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Lungs 

 Florence + The Machine

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[First added to this chart: 03/05/2012]

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

407 charts

Rank Score:

2,349

Rank in 2009:

7

Rank in 2000s:

116

Overall Rank:

741

Average Rating:

 76 (662 votes)

Comments:

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Father, Son, Holy Ghost 

 Girls

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[First added to this chart: 03/05/2012]

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

261 charts

Rank Score:

1,338

Rank in 2011:

26

Rank in 2010s:

196

Overall Rank:

1,292

Average Rating:

 77 (361 votes)

Comments:

27

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Made The Harbor 

 Mountain Man

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[First added to this chart: 03/05/2012]

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

6 charts

Rank Score:

4

Rank in 2010:

2,177

Rank in 2010s:

23,714

Overall Rank:

89,432

Average Rating:

 72 (12 votes)

Comments:

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Merriweather Post Pavilion 

 Animal Collective

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[First added to this chart: 10/11/2012]

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

1,146 charts

Rank Score:

9,378

Rank in 2009:

1

Rank in 2000s:

23

Overall Rank:

154

Average Rating:

 82 (1,589 votes)

Comments:

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The Wild Hunt 

 The Tallest Man On Earth

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[First added to this chart: 03/05/2012]

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

380 charts

Rank Score:

2,511

Rank in 2010:

16

Rank in 2010s:

104

Overall Rank:

697

Average Rating:

 78 (481 votes)

Comments:

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Early In The Morning 

 James Vincent McMorrow

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[First added to this chart: 03/05/2012]

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

201

Rank in 2010:

122

Rank in 2010s:

1,233

Overall Rank:

6,436

Average Rating:

 75 (46 votes)

Comments:

5

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Down The Way 

 Angus & Julia Stone

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[First added to this chart: 03/05/2012]

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

53 charts

Rank Score:

222

Rank in 2010:

105

Rank in 2010s:

1,122

Overall Rank:

5,932

Average Rating:

 74 (81 votes)

Comments:

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Top 45 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	0	0%
1970s	0	0%
1980s	0	0%
1990s	1	2%
2000s	18	40%
2010s	26	58%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Bon Iver	2	4%
Girls	2	4%
Jens Lekman	2	4%
Fleet Foxes	2	4%
Dirty Projectors	2	4%
Deerhunter	1	2%
M83	1	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	34	76%
	3	7%
	2	4%
	2	4%
	2	4%
	1	2%
	1	2%

Top 45 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 17 from 36th to 19th Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors
Up 12 from 39th to 27th Swing Lo Magellan by Dirty Projectors
Up 12 from 30th to 18th The Rip Tide by Beirut

Biggest fallers
Down 15 from 29th to 44th Teen Dream by Beach House
Down 14 from 27th to 41st XX by The xx
Down 11 from 28th to 39th Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend

New entries
Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter
Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do by Fiona Apple
Whokill by Tune-Yards

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Rating	Date updated	Member	Chart ratings	Avg. chart rating
95/100	01/17/2017 02:10	Seab	2,005	93/100
70/100	04/13/2014 19:53	FlorianJones	72	86/100
70/100	01/02/2014 20:31	SuedeSwede	321	85/100
90/100	11/28/2013 20:37	Mercury	257	95/100
60/100	08/24/2013 12:50	boozm	33	84/100

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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 81.5/100, a mean average of 78.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 13.2.

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From TheKing 08/24/2024 12:13

Come back and update this chart please! It rules :)

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70/100

From FlorianJones 04/13/2014 19:56

Given the username, I was expecting Aeroplane as number one, but that's fine. You would have probably gotten an 80 because this is a good list, but I have to mark people down when 1 and 2 are given to the same artist (no matter how much I like Bon Iver). Other than that, these are some good choices

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70/100

From SuedeSwede 01/02/2014 20:31

Check out some pre-'00s.

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90/100

From Mercury 11/28/2013 20:37

I love that you have the tallest man on earth in top 10. Also the rest is pretty great too. Really like this chart.

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60/100

From boozm 08/24/2013 12:51

There are some albums on here that I really like.

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90/100

From chisholm.matt 12/02/2012 03:52

Great chart, love the emphasis on Bon Iver...we have really similar charts.

I love the new Father John Misty as well....

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75/100

From Knetter 11/10/2012 17:42

I like what you do, but two of Bin Iver and Lekman and the like suggest you really don't appreciate earlier music.

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70/100

From junodog4 10/25/2012 16:58

Nothing wrong with modern... but the comments here are pretty apt.

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80/100

From C_Krug2009 10/18/2012 01:05

I respect many choices from your list, not bad taste at all and proud to see you have many of them from the 2010s, finally someone who isn't a 60s/70s fanatic, and who only believe only "good music" came from those times

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From Patman360 10/14/2012 16:53

It has its moments.

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