Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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- Chart updated: 02/12/2019 21:15
- (Created: 05/12/2018 12:58).
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Early Heavy Metal
Top Tracks:
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
A National Acrobat
Sabbra Cadabra
Sprial Architect [First added to this chart: 06/28/2018]
Top Tracks:
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
A National Acrobat
Sabbra Cadabra
Sprial Architect [First added to this chart: 06/28/2018]
Year of Release:
1973
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Rank Score:
2,305
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Progressive Rock
Top Tracks:
21st Century Schizoid Man
I Talk to the Wind
Epitaph
The Court of the Crimson King [First added to this chart: 05/12/2018]
Top Tracks:
21st Century Schizoid Man
I Talk to the Wind
Epitaph
The Court of the Crimson King [First added to this chart: 05/12/2018]
Year of Release:
1969
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Rank Score:
27,775
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Progressive Rock
Top Tracks:
Close to the Edge
And You And I
Siberian Khatru [First added to this chart: 05/23/2018]
Top Tracks:
Close to the Edge
And You And I
Siberian Khatru [First added to this chart: 05/23/2018]
Year of Release:
1972
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Rank Score:
13,692
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Rock/Glamrock
Top Tracks:
Five Years
Moonage Daydream
Starman
Ziggy Stardust
Rock 'n' Roll Suicide [First added to this chart: 05/12/2018]
Top Tracks:
Five Years
Moonage Daydream
Starman
Ziggy Stardust
Rock 'n' Roll Suicide [First added to this chart: 05/12/2018]
Year of Release:
1972
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Rank Score:
42,234
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Funk metal/Rap metal
Top Tracks:
Bombtrack
Killing in the Name
Take the Power Back
Bullet in the Head [First added to this chart: 07/26/2018]
Top Tracks:
Bombtrack
Killing in the Name
Take the Power Back
Bullet in the Head [First added to this chart: 07/26/2018]
Year of Release:
1992
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Rank Score:
11,458
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Progressive Rock
Top Tracks:
Dancing with the Moonlit Knight
Firth of Fifth
The Battle of the Epping Forest
The Cinema Show [First added to this chart: 05/24/2018]
Top Tracks:
Dancing with the Moonlit Knight
Firth of Fifth
The Battle of the Epping Forest
The Cinema Show [First added to this chart: 05/24/2018]
Year of Release:
1973
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Rank Score:
10,423
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Progressive Rock
Top Tracks:
Thick as a Brick Part 1
Thick as a Brick Part 2 [First added to this chart: 05/23/2018]
Top Tracks:
Thick as a Brick Part 1
Thick as a Brick Part 2 [First added to this chart: 05/23/2018]
Year of Release:
1972
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Rank Score:
5,070
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Thrash Metal
Top Tracks:
Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
Poison Was The Cure
Tornado of Souls
Rust In Peace... Polaris [First added to this chart: 08/05/2018]
Top Tracks:
Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
Poison Was The Cure
Tornado of Souls
Rust In Peace... Polaris [First added to this chart: 08/05/2018]
Year of Release:
1990
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Rank Score:
4,084
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Folk Rock/Psychadelic Rock
Top Tracks:
Alone Again Or
A House Is Not A Motel
Andmoreagain
The Red Telephone [First added to this chart: 05/23/2018]
Top Tracks:
Alone Again Or
A House Is Not A Motel
Andmoreagain
The Red Telephone [First added to this chart: 05/23/2018]
Year of Release:
1967
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Rank Score:
15,149
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Thrash Metal
Top Tracks:
Bonded By Blood
A Lesson of Violence
Metal Command
Strike of the Beast [First added to this chart: 08/05/2018]
Top Tracks:
Bonded By Blood
A Lesson of Violence
Metal Command
Strike of the Beast [First added to this chart: 08/05/2018]
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 18 | 18% | |
| 1970s | 58 | 58% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1990s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2000s | 1 | 1% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Black Sabbath | 7 | 7% | |
| David Bowie | 5 | 5% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 5% | |
| Genesis | 4 | 4% | |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4% | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 3 | 3% | |
| Judas Priest | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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48 | 48% | |
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38 | 38% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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