Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by RafAze 
A constant work-in-progress, this list covers a wide range of styles and cultures which reflects my own biography. For my initial Top 50, I tried limiting each country of origin to five entries, mainly to showcase non-Anglophone music. As the list grows, this rigidity will certainly disappear.
I've now started adding notes to individual albums but it will take me a few weeks to write texts for all of them.
- Chart updated: 12/10/2018 17:15
- (Created: 05/17/2018 16:58).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 05/17/2018]
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2004
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31,583
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[First added to this chart: 05/17/2018]
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1991
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26,518
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[First added to this chart: 11/21/2018]
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2010
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18,358
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[First added to this chart: 08/29/2018]
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1971
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15,249
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[First added to this chart: 07/31/2018]
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1984
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3,126
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[First added to this chart: 05/17/2018]
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1977
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5,252
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[First added to this chart: 05/17/2018]
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1978
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4,378
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[First added to this chart: 05/17/2018]
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1987
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17,937
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[First added to this chart: 07/31/2018]
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1977
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6,190
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[First added to this chart: 05/17/2018]
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1971
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2,777
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Total albums: 50. Page 1 of 5
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 5 | 10% | |
| 1970s | 22 | 44% | |
| 1980s | 7 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 12 | 24% | |
| 2000s | 3 | 6% | |
| 2010s | 1 | 2% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Kraftwerk | 4 | 8% | |
| U2 | 4 | 8% | |
| Bob Marley | 3 | 6% | |
| Nick Cave | 3 | 6% | |
| Ennio Morricone | 2 | 4% | |
| Turbonegro | 2 | 4% | |
| Serge Gainsbourg | 2 | 4% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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Up 3 from 37th to 34th |
Up 2 from 38th to 36th |
| Biggest fallers |
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Down 2 from 35th to 37th |
Down 2 from 36th to 38th |
Down 1 from 34th to 35th |
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