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]
Year of Release:
1991
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Rank Score:
28,410
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[First added to this chart: 05/17/2018]
Year of Release:
1994
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1,495
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[First added to this chart: 07/31/2018]
Year of Release:
1990
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2,185
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[First added to this chart: 05/17/2018]
Year of Release:
1991
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11,809
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[First added to this chart: 05/17/2018]
Year of Release:
1993
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5,251
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[First added to this chart: 06/07/2018]
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The last Sepultura album to feature Max Cavalera, "Roots" continues the band's experimentation with Brazilian sounds that began with their previous album "Chaos A.D.".
Incorporating indigenous culture (the band recorded with the Xavante tribe) and heavily influenced by Korn, "Roots" is a unique masterpiece. It's among the best metal albums of all time, bursting with energy, creativity, and urgency.
If you only have time for one song, listen to "Ratamahatta", featuring Korn's David Silveria and legendary Brazilian percussionist, Carlinhos Brown. [First added to this chart: 06/02/2018]
Incorporating indigenous culture (the band recorded with the Xavante tribe) and heavily influenced by Korn, "Roots" is a unique masterpiece. It's among the best metal albums of all time, bursting with energy, creativity, and urgency.
If you only have time for one song, listen to "Ratamahatta", featuring Korn's David Silveria and legendary Brazilian percussionist, Carlinhos Brown. [First added to this chart: 06/02/2018]
Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
520
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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2018]
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[First added to this chart: 07/31/2018]
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1993
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808
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[First added to this chart: 05/17/2018]
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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% |
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| Kraftwerk | 4 | 8% | |
| U2 | 4 | 8% | |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 3 | 6% | |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 3 | 6% | |
| Arcade Fire | 2 | 4% | |
| Ennio Morricone | 2 | 4% | |
| Turbonegro | 2 | 4% | |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 3 from 37th to 34thRoots by Sepultura |
| Up 2 from 38th to 36th666 by Aphrodite's Child |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 35th to 37thThe K&D Sessions by Kruder & Dorfmeister |
| Down 2 from 36th to 38thArbeit Macht Frei by Area |
| Down 1 from 34th to 35thKing Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown by Augustus Pablo |
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