Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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Taka 
- Chart updated: 01/19/2026 04:15
- (Created: 06/13/2018 13:36).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 06/23/2018]
Year of Release:
1968
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Rank Score:
9,361
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[First added to this chart: 06/13/2018]
Year of Release:
1971
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15,963
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[First added to this chart: 06/15/2018]
Year of Release:
1968
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5,672
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[First added to this chart: 06/13/2018]
Year of Release:
1999
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1,845
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[First added to this chart: 06/23/2018]
Year of Release:
1967
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4,043
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[First added to this chart: 06/22/2018]
Year of Release:
1990
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959
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[First added to this chart: 06/23/2018]
Year of Release:
1991
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11,689
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[First added to this chart: 06/10/2020]
Year of Release:
1959
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21,852
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[First added to this chart: 09/18/2021]
Year of Release:
1977
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5,483
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[First added to this chart: 06/19/2018]
Year of Release:
1971
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19,101
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 21 | 21% | |
| 1970s | 28 | 28% | |
| 1980s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1990s | 16 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 15 | 15% | |
| 2010s | 8 | 8% | |
| 2020s | 2 | 2% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Kinks | 6 | 6% | |
| Joni Mitchell | 4 | 4% | |
| Travis | 4 | 4% | |
| David Bowie | 4 | 4% | |
| Kraftwerk | 3 | 3% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 3% | |
| Teenage Fanclub | 2 | 2% | |
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26 | 26% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 1 from 90th to 91stJ.S. Bach: The Goldberg Variations (1956) by Glenn Gould |
| Down 1 from 91st to 92ndThe Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico |
| Down 1 from 92nd to 93rdFlight To Denmark by Duke Jordan |
| New entries |
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| My Love Is Cool by Wolf Alice |
| Leavers |
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| The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 07/15/2025 21:39 | Sonoffatboy | 8 | 89/100 |
| ! | 07/15/2025 08:38 |  NowhereMan | 292 | 82/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2025 14:16 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,095 | 85/100 |
| ! | 10/03/2024 14:51 |  Tamthebam | 651 | 85/100 |
| ! | 06/26/2023 20:17 | CharlieBarley | 476 | 94/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 7% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 88.3/100, a mean average of 87.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.4/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 10.2.
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From Sonoffatboy 07/15/2025 21:42 | #310149
Awesome chart. Love the Kinks placed so high. The diversity is great!
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Tengachaya 01/14/2023 15:15 | #292844
Tengachaya 01/14/2023 15:15 | #292844
参考にさせていただきます！
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From Johnnyo 01/28/2022 07:39 | #280205
Nice chart.
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DommeDamian 01/27/2022 11:42 | #280164
DommeDamian 01/27/2022 11:42 | #280164
I recognize your taste, hope to get some descriptions ;)
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From WillyMac 06/08/2020 19:12 | #253091
Love your love of the Canadian music and the Kinks. A little greater variety of artists and it would be hard to knock at all.
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From ffudnebbuh 07/20/2019 13:11 | #239976
ffudnebbuh 07/20/2019 13:11 | #239976
nice chart
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Julelios 04/25/2019 13:00 | #235479
Julelios 04/25/2019 13:00 | #235479
Taka loves The Kinks !
Me too !
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bobbyb5 06/23/2018 03:07 | #217162
bobbyb5 06/23/2018 03:07 | #217162
Very good. I like your older choices here better than the newer ones, but still pretty good. Especially Joni Mitchell. I got Summer Lawns and Court and Spark in my top 100 too.
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