Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by emptysquares

After around 50 years of listening, these are some of my favourites so far (I kept it to a max of 4 albums per artist - man that was hard!)

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This milestone 1974 Krautrock recording achieved unexpected commercial success, inadvertently kickstarting the then fledgling career of Richard Branson who would go on become a world-class pioneer in tax avoidance and egoism. [First added to this chart: 06/30/2018]
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1974
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1,601
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A highly influential recording that would go on to inspire countless minor traffic incidents. [First added to this chart: 06/29/2018]
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1969
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65,784
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23. (=)
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Oh to have been a fly on the wall when Thom told the band "we're gonna ditch the guitars and drums for plinky-plink electronica". [First added to this chart: 06/30/2018]
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2000
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51,651
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Keith Emerson assaults classical pieces with various electronic implements. [First added to this chart: 06/30/2018]
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1970
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948
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Django demonstrates early guitar shredding. [First added to this chart: 06/29/2018]
Year of Release:
1996
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116
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A fusion of jazz and arithmetic. [First added to this chart: 06/30/2018]
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1959
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6,648
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The United States of Africa and America [First added to this chart: 11/05/2023]
Year of Release:
1986
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11,884
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Too sad. [First added to this chart: 06/30/2018]
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2006
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8,204
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Drake plants the fruit tree.
Need more Rizla's man...
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1969
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9,388
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I will refrain from commenting on Rolf Harris and his didgeridoo as that would only detract from a much overlooked and underrated piece of work. [First added to this chart: 06/30/2018]
Year of Release:
1982
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6,651
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Total albums: 100. Page 3 of 10

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 3 3%
1960s 16 16%
1970s 30 30%
1980s 17 17%
1990s 12 12%
2000s 14 14%
2010s 8 8%
2020s 0 0%
Artist Albums %


The Beatles 5 5%
Pink Floyd 4 4%
Steven Wilson 3 3%
Radiohead 3 3%
King Crimson 3 3%
Kate Bush 3 3%
David Bowie 3 3%
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Country Albums %


United Kingdom 65 65%
United States 22 22%
Germany 4 4%
Mixed Nationality 3 3%
Canada 2 2%
Iceland 2 2%
Jamaica 1 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 98 98%
Yes 2 2%
Live? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 20 from 78th to 58th
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
by Pink Floyd
Climber Up 15 from 53rd to 38th
Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV)
by Led Zeppelin
Climber Up 9 from 46th to 37th
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
by Sex Pistols
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 14 from 38th to 52nd
Mind Bomb
by The The
Faller Down 14 from 39th to 53rd
Bridge Over Troubled Water
by Simon & Garfunkel
Faller Down 7 from 43rd to 50th
The Wall
by Pink Floyd

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From 02/15/2024 20:57
Nice picks. Great notes. Entertaining
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From 06/14/2023 12:45
Love this chart and the comments.
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From 10/15/2022 21:05
Loved the commentary - so much truth from so few lines. As for the chart - yeah, it's alright. Major reservation is no Aussie albums ~ folks may think we are the lucky country, but we got the same issues (childhood innocence, the solar system, ADHD, an ex-Aussie named Rolf) as anywhere else in the world ~ and some decent singers & bands to expose the truth about these life-altering subjects.
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From 07/14/2020 15:29
Didn't mean to piss you off, dude. You've got a good chart and the funniest commentary I've seen around here.
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From 11/14/2019 20:15
Nice chart, the comments I enjoyed the most were the ones I didn't understand.
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From 07/05/2018 07:34
Great comments that made me laugh quite a few times. Some great selections too!!
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From 07/04/2018 20:19
Lol gotta love these top 5s. Haven't watched the Classic Who, but absolutely love the 10 series. Smith - Tennant - Capaldi - Ecclestone (only 1 season that's why last, Hurt is great but only 1 episode, and the rest are brilliant and tend to change places). Also Maradona - Messi - Pele - others. "Franco" meaning Zola, Baresi or Guillermo Franco? The chart itself is great, Animals and Crimson's debut are both in my top 10, and the whole thing is a very interesting read.
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