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 5 albums per artist - man that was hard!)
- Chart updated: 12/02/2025 12:45
- (Created: 06/29/2018 17:01).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Mr.Jones gives a lesson in the art of song-writing accompanied by Mr.Wakeman on his Joanna and also Mr.Ronson performing with his martian arachnid associates.
[First added to this chart: 06/29/2018]
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1971
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19,454
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Bowie named the Spiders from Mars after a mass UFO sighting in 1953 at an Italian football stadium which scientists later suggested was caused by agglomerated silk from migrating spiders. When asked, the spiders commented: "It's true, it was us. We formed a protest group called 'arachnid lives matter' and thousands of us donated our homes for a mass demonstration to raise public awareness only to have our identity ruthlessly exploited in the name of glam rock".
[First added to this chart: 06/30/2018]
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1972
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43,715
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[First added to this chart: 11/19/2025]
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1980
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5,707
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Let's rock!!!
Okay, maybe not. [First added to this chart: 06/30/2018]
Okay, maybe not. [First added to this chart: 06/30/2018]
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1977
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17,114
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Millenial uber geeks kick dirt in the face of other less intimidating millenial uber geeks.
[First added to this chart: 11/19/2025]
Year of Release:
1976
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12,029
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 3 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1970s | 35 | 35% | |
| 1980s | 18 | 18% | |
| 1990s | 10 | 10% | |
| 2000s | 16 | 16% | |
| 2010s | 5 | 5% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| Pink Floyd | 5 | 5% | |
| David Bowie | 5 | 5% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 4% | |
| Yes | 3 | 3% | |
| Kate Bush | 3 | 3% | |
| Steven Wilson | 3 | 3% | |
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69 | 69% | |
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20 | 20% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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| ! | 11/21/2025 09:35 |  DommeDamian | 1,003 | 89/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2025 10:58 |  NowhereMan | 292 | 82/100 |
| ! | 03/12/2025 12:16 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,105 | 85/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2024 21:30 |  sssvnnn | 2,865 | 83/100 |
| ! | 02/15/2024 20:58 | mrmcrook | 725 | 92/100 |
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From StreakyNuno 11/21/2025 19:50 | #311773
This number 1 choice is bold, but I wholeheartedly agree.
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From C0NB9NN 09/27/2024 15:13 | #305444
Great chart. Love the comments. Especially the ones about Sgt. Pepper and Dark Side.
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From mrmcrook 02/15/2024 20:57 | #302021
Nice picks. Great notes. Entertaining
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From Johnnyo 06/14/2023 12:45 | #297597
Love this chart and the comments.
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From Moondance 10/15/2022 21:05 | #290512
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 RioBravo 07/14/2020 15:29 | #255562
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 gussteivi 11/14/2019 20:15 | #244826
Nice chart, the comments I enjoyed the most were the ones I didn't understand.
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Purplepash 07/05/2018 07:34 | #217788
Purplepash 07/05/2018 07:34 | #217788
Great comments that made me laugh quite a few times. Some great selections too!!
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LedZep 07/04/2018 20:19 | #217774
LedZep 07/04/2018 20:19 | #217774
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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| Best Artists of 1977 | |
|---|---|
| 1. Fleetwood Mac | |
| 2. David Bowie | |
| 3. Pink Floyd | |
| 4. Television | |
| 5. Sex Pistols | |
| 6. Steely Dan | |
| 7. Billy Joel | |
| 8. Bob Marley & The Wailers | |
| 9. Bob Marley | |
| 10. The Clash | |
| 11. Iggy Pop | |
| 12. Kraftwerk | |
| 13. Wire | |
| 14. Ramones | |
| 15. Elvis Costello | |
| 16. Electric Light Orchestra | |
| 17. Talking Heads | |
| 18. Suicide | |
| 19. Meat Loaf | |
| 20. Fela Kuti |
