Top 97 Greatest Music Albums
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giulius06 
The first six entries are my favourite albums and all should share the first position
- Chart updated: 05/27/2026 22:15
- (Created: 03/29/2012 22:25).
- Chart size: 97 albums.
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Top 97 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 4 | 4% | |
| 1970s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1980s | 5 | 5% | |
| 1990s | 20 | 21% | |
| 2000s | 21 | 22% | |
| 2010s | 28 | 29% | |
| 2020s | 11 | 11% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Björk | 5 | 5% | |
| Joanna Newsom | 4 | 4% | |
| Radiohead | 3 | 3% | |
| Laura Marling | 3 | 3% | |
| Nico | 3 | 3% | |
| Sufjan Stevens | 2 | 2% | |
| Arcade Fire | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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47 | 48% | |
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23 | 24% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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Top 97 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 1 from 6th to 7thVespertine by Björk |
| Down 1 from 7th to 8thNepenthe by Julianna Barwick |
| Down 1 from 8th to 9thBon Iver, Bon Iver by Bon Iver |
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Top 97 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 01/25/2025 14:15 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,089 | 85/100 | |
| 04/10/2024 11:57 |  ffudnebbuh | 653 | 91/100 | |
| 02/09/2022 19:43 | DJENNY | 4,336 | 100/100 | |
| 07/07/2019 09:04 |  bertrandu | 109 | 88/100 | |
| 06/15/2018 16:25 |  craola | 219 | 96/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 87.1/100, a mean average of 87.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.5/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 9.1.
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Genga009 05/09/2017 12:32 | #190541
Glad to see too many female artists, i expected to find Portishead and also Lisa Germano (two of my favourite 90s musicians)
Very unique and interesting chart! Can't wait to see what other choices you have!
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Kaiser 08/02/2016 12:11 | #172123
Glad to see Klaus Schulze in a chart.
Davy 08/02/2016 08:17 | #172114
Shoutout to great underrated female musicians - I like it :D
SuedeSwede 03/08/2014 12:33 | #105668
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sssvnnn 02/21/2014 09:42 | #103836
Very good Chart.
Good Music, great variety and enough to discover.
You have a lot in common with my "Strange Girls" Chart - I hope you like it as well.
Please expand your Chart to 100.
Antonio-Pedro 12/01/2013 18:25 | #95832
Nice albums great artists
can't fault for interesting-ness! Makes me think I should give Nico some more listens...
meruizh 10/02/2013 03:42 | #87392
So much diversity on your chart. You go from Bjork, to Mumford and Sons and finish with Lana del Rey. Great stuff
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