Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by RealSlimFatty 
- Chart updated: 11/02/2020 20:15
- (Created: 08/04/2018 20:03).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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"And now we rise
And we are everywhere
And now we rise from the ground"
Favorites: Things Behind The Sun // Place To Be // From The Morning [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]
And we are everywhere
And now we rise from the ground"
Favorites: Things Behind The Sun // Place To Be // From The Morning [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]
Year of Release:
1972
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17,171
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"When we break, we'll wait for our miracle
God is a place you will wait for the rest of your life"
Favorites: Two-Headed Boy Pt. 1 // Oh Comely // In The Aeroplane Over The Sea [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]
God is a place you will wait for the rest of your life"
Favorites: Two-Headed Boy Pt. 1 // Oh Comely // In The Aeroplane Over The Sea [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]
Year of Release:
1998
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31,381
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"You better just enjoy the luxury of sympathy
If that's a luxury you have"
Favorites: Velvet Waltz // I Would Hurt a Fly // Randy Described Eternity [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]
If that's a luxury you have"
Favorites: Velvet Waltz // I Would Hurt a Fly // Randy Described Eternity [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]
Year of Release:
1997
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5,972
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"But I'm sick of spending these lonely nights
Training myself not to care"
Favorites: Obstacle 1 // Say Hello To The Angels // Untitled [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]
Training myself not to care"
Favorites: Obstacle 1 // Say Hello To The Angels // Untitled [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]
Year of Release:
2002
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12,991
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"And I guess that I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know"
Favorites: Heroin // Venus in Furs // Sunday Morning [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]
And I guess that I just don't know"
Favorites: Heroin // Venus in Furs // Sunday Morning [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]
Year of Release:
1967
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38,640
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"In an interstellar burst
I am back to save the universe"
Favorites: Airbag // Let Down // Paranoid Android [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]
I am back to save the universe"
Favorites: Airbag // Let Down // Paranoid Android [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]
Year of Release:
1997
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62,041
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"And in comes Romeo, he's moaning
"You belong to me, I believe"
And someone says, "You're in the wrong place, my friend
You'd better leave"
Favorites: Like A Rolling Stone // Desolation Row // Ballad Of A Thin Man [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]
"You belong to me, I believe"
And someone says, "You're in the wrong place, my friend
You'd better leave"
Favorites: Like A Rolling Stone // Desolation Row // Ballad Of A Thin Man [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]
Year of Release:
1965
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26,399
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"When I look at you
Oh, but I don't know what's real"
Favorites: Only Shallow // When You Sleep // Sometimes [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]
Oh, but I don't know what's real"
Favorites: Only Shallow // When You Sleep // Sometimes [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]
Year of Release:
1991
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27,761
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"Directionless so plain to see
A loaded gun won't set you free
So you say"
Favorites: Disorder // She's Lost Control // Shadowplay [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]
A loaded gun won't set you free
So you say"
Favorites: Disorder // She's Lost Control // Shadowplay [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]
Year of Release:
1979
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21,130
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"So drunk in the August sun and you're the kind of girl I like
Because you're empty and I'm empty and
you can never quarantine the past"
Favorites: Silence Kid // Gold Soundz // Range Life [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]
Because you're empty and I'm empty and
you can never quarantine the past"
Favorites: Silence Kid // Gold Soundz // Range Life [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]
Year of Release:
1994
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8,439
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1970s | 20 | 20% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1990s | 21 | 21% | |
| 2000s | 20 | 20% | |
| 2010s | 9 | 9% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Queens Of The Stone Age | 5 | 5% | |
| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 4% | |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 4% | |
| Neil Young | 3 | 3% | |
| Nick Drake | 3 | 3% | |
| Built To Spill | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 5 from 12th to 7thHighway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 10th to 12thYou're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur |
| Down 1 from 7th to 8thLoveless by My Bloody Valentine |
| Down 1 from 8th to 9thUnknown Pleasures by Joy Division |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 12/22/2020 21:37 | mrmcrook | 799 | 93/100 | |
| 08/09/2020 22:44 |  Rhyner | 1,452 | 99/100 | |
| 08/09/2020 16:47 |  StefanR10 | 82 | 88/100 | |
| 06/12/2020 19:02 | MasterOfPuppets | 174 | 91/100 | |
| 04/26/2020 10:08 | BraddlesHendo | 496 | 91/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 6% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 88.5/100, a mean average of 90.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.0/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 9.3.
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From mrmcrook 12/22/2020 21:38 | #263086
5 QOTSA albums within the chart gets a thumbs up from me
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From StefanR10 08/09/2020 16:49 | #256856
StefanR10 08/09/2020 16:49 | #256856
Very good collected there are one or two artists I don’t know before but I can agree with you good albums so 90 points.
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buzzdainer 03/17/2020 17:14 | #248819
buzzdainer 03/17/2020 17:14 | #248819
Excellent chart! I'm glad to see we agree on the greatness of Doolittle. Back when that one first came out, I'd never have predicted it would be so widely regarded as a classic, given how strange and quirky it is. Glad to see critical consensus around that very fine album.
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From SoundVisions 03/03/2020 20:10 | #248458
Perfect from Now On!!
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From Timooosterink 08/07/2019 13:10 | #240890
I do not agree with everything, but I like it
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From jeffrey-hodgson 10/12/2018 13:13 | #222409
We certainly have some disagreements, but in the aeroplane over the sea is pretty good.
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