Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by RealSlimFatty

• Chart updated: 11/02/2020 20:15
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Pink Moon 

 Nick Drake

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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]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,502 charts

Rank Score:

20,139

Rank in 1972:

3

Rank in 1970s:

15

Overall Rank:

50

Average Rating:

 87 (1,805 votes)

Comments:

142

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Unknown Pleasures 

 Joy Division

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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]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

1,917 charts

Rank Score:

24,936

Rank in 1979:

3

Rank in 1970s:

9

Overall Rank:

38

Average Rating:

 87 (2,273 votes)

Comments:

189

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Marquee Moon 

 Television

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"I spoke to a man down at the tracks
And I asked him how he don't go mad
He said "Look here junior, don't you be so happy.
And for Heaven's sake, don't you be so sad."

Favorites: Marquee Moon // Venus // See No Evil [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,723 charts

Rank Score:

21,727

Rank in 1977:

3

Rank in 1970s:

14

Overall Rank:

47

Average Rating:

 86 (1,832 votes)

Comments:

144

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The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars 

 David Bowie

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"Pushing through the market square
So many mothers sighing
News had just come over
We had five years left to cry in"

Favorites: Starman // Five Years // Ziggy Stardust [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

2,934 charts

Rank Score:

50,120

Rank in 1972:

1

Rank in 1970s:

3

Overall Rank:

9

Average Rating:

 90 (3,446 votes)

Comments:

299

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The Dark Side Of The Moon 

 Pink Floyd

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"And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again"

Favorites: Breathe // Time // Brain Damage [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,043 charts

Rank Score:

71,191

Rank in 1973:

1

Rank in 1970s:

1

Overall Rank:

2

Average Rating:

 92 (5,203 votes)

Comments:

581

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Blood On The Tracks 

 Bob Dylan

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Favorites: Tangled Up In Blue // Shelter From The Storm // Idiot Wind [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,812 charts

Rank Score:

23,577

Rank in 1975:

2

Rank in 1970s:

11

Overall Rank:

41

Average Rating:

 87 (2,133 votes)

Comments:

165

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Sticky Fingers 

 The Rolling Stones

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Favorites: Sway // Moonlight Mile // Wild Horses [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,590 charts

Rank Score:

19,283

Rank in 1971:

5

Rank in 1970s:

19

Overall Rank:

57

Average Rating:

 86 (1,864 votes)

Comments:

134

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Wish You Were Here 

 Pink Floyd

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Favorites: Wish You Were Here // Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–V) // Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts (VI-IX) [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

2,913 charts

Rank Score:

50,779

Rank in 1975:

1

Rank in 1970s:

2

Overall Rank:

8

Average Rating:

 91 (3,945 votes)

Comments:

308

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After The Gold Rush 

 Neil Young

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Favorites: After The Gold Rush // Southern Man // Don't Let It Bring You Down [First added to this chart: 08/04/2018]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,520 charts

Rank Score:

16,269

Rank in 1970:

2

Rank in 1970s:

22

Overall Rank:

82

Average Rating:

 86 (1,739 votes)

Comments:

129

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Red 

 King Crimson

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Favorites: Fallen Angel // Starless // One More Red Nightmare [First added to this chart: 10/29/2018]

Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

838 charts

Rank Score:

10,412

Rank in 1974:

1

Rank in 1970s:

36

Overall Rank:

144

Average Rating:

 86 (1,053 votes)

Comments:

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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	%
Queens Of The Stone Age	5	5%
The Beatles	5	5%
Radiohead	4	4%
Bob Dylan	4	4%
Sufjan Stevens	3	3%
Neil Young	3	3%
Nick Drake	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	49	49%
	36	36%
	9	9%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 5 from 12th to 7th Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

Biggest fallers
Down 2 from 10th to 12th You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr.
Down 1 from 7th to 8th Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
Down 1 from 8th to 9th Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

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85/100	12/22/2020 21:37	mrmcrook	394	92/100
100/100	08/09/2020 22:44	Rhyner	1,382	99/100
90/100	08/09/2020 16:47	StefanR10	83	88/100
90/100	06/12/2020 19:02	MasterOfPuppets	175	91/100
100/100	04/26/2020 10:08	BraddlesHendo	491	91/100

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85/100

From mrmcrook 12/22/2020 21:38

5 QOTSA albums within the chart gets a thumbs up from me

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90/100

From StefanR10 08/09/2020 16:49

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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From buzzdainer 03/17/2020 17:14

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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100/100

From SoundVisions 03/03/2020 20:10

Perfect from Now On!!

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80/100

From Timooosterink 08/07/2019 13:10

I do not agree with everything, but I like it

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From jeffrey-hodgson 10/12/2018 13:13

We certainly have some disagreements, but in the aeroplane over the sea is pretty good.

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