Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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NickGordons 
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums of All Time (For Me).
Making this list with love of music, mix my favorite albums with legendary classic
Update: Add Russian Albums (My favorite).
- Chart updated: 05/18/2019 16:45
- (Created: 09/01/2018 13:51).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Main tracks: Breathe, Time, Money, Us and Them, Eclipse
[First added to this chart: 09/01/2018]
Year of Release:
1973
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55,901
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Main tracks: Paranoid Android, Let Down, Karma Police, No Surprises, Climbing up the Walls
[First added to this chart: 09/01/2018]
Year of Release:
1997
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59,093
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Main tracks: Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Welcome to the Machine, Wish You Were Here
[First added to this chart: 09/01/2018]
Year of Release:
1975
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41,552
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Main tracks: Death on Two Legs, 39', Love of My Life, The Prophet's Song, Bohemian Rhapsody
[First added to this chart: 09/01/2018]
Year of Release:
1975
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11,359
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Main tracks: 21st Century Schizoid Man, Epitaph, The Court of the Crimson King
[First added to this chart: 09/01/2018]
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1969
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26,336
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6. (=)
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Main tracks: Smells Like Teen Spirit, In Bloom, Lithium, Come as You Are, Something in the Way
[First added to this chart: 09/01/2018]
Year of Release:
1991
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35,805
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Main tracks: Everything in its Right Place, Optimistic, Idioteque, Motion Picture Soundtrack
[First added to this chart: 09/01/2018]
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2000
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38,534
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Main Tracks: War Pigs, Paranoid, Iron Man, Hand of Doom
[First added to this chart: 09/01/2018]
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1970
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18,110
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Main tracks: Goodbye Blue Sky, Another Brick In The Wall, Hey You, Comfortably Numb, The Trial
[First added to this chart: 09/01/2018]
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1979
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23,365
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Main tracks: Father to Son, Ogre Battle, March Of the Black Queen, Seven Seas Of Rhye
[First added to this chart: 09/01/2018]
Year of Release:
1974
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2,300
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1970s | 27 | 27% | |
| 1980s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1990s | 26 | 26% | |
| 2000s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 2 | 2% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Pink Floyd | 6 | 6% | |
| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 4% | |
| Queen | 4 | 4% | |
| Гражданская Оборона [Grazhdanskaya Oborona] | 3 | 3% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 3% | |
| Muse | 3 | 3% | |
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| ! | 05/07/2020 06:17 | iannicolson | 307 | 90/100 |
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BestEverAlbums 05/06/2020 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3118): By NickGordons
BestEverAlbums 05/06/2020 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3118): By NickGordons“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by NickGordons () 1. The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd (1973) 2. OK Computer by Radiohead (1997) 3. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd (1975) 4. A Night At The Opera by Queen (1975) 5. In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson (1969)…”
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BestEverAlbums 11/23/2018 09:00 in Chart of the day (#2588): By NickGordons“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by NickGordons () 1. The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd (1973) 2. OK Computer by Radiohead (1997) 3. A Night At The Opera by Queen (1975) 4. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd (1975) 5. Nevermind by Nirvana (1991) 6. In The Court Of The…”
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DommeDamian 11/04/2018 14:06 | #223829
DommeDamian 11/04/2018 14:06 | #223829
Pink Floyd, Beatles, Radiohead, Queen, and Nirvana all in the top 10 ?!?!!?? And props for MJ.
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RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/02/2018 21:16 | #220424
RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/02/2018 21:16 | #220424
Great "classics" collection! Also looking forward to hearing Kino. Keep it up!
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BraddlesHendo 11/23/2018 09:47 | #225537
This is awesome good seeing Queen getting lots of love
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ForegroundNoise 11/23/2018 10:00 | #225538
ForegroundNoise 11/23/2018 10:00 | #225538
Lots of classics! Will listen to your Russian recommendations
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Luigii TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/02/2018 01:05 | #220377
It's a cool list with essential albums. Hell Love Kid A and In Rainbows. But to me feels a bit eh. Maybe in the future this list will show Russian albums as well as maybe other genres of music that got ignored. But that's just me.
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