Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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- Chart updated: 05/16/2019 19:15
- (Created: 09/26/2018 16:40).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top three tracks: Come Together, Something, I Want You (She's So Heavy)
[First added to this chart: 09/26/2018]
Year of Release:
1969
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Rank Score:
56,654
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Top three tracks: Thunder Road, Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out, Born To Run
[First added to this chart: 09/26/2018]
Year of Release:
1975
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Rank Score:
15,228
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Top three tracks: Paranoid Android, Karma Police, Lucky
[First added to this chart: 09/26/2018]
Year of Release:
1997
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Rank Score:
62,903
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Top three tracks: Spanish Bombs, Lost In The Supermarket, Death Or Glory
[First added to this chart: 09/26/2018]
Year of Release:
1979
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30,384
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Top three tracks: With A Little Help From My Friends, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, A Day In The Life
[First added to this chart: 09/26/2018]
Year of Release:
1967
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Rank Score:
42,769
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Top three tracks: Drive My Car, Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), Nowhere Man
[First added to this chart: 09/26/2018]
Year of Release:
1965
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Rank Score:
26,353
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Top three tracks: I Can't Sleep, There She Goes, Clean Prophet
[First added to this chart: 09/26/2018]
Year of Release:
1990
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Rank Score:
2,536
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Top three tracks: Never Going Back Again, Don’t Stop, The Chain
[First added to this chart: 11/14/2018]
Year of Release:
1977
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30,669
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Top three tracks: The Promised Land, Prove It All Night, Darkness On The Edge Of Town
[First added to this chart: 09/26/2018]
Year of Release:
1978
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7,175
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Top three tracks: Five Years, Moonage Daydream, Starman
[First added to this chart: 09/26/2018]
Year of Release:
1972
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42,642
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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 | 20 | 20% | |
| 1980s | 15 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 23 | 23% | |
| 2000s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2010s | 16 | 16% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| The Beatles | 9 | 9% | |
| David Bowie | 7 | 7% | |
| R.E.M. | 6 | 6% | |
| Radiohead | 5 | 5% | |
| Manic Street Preachers | 4 | 4% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 4 | 4% | |
| Frank Turner | 4 | 4% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 14 from 53rd to 39thTape Deck Heart by Frank Turner |
| Up 5 from 68th to 63rdEngland Keep My Bones by Frank Turner |
| Up 4 from 56th to 52ndLove Ire & Song by Frank Turner |
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 6 from 28th to 34thLow by David Bowie |
| Down 5 from 59th to 64thAfter The Gold Rush by Neil Young |
| Down 3 from 52nd to 55thGeneration Terrorists by Manic Street Preachers |
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