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: Born In The USA, Glory Days, Dancing In The Dark
[First added to this chart: 09/26/2018]
Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
7,861
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Top three tracks: Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Bullet The Blue Sky
[First added to this chart: 09/26/2018]
Year of Release:
1987
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Rank Score:
18,327
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Top three tracks: Harborcoat, So. Central Rain, Don't Go Back To Rockville
[First added to this chart: 09/26/2018]
Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
3,242
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Top three tracks: So Far Away, Money For Nothing, Walk Of Life
[First added to this chart: 09/26/2018]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
7,120
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Top three tracks: Cemetary Gates, Bigmouth Strikes Again, There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
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Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
33,864
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Top three tracks: Radio Free Europe, Laughing, Talk About The Passion
[First added to this chart: 09/26/2018]
Year of Release:
1983
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Rank Score:
10,036
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Top three tracks: Wanna Be Startin' Something, Beat It, Billie Jean
[First added to this chart: 11/08/2018]
Year of Release:
1982
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Rank Score:
16,167
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Top three tracks: I Wanna Be Adored, Waterfall, Made Of Stone
[First added to this chart: 11/08/2018]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
23,023
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Top three tracks: Hell's Bells, Shoot To Thrill, You Shook Me All Night Long
[First added to this chart: 09/26/2018]
Year of Release:
1980
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10,028
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Top three tracks: Debaser, Wave Of Mutilation, Here Comes Your Man
[First added to this chart: 11/08/2018]
Year of Release:
1989
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31,571
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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% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 4 | 4% | |
| Frank Turner | 4 | 4% | |
| Manic Street Preachers | 4 | 4% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| 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 |
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| 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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| Best Ever Artists | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. Radiohead | |
| 3. Pink Floyd | |
| 4. David Bowie | |
| 5. Bob Dylan | |
| 6. Led Zeppelin | |
| 7. The Rolling Stones | |
| 8. Arcade Fire | |
| 9. Nirvana | |
| 10. Neil Young | |
| 11. The Velvet Underground | |
| 12. Kendrick Lamar | |
| 13. Miles Davis | |
| 14. The Smiths | |
| 15. The Beach Boys | |
| 16. R.E.M. | |
| 17. Kanye West | |
| 18. Pixies | |
| 19. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 20. Jimi Hendrix |
