Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
by cellosigh 
40 greatest albums of all time. I have tried to be genre-nonspecific... a lot of the charts on this site seem rather 'rockist' and I have attempted to avoid that. Criteria is roughly 70% the record's influence (or assumed future influence if it's a recent album) and 30% my personal enjoyment of the record. A couple of passion picks in here, i.e. Flower Boy and Songs About Jane.
- Chart updated: 12/01/2018 22:15
- (Created: 12/01/2018 21:32).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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Simply the greatest record of all time. Supremely important for subsequent hip hop, R&B and pop. We can hear the influence of Ms. Hill's musical phrasing in pretty much any popular genre currently. We can hear the influence of the production in pretty much all pop/hip hop production as well. Just a fantastic record and one that still sounds totally fresh.
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1998
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5,957
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IMO Dylan's best album. Best lyrically and with some of his strongest tunes.
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1965
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11,338
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Mammoth album. Hugely influential.
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1986
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32,049
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1966
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47,362
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Kanye's most influential album. Practically started the emo-hop wave of the 2010s. The songwriting on this record is surprisingly plaintive and subdued.
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2008
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2,754
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1966
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36,888
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1959
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21,035
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My personal favorite record of all time. It remains to be seen how truly influential this record will be, but we can already see Frank's influence on the modern pop/hip hop sphere. The tempo has slowed, the emotions are more apparent, the production has stripped down... and the number of artists of all genres that cite Frank and specifically this album is huge.
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2012
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8,405
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1967
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10. (9) 1
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2001
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27,304
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Total albums: 40. Page 1 of 4
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 3 | 8% | |
| 1960s | 7 | 18% | |
| 1970s | 4 | 10% | |
| 1980s | 3 | 8% | |
| 1990s | 7 | 18% | |
| 2000s | 12 | 30% | |
| 2010s | 4 | 10% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Bob Dylan | 2 | 5% | |
| Kanye West | 2 | 5% | |
| Elliott Smith | 1 | 3% | |
| Nas | 1 | 3% | |
| Frank Sinatra | 1 | 3% | |
| Lauryn Hill | 1 | 3% | |
| Tame Impala | 1 | 3% | |
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29 | 73% | |
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5 | 13% | |
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1 | 3% | |
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1 | 3% | |
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 38 from 39th to 1stThe Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill |
| Up 22 from 38th to 16thMy Aim Is True by Elvis Costello |
| Up 19 from 33rd to 14thThe Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 7 from 1st to 8thChannel Orange by Frank Ocean |
| Down 7 from 23rd to 30thFuneral by Arcade Fire |
| Down 7 from 26th to 33rdChet Baker Sings by Chet Baker |
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