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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Year of Release:
1959
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22,415
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Year of Release:
1955
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4,562
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Year of Release:
1954
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2,621
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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% | |
| Frank Sinatra | 1 | 3% | |
| Lauryn Hill | 1 | 3% | |
| Tame Impala | 1 | 3% | |
| Stevie Wonder | 1 | 3% | |
| Ryan Adams | 1 | 3% | |
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29 | 73% | |
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5 | 13% | |
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 38 from 39th to 1st The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill |
| Up 22 from 38th to 16th My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello |
| Up 19 from 33rd to 14th The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 7 from 1st to 8th Channel Orange by Frank Ocean |
| Down 7 from 23rd to 30th Funeral by Arcade Fire |
| Down 7 from 26th to 33rd Chet Baker Sings by Chet Baker |
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