Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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lightmyway 
- Chart updated: 04/24/2012 14:40
- (Created: 04/17/2012 03:32).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1991
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11,333
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1995
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14,358
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1995
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5,211
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1994
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6,955
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2004
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9,155
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1994
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8,648
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1991
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7,960
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1992
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18,534
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1994
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2,749
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1995
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16,829
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 5 | 5% | |
| 1980s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1990s | 50 | 50% | |
| 2000s | 26 | 26% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| U2 | 7 | 7% | |
| R.E.M. | 4 | 4% | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | 4 | 4% | |
| Pearl Jam | 3 | 3% | |
| Nirvana | 3 | 3% | |
| AC/DC | 2 | 2% | |
| Foo Fighters | 2 | 2% | |
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| ! | 04/17/2025 15:55 | DrewHamster | 314 | 79/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2025 14:49 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,089 | 86/100 |
| ! | 05/07/2021 00:15 |  zwiebel | 190 | 86/100 |
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iii25 11/18/2012 17:43 | #55399
some great albums......lots of stuff that would make worst ever list 50/50
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btener11 03/16/2013 22:50 | #68592
btener11 03/16/2013 22:50 | #68592
I was born in '83, so this chart, with selections like Smash and Sixteen Stone, should appeal to me, but it feels too narrowly focused (not one album from the 60's?).
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JulianR TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/09/2017 00:06 | #195768
JulianR TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/09/2017 00:06 | #195768
how could someone with so many points on this site have such boring taste?
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RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/17/2016 04:00 | #163967
RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/17/2016 04:00 | #163967
21 albums in common... but I just can't take Oasis seriously. If you took like 10 albums off of this, then it basically would be a chart I'd create myself... 90% of it is very good. Not that we need to have the same tastes, just saying it's very similar to mine (minus like 10 albums).
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LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/04/2017 22:29 | #192028
LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/04/2017 22:29 | #192028
Love the grunge choices, not so keen on Green Day (I did love them when I was a young teenager :) ) and some others but a great list! Mellon Collie and Pearl jam albums deserve positive response.
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