Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by Lourenco

This is a rock music chart only. The criteria applied is: originality and aesthetic excellence. An album is a work of art, just like a poem or a painting. These are, in my strong opinion, a hundred that coined unique styles, new ways of musical technicalities, and emotional sensibilities. I believe that it can be reached a kind of objectivity when we're dealing with art only when we communicate with a lot of art in a critical mindset. That is, the more you hear; the more you know; the better you judge. If there's a tendency to favor a musical genre more than another (say, post-rock more than pop rock) then it's because I think it's a genre that has better art to offer, until now.

I tried to put only one album per artist/band so that people can know more bands (most of these artists/bands have wonderful albums besides the ones I put here).

Tons of omissions that annoy me. In the future I'll narrow the subject (best ever albums being the widest) and make more precise lists.
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[First added to this chart: 01/08/2019]
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1969
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6,218
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[First added to this chart: 01/08/2019]
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1970
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1,631
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1991
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28,612
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Top rated album (86/100 - 2481 votes)  86 (2,481 votes)
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1967
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39,878
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Top rated album (89/100 - 3550 votes)  89 (3,550 votes)
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[First added to this chart: 01/08/2019]
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1991
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12,183
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6. (=)
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1972
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1,988
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[First added to this chart: 01/08/2019]
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1967
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9,009
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[First added to this chart: 01/08/2019]
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1991
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1,815
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1997
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283
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1984
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4,750
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 13 13%
1970s 23 23%
1980s 20 20%
1990s 33 33%
2000s 5 5%
2010s 6 6%
2020s 0 0%
Artist Albums %


John Fahey 2 2%
Bob Dylan 2 2%
My Bloody Valentine 2 2%
Can 2 2%
Royal Trux 2 2%
Slint 2 2%
Van Morrison 2 2%
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Country Albums %


United States 59 59%
United Kingdom 17 17%
Germany 8 8%
Mixed Nationality 6 6%
Japan 2 2%
Canada 2 2%
New Zealand 1 1%
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From 08/23/2020 11:21 | #257342
Quite possibly my favorite rock chart on BEA. Just beautiful.

WL/WH deserves a better place though. Just saying.
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