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.
- Chart updated: 01/08/2019 15:15
- (Created: 01/06/2019 23:30).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
There are 2 comments for this chart from BestEverAlbums.com members and Top 100 Greatest Music Albums has an average rating of 90 out of 100 (from 5 votes). Please log in or register to leave a comment or assign a rating.
View the complete list of 57,000 charts on BestEverAlbums.com from The Charts page.
This chart is currently filtered to only show albums from the 1980s. (Remove this filter)
Buy album 
- #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 01/08/2019]
Year of Release:
1984
Appears in:
Rank Score:
4,739
Rank in 1984:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
20. (=)
Safe Mode: On Certain images on this site may contain sensitive content and are flagged as 'unsafe'. BestEverAlbums.com does not display these images by default, but you may choose to show or hide these images from your profile page. If you choose to hide these images, you'll see an image with a warning message instead of the actual image. If you choose to show them, you'll see these images no differently than regular (safe) images.
Buy album
- #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 01/08/2019]
Year of Release:
1988
Appears in:
Rank Score:
12,004
Rank in 1988:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 01/08/2019]
Year of Release:
1984
Appears in:
Rank Score:
4,170
Rank in 1984:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 01/08/2019]
Year of Release:
1988
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,687
Rank in 1988:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 01/08/2019]
Year of Release:
1984
Appears in:
Rank Score:
7,473
Rank in 1984:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 01/08/2019]
Year of Release:
1988
Appears in:
Rank Score:
932
Rank in 1988:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 01/08/2019]
Year of Release:
1983
Appears in:
Rank Score:
660
Rank in 1983:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 01/08/2019]
Buy album
- #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 01/08/2019]
Buy album
- #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 01/08/2019]
Total albums: 20. Page 1 of 2
Don't agree with this chart? Create your own from the My Charts page!
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 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||
| Slint | 2 | 2% | |
| Van Morrison | 2 | 2% | |
| The Replacements | 2 | 2% | |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 2% | |
| Klaus Schulze | 2 | 2% | |
| John Fahey | 2 | 2% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 2% | |
| Show all | |||
| Country | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||
| |
59 | 59% | |
 |
17 | 17% | |
 |
8 | 8% | |
 |
6 | 6% | |
 |
2 | 2% | |
 |
2 | 2% | |
 |
1 | 1% | |
| Show all | |||
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
There have been no changes to this chart.Top 100 Greatest Music Albums similar charts
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums |  paologabriel | Overall chart | 2025 |  |
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums |  The Gollux | Overall chart | 2024 | |
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums |  AfterHours | Overall chart | 2025 |  |
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums |  melisandre | Overall chart | 2025 | |
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | boyd94 | Overall chart | 2025 | |
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums |  Kalos | Overall chart | 2020 | |
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums |  Arthurknight | Overall chart | 2025 |  |
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | MoneyBeGreen | Overall chart | 2024 |  |
| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums |  kadupheming | Overall chart | 2019 |  |
| Punk Revolution Now! Top 100 |  DommeDamian | Custom chart | 2025 |  |
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums similarity to your chart(s)
Not a member? Registering is quick, easy and FREE!
Why register?
- Join a passionate community of over 50,000 music fans.
- Create & share your own charts.
- Have your say in the overall rankings.
- Post comments in the forums and vote on polls.
- Comment on or rate any album, artist, track or chart.
- Discover new music & improve your music collection.
- Customise the overall chart using a variety of different filters & metrics.
- Create a wishlist of albums.
- Help maintain the BEA database.
- Earn member points and gain access to increasing levels of functionality!
- ... And lots more!
Register now - it only takes a moment!
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
N.B. The average rating for this chart will not be reliable as it has been rated very few times.
Showing all 5 ratings for this chart.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/01/2024 09:35 | Arthurknight | 382 | 89/100 |
| ! | 08/23/2020 11:05 |  Amirkhosro | 99 | 92/100 |
| ! | 07/14/2020 04:31 | RioBravo | 201 | 84/100 |
| ! | 03/06/2020 21:33 |  PinkZeppelin | 23 | 96/100 |
| ! | 07/10/2019 09:38 |  sssvnnn | 2,865 | 83/100 |
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums favourites
Showing all 1 members who have added this chart as a favourite
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums comments
Showing all 2 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First |
Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)
From Amirkhosro 08/23/2020 11:21 | #257342
Amirkhosro 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.
Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
From RioBravo 07/14/2020 04:31 | #255542
Excelente!
Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Your feedback for Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
Let us know what you think of this chart by adding a comment or assigning a rating below!
If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.
