Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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- Chart updated: 05/29/2026 16:15
- (Created: 01/08/2019 23:00).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 01/14/2019]
Year of Release:
1969
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54,694
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[First added to this chart: 01/14/2019]
Year of Release:
1997
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60,299
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[First added to this chart: 01/14/2019]
Year of Release:
1968
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Rank Score:
35,656
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[First added to this chart: 01/14/2019]
Year of Release:
2004
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Rank Score:
7,184
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[First added to this chart: 01/12/2019]
Year of Release:
2004
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Rank Score:
32,442
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[First added to this chart: 01/14/2019]
Year of Release:
1967
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41,047
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[First added to this chart: 01/14/2019]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
25,736
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[First added to this chart: 08/07/2019]
Year of Release:
1992
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Rank Score:
802
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[First added to this chart: 01/14/2019]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
22,219
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10. (=)
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[First added to this chart: 01/14/2019]
Year of Release:
1991
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36,380
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 12 | 12% | |
| 1970s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1980s | 22 | 22% | |
| 1990s | 23 | 23% | |
| 2000s | 26 | 26% | |
| 2010s | 5 | 5% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 1% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| The Beatles | 6 | 6% | |
| R.E.M. | 4 | 4% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 4% | |
| The Smiths | 3 | 3% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 3% | |
| Arcade Fire | 3 | 3% | |
| Beastie Boys | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 59 from 100th to 41stJuju by Siouxsie And The Banshees |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 41st to 42ndOnly By The Night by Kings Of Leon |
| Down 1 from 42nd to 43rdMonster by R.E.M. |
| Down 1 from 43rd to 44thLet It Bleed by The Rolling Stones |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 01/29/2025 12:49 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,087 | 85/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2020 21:42 |  Bach | 970 | 78/100 |
| ! | 06/08/2020 16:16 | Elauqsapid | 28 | 72/100 |
| ! | 04/28/2020 07:59 | TheSmiths82-87 | 1,828 | 83/100 |
| ! | 01/15/2020 23:52 |  buzzdainer | 664 | 90/100 |
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Lots of classic choices here that are pretty tough to argue with. It's always nice to see Doolittle getting the love it deserves; it still sometimes surprises me to see how many people like it, since it didn't seem to make much of an impression, at least on mainstream audiences, back in the eighties when it came out. If you'd asked me back in 1989 whether or not Doolittle would be widely regarded as a classic, I'd never have guessed it would be.
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