Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by NextWaveMusicMedia 
- Chart updated: 04/14/2025 15:45
- (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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60,834
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[First added to this chart: 01/14/2019]
Year of Release:
1997
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68,296
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[First added to this chart: 01/14/2019]
Year of Release:
1968
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39,673
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[First added to this chart: 01/14/2019]
Year of Release:
2004
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7,744
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[First added to this chart: 01/12/2019]
Year of Release:
2004
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36,984
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[First added to this chart: 01/14/2019]
Year of Release:
1967
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46,377
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[First added to this chart: 01/14/2019]
Year of Release:
1989
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27,257
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[First added to this chart: 08/07/2019]
Year of Release:
1992
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Rank Score:
849
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[First added to this chart: 01/14/2019]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
24,037
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[First added to this chart: 01/14/2019]
Year of Release:
1991
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39,909
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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 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1970s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1980s | 22 | 22% | |
| 1990s | 22 | 22% | |
| 2000s | 26 | 26% | |
| 2010s | 5 | 5% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 1% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 6 | 6% | |
| R.E.M. | 5 | 5% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 4% | |
| The Smiths | 3 | 3% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 3% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 3% | |
| Arcade Fire | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 80th to 81st Hunky Dory by David Bowie |
| Down 1 from 81st to 82nd Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths |
| Down 1 from 82nd to 83rd The Bends by Radiohead |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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 85/100  | 01/29/2025 12:49 | SomethingSpecial | | 85/100 |
| 85/100 | 11/15/2020 21:42 |  Bach | | 78/100 |
| 5/100 | 06/08/2020 16:16 | Elauqsapid | | 71/100 |
| 90/100 | 04/28/2020 07:59 | TheSmiths82-87 | | 83/100 |
| 100/100 | 01/15/2020 23:52 |  buzzdainer | | 90/100 |
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From buzzdainer 01/15/2020 23:55
buzzdainer 01/15/2020 23:55
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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