Top 80 Greatest Music Albums
by 
OldToad 
Not to be taken too literally, and still under construction. I'm only putting the 1955 - 1985 (the LP era) part of my collection on this site, so nothing outside that time frame is included. Alice Coltrane's 1978 album Transfiguration would be at #20, but it is not listed on this site.
- Chart updated: 05/08/2023 02:15
- (Created: 01/18/2019 06:39).
- Chart size: 80 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 01/18/2019]
Year of Release:
1974
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1,475
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[First added to this chart: 01/18/2019]
Year of Release:
1978
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688
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[First added to this chart: 01/18/2019]
Year of Release:
1967
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38,955
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[First added to this chart: 01/18/2019]
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1975
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3,087
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[First added to this chart: 01/18/2019]
[First added to this chart: 01/18/2019]
7. (=)
[First added to this chart: 01/18/2019]
[First added to this chart: 05/06/2023]
Year of Release:
1972
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3,159
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[First added to this chart: 12/13/2021]
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1980
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5,614
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[First added to this chart: 01/18/2019]
Total albums: 80. Page 1 of 8
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Top 80 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 3 | 4% | |
| 1960s | 26 | 33% | |
| 1970s | 41 | 51% | |
| 1980s | 10 | 13% | |
| 1990s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2000s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Herbie Hancock | 7 | 9% | |
| Stevie Wonder | 5 | 6% | |
| The Beatles | 4 | 5% | |
| John Coltrane | 3 | 4% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 4% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 4% | |
| Alice Coltrane | 2 | 3% | |
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Top 80 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 37th to 38thUntitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin |
| Down 1 from 38th to 39thThrust by Herbie Hancock |
| Down 1 from 39th to 40thSong For My Father (Cantiga Para Meu Pai) by Horace Silver Quintet |
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| 03/09/2025 11:52 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,091 | 85/100 | |
| 07/25/2019 06:42 | Johnnyo | 2,576 | 80/100 | |
| 07/01/2019 08:12 |  sssvnnn | 2,874 | 83/100 |
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very good, just too short.
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