Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by StreakyNuno 
- Chart updated: 11/21/2025 20:15
- (Created: 01/18/2019 21:11).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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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 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1970s | 31 | 31% | |
| 1980s | 24 | 24% | |
| 1990s | 9 | 9% | |
| 2000s | 14 | 14% | |
| 2010s | 8 | 8% | |
| 2020s | 5 | 5% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Pink Floyd | 7 | 7% | |
| Genesis | 3 | 3% | |
| Mike Oldfield | 2 | 2% | |
| Marillion | 2 | 2% | |
| Michael Jackson | 2 | 2% | |
| Nightwish | 2 | 2% | |
| The Cure | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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51 | 51% | |
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29 | 29% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 41st to 42ndBack To Black by Amy Winehouse |
| Down 1 from 42nd to 43rdOxygène by Jean Michel Jarre |
| Down 1 from 43rd to 44thVan Halen by Van Halen |
| New entries |
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| Let It Be by The Replacements |
| Leavers |
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| Rust In Peace by Megadeth |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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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).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 09/04/2025 00:32 | stareaterogni0n | 3 | 27/100 |
| ! | 01/27/2025 14:35 | DrewHamster | 317 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2025 14:16 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2025 22:09 | ThuramThugood | 106 | 90/100 |
| ! | 11/06/2024 03:24 | matterhornrider | 97 | 93/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 85.9/100, a mean average of 84.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.9/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 15.5.
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Nice chart; diverse with so many of my favorites and some interesting surprises.
AlvaroIesus 07/25/2024 03:12 | #304537
Bro, sorry if my rating upset you. I was rating you nicely, but hey, I get it if you found it low; those are your favorites. Peace.
Nice coverage across the decades with a good smattering of artist/albums across the nations too.
Good to see New Gold Dream crack your top 100.
Excellent chart
ExTeaSea 08/23/2022 01:38 | #288852
I love how all over the place this is! Heck you even have Enya, she's underrated. Cool seeing Jon & Vangelis, what a unique pick. Found you through Röyksopp Profound Mysteries 2 album. Also underrated.
C_Krug2009 08/10/2022 15:46 | #288346
Placebo is sick, Meds is too dark for me but a superb album. Battle for the Sun is an album you should check out.
i was reading comments from buzzdainer and other comments you wrote on other lsits so ic ame here , good time jajaja
your list is good for me 90/100
Larcx13 05/04/2022 08:51 | #284930
Yeah... Pink Floyd is pretty great eh. I'm amending my original comment. Good list.
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