Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by svk4ever 
- Chart updated: 02/23/2026 19:15
- (Created: 02/09/2019 21:22).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]
[First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]
[First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
1,855
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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]
[First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]
[First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]
Year of Release:
1983
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Rank Score:
1,503
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[First added to this chart: 11/22/2020]
Year of Release:
1987
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Rank Score:
851
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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]
[First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]
[First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]
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 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1980s | 42 | 42% | |
| 1990s | 26 | 26% | |
| 2000s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 10 | 10% | |
| 2020s | 2 | 2% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Runrig | 6 | 6% | |
| Dream Theater | 6 | 6% | |
| Marillion | 4 | 4% | |
| Iron Maiden | 3 | 3% | |
| Fish | 3 | 3% | |
| Amorphis | 3 | 3% | |
| Gary Moore | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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35 | 35% | |
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28 | 28% | |
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17 | 17% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 1 from 100th to 99thOne Way Home by The Hooters |
| Up 1 from 99th to 98thSushi by Fish |
| Up 1 from 98th to 97thFugazi by Marillion |
| New entries |
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| Live "Under A Blood Red Sky" by U2 |
| Leavers |
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| Long Cold Winter by Cinderella |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 02/09/2025 10:20 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,094 | 85/100 | |
| 10/27/2023 21:53 | mrmcrook | 792 | 93/100 | |
| 11/26/2022 16:58 | Johnnyo | 2,576 | 80/100 | |
| 10/26/2022 05:07 | Moondance | 476 | 85/100 | |
| 02/03/2022 22:59 | DJENNY | 4,338 | 100/100 |
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From mrmcrook 10/27/2023 21:55 | #299673
Great chart. Oozes individualism. Love the obscurity of a lot of the albums and bands.
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From Johnnyo 11/26/2022 16:57 | #291577
Nice chart. Not necessarily to my taste but that’s fine. Personal chart as it should be
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From Moondance 10/26/2022 05:11 | #290808
Amongst all this heavy music I was most interested to see Living in OZ by Rick Springfield. BTW - we have no albums in common, but that is perfectly OK. I respect your choices.
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Goliath 09/28/2021 09:14 | #274309
Goliath 09/28/2021 09:14 | #274309
Interesting to see a chart with Tyr as the best Black Sabbath album. Only two albums in common, many of these albums I've never heard of. Missing albums from the 60's and 70's.
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