Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by bkogz

I've been following this site for years and decided it was finally time to join and create my own list. These are the albums I find myself listening to the most. 1 album per artist.

• Chart updated: 02/08/2021 04:45
• (Created: 02/17/2019 03:47).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Pink Moon 

 Nick Drake

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Best album I never knew existed until this site.

Pink Moon
Things Behind the Sun
Place to Be [First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,540 charts

Rank Score:

18,801

Rank in 1972:

3

Rank in 1970s:

17

Overall Rank:

54

Average Rating:

 86 (1,834 votes)

Comments:

144

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Blood On The Tracks 

 Bob Dylan

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One of my favorite artists and this is my favorite album.

Tangled Up in Blue
Idiot Wind
Shelter from the Storm [First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,854 charts

Rank Score:

22,181

Rank in 1975:

2

Rank in 1970s:

11

Overall Rank:

41

Average Rating:

 87 (2,181 votes)

Comments:

167

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Wish You Were Here 

 Pink Floyd

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I enjoy almost every album they made.

Wish You Were Here
Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Pts I-V [First added to this chart: 02/21/2019]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

2,974 charts

Rank Score:

46,683

Rank in 1975:

1

Rank in 1970s:

2

Overall Rank:

6

Average Rating:

 91 (4,025 votes)

Comments:

310

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3rd 

 Big Star

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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]

Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

364 charts

Rank Score:

2,429

Rank in 1978:

13

Rank in 1970s:

162

Overall Rank:

729

Average Rating:

 80 (436 votes)

Comments:

32

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The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars 

 David Bowie

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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

2,992 charts

Rank Score:

46,512

Rank in 1972:

1

Rank in 1970s:

3

Overall Rank:

7

Average Rating:

 90 (3,515 votes)

Comments:

301

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John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band 

 John Lennon

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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,108 charts

Rank Score:

9,842

Rank in 1970:

5

Rank in 1970s:

37

Overall Rank:

147

Average Rating:

 83 (1,413 votes)

Comments:

128

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On The Beach 

 Neil Young

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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]

Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

821 charts

Rank Score:

7,766

Rank in 1974:

2

Rank in 1970s:

50

Overall Rank:

206

Average Rating:

 84 (976 votes)

Comments:

62

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Unknown Pleasures 

 Joy Division

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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

1,963 charts

Rank Score:

23,068

Rank in 1979:

3

Rank in 1970s:

9

Overall Rank:

38

Average Rating:

 86 (2,315 votes)

Comments:

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Tusk 

 Fleetwood Mac

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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

426 charts

Rank Score:

2,680

Rank in 1979:

10

Rank in 1970s:

151

Overall Rank:

656

Average Rating:

 77 (590 votes)

Comments:

40

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London Calling 

 The Clash

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[First added to this chart: 02/20/2019]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

2,808 charts

Rank Score:

33,013

Rank in 1979:

1

Rank in 1970s:

5

Overall Rank:

20

Average Rating:

 87 (3,137 votes)

Comments:

257

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	6	6%
1970s	17	17%
1980s	5	5%
1990s	24	24%
2000s	27	27%
2010s	21	21%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Pink Floyd	1	1%
Pixies	1	1%
The Shins	1	1%
Nirvana	1	1%
Stone Temple Pilots	1	1%
The Who	1	1%
Amy Winehouse	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	70	70%
	18	18%
	7	7%
	4	4%
	1	1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

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Down 2 from 88th to 90th Trace by Son Volt
Down 1 from 84th to 85th Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? by The Unicorns
Down 1 from 85th to 86th The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

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The '59 Sound by The Gaslight Anthem

Leavers
Wakin On A Pretty Daze by Kurt Vile

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100/100	01/15/2025 17:34	Exist-en-ciel	125	99/100
90/100	02/17/2021 19:52	sweetness	75	84/100
100/100	10/20/2020 18:20	kynes	25	94/100
100/100	05/03/2020 06:27	DJENNY	4,367	100/100
90/100	04/14/2019 10:48	Purplepash	1,544	88/100

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From Keezartn 10/19/2021 08:52

Great chart man, lots of similar picks.

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From kynes 10/20/2020 18:20

I like this chart a lot- it feels very honest and unperformed. Great work.

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From pctrooper 11/01/2019 03:01

Hey man good stuff. Pretty standard but all nice picks.

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90/100

From ExTeaSea 04/07/2019 17:42

Nice seeing Soul Coughing and Unicorns getting some love! Great chart.

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100/100

From ffudnebbuh 02/22/2019 14:07

Nice chart, great variety

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From Lgk21 02/19/2019 01:21

This is great, you've only got 40 albums but we still have 10 in common, including three in the top ten. Excited to see what this becomes when you can add more records.

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