Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by wenny

The albums that please my ears the most. Order is very rough but mostly accurate.

Chart updated: 08/19/2025 08:15
(Created: 02/17/2019 06:30).
Chart size: 100 albums.

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Flood

Boris

[First added to this chart: 04/20/2019]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

128 charts

Rank Score:

1,253

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

206

Overall Rank:

1,366

Average Rating:

80 (156 votes)

Comments:

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De-Loused In The Comatorium

The Mars Volta

[First added to this chart: 11/25/2020]

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

475 charts

Rank Score:

3,570

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

485

Average Rating:

78 (673 votes)

Comments:

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Crack-Up

Fleet Foxes

[First added to this chart: 04/20/2019]

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

429 charts

Rank Score:

2,539

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

101

Overall Rank:

683

Average Rating:

78 (573 votes)

Comments:

4. (5) 1

Untrue

Burial

[First added to this chart: 02/19/2019]

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

535 charts

Rank Score:

5,006

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

344

Average Rating:

80 (622 votes)

Comments:

5. (6) 1

Vespertine

Björk

[First added to this chart: 02/19/2019]

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

828 charts

Rank Score:

9,321

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

152

Average Rating:

83 (999 votes)

Comments:

6. (7) 1

In Utero

Nirvana

[First added to this chart: 02/19/2019]

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

1,780 charts

Rank Score:

17,745

Rank in 1993:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

84 (2,683 votes)

Comments:

178

7. (24) 17

Monoliths And Dimensions

Sunn O)))

[First added to this chart: 09/10/2019]

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

94 charts

Rank Score:

389

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

636

Overall Rank:

3,731

Average Rating:

77 (108 votes)

Comments:

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Spiderland

Slint

[First added to this chart: 02/21/2019]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,056 charts

Rank Score:

12,326

Rank in 1991:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

9. (10) 1

[First added to this chart: 11/25/2020]

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

308 charts

Rank Score:

2,209

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

127

Overall Rank:

784

Average Rating:

78 (453 votes)

Comments:

10. (4) 6

In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson)

King Crimson

[First added to this chart: 02/19/2019]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

2,063 charts

Rank Score:

28,368

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

89 (2,428 votes)

Comments:

221

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	1	1%
1960s	5	5%
1970s	11	11%
1980s	5	5%
1990s	25	25%
2000s	33	33%
2010s	17	17%
2020s	3	3%

Artist	Albums	%

Björk	3	3%
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2	2%
My Bloody Valentine	2	2%
Boris	2	2%
The Mars Volta	2	2%
Fleet Foxes	2	2%
Boards Of Canada	2	2%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	49	49%
	27	27%
	7	7%
	4	4%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	2	2%
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Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	97	97%
Yes	3	3%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 44 from 72nd to 28th Relationship Of Command by At The Drive-In
Up 25 from 43rd to 18th Paranoid by Black Sabbath
Up 17 from 66th to 49th In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel

Biggest fallers
Down 74 from 16th to 90th A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi
Down 74 from 26th to 100th Silent Alarm by Bloc Party
Down 64 from 15th to 79th To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

New entries
Spirit Of Eden by Talk Talk
M3LL155X by FKA Twigs
76:14 by Global Communication
Kid A by Radiohead
F♯ A♯ ∞ [F-Sharp, A-Sharp, Infinity] by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Tender Buttons by Broadcast
Nowhere by Ride
God's Country by Chat Pile
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out by Yo La Tengo
The Moon & Antarctica by Modest Mouse
Shed by Title Fight
Henki by Richard Dawson & Circle
Is This Desire? by PJ Harvey

Leavers
In Rainbows by Radiohead
IV by BadBadNotGood
Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin
Revolver by The Beatles
The Doors by The Doors
The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
Forever by Code Orange
...Like Clockwork by Queens Of The Stone Age
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins
Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles
The Noise Made By People by Broadcast
Process by Sampha

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings

Average Rating:

90/100 (from 17 votes)

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85/100 !	03/06/2025 17:12	DommeDamian	1,003	89/100
80/100 !	03/06/2025 11:27	Tamthebam	633	85/100
90/100 !	03/06/2025 09:44	SomethingSpecial	1,106	85/100
100/100 !	11/17/2023 11:29	BraddlesHendo	497	91/100
95/100 !	01/28/2023 23:50	Rm12398	99	89/100

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DommeDamian 03/06/2025 17:12 | #307894

Very solid indeed.

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95/100

From Rm12398 01/28/2023 23:51 | #293351

Fantastic Chart!

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From Johnnyo 01/28/2023 09:08 | #293327

Excellent chart

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70/100

From mianfei 01/04/2021 07:11 | #263800

Even with some artists I really dislike such as the White Stripes and Pavement, this is a solid chart.

There are some minor surprises like Isis, Ulver, and Les Rallizes Dénudés, but in the main this is just a well-thought out and effective chart.

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100/100

From MarquisMarc 07/21/2020 11:52 | #255934

Delightful range of great albums from diverse styles of music.

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90/100

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guzguzgarbit 10/15/2019 16:33 | #243776

Vespertine in the top 10! Pretty solid all around, nothing I dislike, great chart.

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Rating:

95/100

From pctrooper 09/16/2019 03:13 | #242646

Really solid rock chart. I like the hip-hop picks, too. Only stuff I can't get into is Tool, Swans, and Nine Inch Nails (not melodic enough for me). Also Queens of the Stone Age... is there a particular album to start with by them cause I really don't like their few songs that I've heard. I'm a big Dead Weather fan, though!

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LedZep 04/22/2019 19:08 | #235398

I think there's nothing to dislike here. Love every single album except King Krule, and that's because my friend with terrible taste in music likes him so I dislike him by default :D
Jokes aside, anyone who has Crimson's debut, Rain Dogs, Vespertine, White Pony, Madvillainy and The Roots that high deserves a medal.

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