Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by TerryTezza

This is my Top 100 chart which is based on albums I have grown up with and have discovered later in life and been played many times. The albums I choose are based on it working well from start to finish and with a theme is a bonus. There is also that element of magic and journey I look for in an album too throughout. There are many artists that I would love to include but lack that album that captures me throughout and some albums that are not highly recognised that I feel are underrated

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Ireland U2
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For me this album is U2 at their best (along with The Joshua Tree) being very creative in the sound and lyrics on an album on relationships in all forms and a paranoid look about society and views on life, like with Zoo Station and The Fly. In the 80’s I was a big Simple Minds fan and resented people calling them a try-hard U2 so wasn’t a huge U2 fan then. Come 1991 and listening to Achtung Baby on high rotation and I became obsessed with U2 and discovered all their music. All the songs are great especially Until The End Of The World, One and even the dark and haunting Love is Blindness. They made so many great B-Sides from this album they could have done a great double album which they did recently for the Anniversary version. An amazing music piece that is perfection. [First added to this chart: 06/17/2019]
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1991
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This is the album that got me really into U2. The opening Where The Streets to the daunting and emotional Mothers of the Disappeared, this is a perfect album. With Or Without You, One Tree Hill and Exit are other favs of mine. A brilliant album. [First added to this chart: 06/17/2019]
Year of Release:
1987
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19,924
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Ireland U2
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[First added to this chart: 07/05/2019]
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1993
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1,580
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Ireland U2
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[First added to this chart: 06/17/2019]
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1983
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5,537
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[First added to this chart: 06/30/2019]
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2004
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1,097
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[First added to this chart: 05/07/2020]
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2000
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2,215
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 9 9%
1970s 6 6%
1980s 30 30%
1990s 23 23%
2000s 26 26%
2010s 6 6%
2020s 0 0%
Artist Albums %


The Beatles 7 7%
Simple Minds 6 6%
U2 6 6%
Midnight Oil 5 5%
INXS 4 4%
Coldplay 4 4%
Pink Floyd 4 4%
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Country Albums %


United Kingdom 43 43%
United States 22 22%
Australia 22 22%
Ireland 6 6%
Mixed Nationality 2 2%
Barbados 2 2%
Germany 1 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 98 98%
Yes 2 2%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

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Climber Up 4 from 23rd to 19th
Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
by Coldplay
Climber Up 4 from 13th to 9th
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
by Coldplay
Climber Up 1 from 8th to 7th
Kick
by INXS
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 4 from 9th to 13th
Demon Days
by Gorillaz
Faller Down 4 from 19th to 23rd
Automatic For The People
by R.E.M.
Faller Down 1 from 7th to 8th
So
by Peter Gabriel

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88/100 (from 23 votes)
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From 11/02/2023 20:20
Excellent chart
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From 11/21/2022 22:01
Finally, an Aussie brother in arms. Of course I love you putting Australian music where it rightly belongs - in a greatest 100 chart. Enjoyed seeing Simple Minds at #1 - nice move. My only reservation re your chart (& it is entirely a personal one) is that giving 50% of valuable chart space to only 12 artists somewhat limits the exploration & appreciation of 60+ years of modern music across the planet, including other exceptional Australian artists (eg The Church, Alex Lloyd, Living End, Black Sorrows...). That said, your loyalty to the artists you most admire is to be admired & respected.
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From 11/06/2021 09:42
sick chart, I dig your descriptions.
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From 06/10/2021 20:09
This is a fantastic chart. I honestly love so many of these albums and I intend to check out the ones I am not yet aware of! :)
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From 04/16/2020 21:54
Good Chart . I still love the Simple Minds. Nobody seem to know that even their recent albums are quite good.
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From 10/11/2019 14:22
Demon days!!! Nice!
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From 06/26/2019 12:04
Interesting and will be looking forward to all further progress!
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From 06/22/2019 02:12
bold.
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