Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
NJ 
Very much subject to drastically change at any time. I still have so, so much music to listen to. It's overwhelming. Right now I'm in the process of adding descriptions for each entry, so bear with me while I complete that, since I'm rather slow when it comes to writing. I don't like much of the last half of this chart nearly as much as I should, but that's been getting a lot better the more great albums I add. When I first made this chart I struggled to find 10 I was happy putting as the top 10, and now I can easily do a top 50 and feel satisfied, so it's a process.
- Chart updated: 01/28/2024 05:15
- (Created: 07/17/2019 19:59).
- 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 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 10 | 10% | |
| 1970s | 24 | 24% | |
| 1980s | 24 | 24% | |
| 1990s | 23 | 23% | |
| 2000s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2010s | 6 | 6% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| A Tribe Called Quest | 1 | 1% | |
| Radiohead | 1 | 1% | |
| The Notorious B.I.G. | 1 | 1% | |
| Miles Davis | 1 | 1% | |
| Joy Division | 1 | 1% | |
| Tom Waits | 1 | 1% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 1 | 1% | |
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59 | 59% | |
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27 | 27% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 32 from 100th to 68th Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols by Sex Pistols |
| Up 29 from 32nd to 3rd London Calling by The Clash |
| Up 18 from 50th to 32nd Remain In Light by Talking Heads |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 25 from 71st to 96th Velocity : Design : Comfort by Sweet Trip |
| Down 11 from 73rd to 84th The Glow Pt. 2 by The Microphones |
| Down 5 from 7th to 12th Low by David Bowie |
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90/100  | 1 hour ago | mrmcrook | | 92/100 |
60/100 | 01/30/2024 20:28 | r0b07 | | 82/100 |
 85/100 | 07/21/2021 21:24 |  Larcx13 | | 86/100 |
| 95/100 | 07/17/2021 22:06 | Giant2015 | | 91/100 |
| 100/100 | 07/13/2021 20:09 |  Rhyner | | 99/100 |
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I'm always biased towards any top 100 list with the DK's in there. Jolly good
nice chart dewd, u would like the flaming lips !
Good chart, good to see TMR ranked at number 4. I never gave Carseat Headrest a fair listen. That was an interesting best album pick
good chart, may comeback when you enter another 50 albums
alkalineroger 06/23/2020 15:52
Great chart. Although we only share 4 or so albums there’s a lot of albums I love here and will feature as I expand my own chart. Write ups are great also
DommeDamian 06/14/2020 09:46
More-de-scrip-tions! More-de-scrip-tions! ....
sssvnnn 05/13/2020 18:54
good chart.
Ledgin72 10/03/2019 12:47
Great chart
guzguzgarbit 08/13/2019 07:34
Great chart and I'm sure it will be even better when it will be longer.
revolver94 08/13/2019 03:19
These are all great albums! I'd definitely recommend branching out into the current decade a little bit, there's a lot to discover! My first thought was "22, A Million" by Bon Iver (another electronic-departure-from-a-big-band album, like in your intro post), but I'd also suggest "Ten Love Songs" by Susanne Sundfør and "Right from Real" by Lydia Ainsworth.
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