Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by pctrooper 
Thanks for checking out my chart! I am an American boy and I do like music! I did a one album per artist limit.
- Chart updated: 5 days ago
- (Created: 08/01/2019 05:11).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 08/01/2019]
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1970
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1,224
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1975
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992
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2008
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1,171
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[First added to this chart: 10/31/2020]
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2000
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2,593
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[First added to this chart: 08/01/2019]
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1979
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864
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1994
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17,509
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10. (=)
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1973
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11,109
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 10 | 10% | |
| 1970s | 48 | 48% | |
| 1980s | 6 | 6% | |
| 1990s | 11 | 11% | |
| 2000s | 11 | 11% | |
| 2010s | 9 | 9% | |
| 2020s | 5 | 5% |
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| King Crimson | 1 | 1% | |
| Quasi | 1 | 1% | |
| Stevie Wonder | 1 | 1% | |
| Thin Lizzy | 1 | 1% | |
| Jack White | 1 | 1% | |
| Prefab Sprout | 1 | 1% | |
| Townes Van Zandt | 1 | 1% | |
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45 | 45% | |
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39 | 39% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 08/14/2026 08:29 |  MadhattanJack | 344 | 86/100 |
| ! | 04/16/2026 20:50 | adbrack1988 | 26 | 97/100 |
| ! | 03/24/2025 10:02 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,089 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/20/2023 09:57 | Moondance | 476 | 85/100 |
| ! | 04/05/2023 21:13 | mrmcrook | 879 | 92/100 |
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mrmcrook 04/05/2023 21:15 | #295808
Great chart. Very personal which I like. Nice to see Graveyard in there. Also Lizzy's Chinatown. Very underrated in my opinion.
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StreakyNuno 12/29/2022 22:41 | #292316
Great ...Trespass in first
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Cargusbralem 12/29/2022 21:47 | #292312
Cargusbralem 12/29/2022 21:47 | #292312
Trespass is so often overlooked. Probably my second favorite Genesis album after SEbtP
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Moondance 12/29/2022 21:00 | #292311
Enjoyed checking out some of the artists/albums that I had not come across before. Really like it that this chart is different ~ refreshingly so. I liked seeing Joan Armatrading in the chart (I have her 1975's 'Back To The Night' in my top 100 chart). (Edited)
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sssvnnn 01/24/2022 20:59 | #280030
sssvnnn 01/24/2022 20:59 | #280030
I like the chart a lot.
I guess you intentionally didn`t always choose the best album of a certain artist, but the most underratet album that needs the most support...
For example "Trespass", "Deep Purple", "Starless and Bible Black"
I like Trespass for introducing all the typical progressive rock ingredients and still beeing pure and a bit naive like their 1st album was. It´s sure underrated.
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Johnnyo 01/24/2022 16:45 | #280013
Nice chart with a different perspective. A lot of albums you don't often see in a top 100. Like it
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ExTeaSea 11/27/2020 12:17 | #261484
ExTeaSea 11/27/2020 12:17 | #261484
Refreshingly different chart! Love charts with a good amount of prog. Joan Armatrading was the biggest surprise on here cuz I randomly bought it cheap on vinyl one time and ended up really liking it.
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sampins 11/25/2020 03:33 | #261357
Very diversified tastes while obviously trending towards prog. I like that a lot of your favorites are not the artist's most commercially successful. I never liked any part of Trespass and the recording is the worse, but it still feels like the genesis of genesis (of one of my favorite bands)
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leniad 10/19/2020 01:21 | #259424
liked your taste, some really not usual picks from bands/artists like Deep Purple
great chart
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PeterSmith 09/20/2020 16:58 | #258466
Like some others I can't score your chart because I don't know most of the albums. Those that I do recognise I like well so that suggests the rest is gonna be good too. Quite a bit rockier than mine which you might be right - is a bit hip.
When I get through all the more known albums first I will defo come back to work through some of your picks. Help me out with more descriptions please.
Great individual chart for sure.
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