Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by ChadMiles 
- Chart updated: 06/30/2025 17:45
- (Created: 09/25/2019 22:16).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 09/25/2019]
Year of Release:
1971
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1,717
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[First added to this chart: 09/25/2019]
Year of Release:
2009
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1,616
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[First added to this chart: 09/25/2019]
Year of Release:
1971
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4,434
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[First added to this chart: 09/06/2020]
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[First added to this chart: 08/15/2020]
Year of Release:
1997
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Rank Score:
6,008
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[First added to this chart: 09/25/2020]
Year of Release:
1975
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3,161
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[First added to this chart: 09/14/2024]
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[First added to this chart: 05/04/2022]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
275
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[First added to this chart: 09/25/2020]
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2008
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2,298
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[First added to this chart: 02/17/2021]
Year of Release:
1993
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620
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1970s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1980s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1990s | 35 | 35% | |
| 2000s | 16 | 16% | |
| 2010s | 8 | 8% | |
| 2020s | 6 | 6% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Built To Spill | 5 | 5% | |
| Yo La Tengo | 4 | 4% | |
| Fugazi | 4 | 4% | |
| Funkadelic | 3 | 3% | |
| Joni Mitchell | 3 | 3% | |
| Low | 3 | 3% | |
| Neil Young | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 12 from 25th to 13th Silent Shout by The Knife |
| Up 2 from 23rd to 21st Our Raw Heart by Yob |
| Up 2 from 20th to 18th Radical Romantics by Fever Ray |
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 13 from 17th to 30th Disintegration by The Cure |
| Down 1 from 13th to 14th Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience |
| Down 1 from 14th to 15th Electr-O-Pura by Yo La Tengo |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 03/09/2025 10:10 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 10/07/2024 13:49 | mianfei | 168 | 62/100 |
| ! | 10/17/2021 17:31 |  baystateoftheart | 95 | 96/100 |
| ! | 07/22/2021 17:51 |  Larcx13 | 1,145 | 86/100 |
| ! | 05/07/2021 13:32 | jackq | 273 | 92/100 |
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From mianfei 10/07/2024 13:49 | #305572
I’m surprised that this chart has not been reviewed. I like it quite a bit for being very varied and not always predictable, although some noted would be very handy.
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