Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by Yossarian22

Chart updated: 01/09/2020 20:15
(Created: 11/14/2019 19:11).
Chart size: 50 albums.

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Vampire Weekend

Best college album of all time! Evokes autumn leaves and journeying through a campus flanked with ivory towers and snooty professors. [First added to this chart: 11/27/2019]

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

936 charts

Rank Score:

6,667

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Overall Rank:

244

Average Rating:

81 (1,323 votes)

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The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

If not for my personal bias, this would be the greatest album ever made! I'm sure everything and anything has been said about it, but I'll just reiterate how impressive the transitions are. [First added to this chart: 11/27/2019]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,133 charts

Rank Score:

60,137

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If you think about it, this is sneakily a concept album about inner conflict and breaking up due to unstable emotional state. I think it rocks harder than Is This It?, though they're both great. [First added to this chart: 11/27/2019]

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

745 charts

Rank Score:

5,823

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Overall Rank:

284

Average Rating:

80 (1,230 votes)

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Abbey Road

The Beatles

Pretty much started 70s rock before the 70s hit. Bridged the gap between early rock (Elvis, Chuck Berry, The Stones, and early Beatles and Beach Boys) with the greatest rock decade (Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Bowie, The Clash, The Who, Springsteen, etc.). [First added to this chart: 11/27/2019]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,738 charts

Rank Score:

57,367

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Average Rating:

92 (4,627 votes)

Comments:

476

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(What's The Story) Morning Glory?

Oasis

I don't think rock would have survived after the fall of grunge had it not been for this seminal Brit-pop album. [First added to this chart: 11/27/2019]

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

1,773 charts

Rank Score:

17,491

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Average Rating:

81 (2,483 votes)

Comments:

235

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The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle

Bruce Springsteen

Though Born to Run is THE SPRINGSTEEN ALBUM, this album doesn't get the love it deserves for creating that full band rock sound. Rosalita may be his best song. Springsteen is such an engrossing songwriter by pulling the listener into a story that he should write a movie already. [First added to this chart: 11/27/2019]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

410 charts

Rank Score:

2,861

Rank in 1973:

Rank in 1970s:

136

Overall Rank:

597

Average Rating:

79 (678 votes)

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Painted Ruins

Grizzly Bear

If you want elements of garage rock, mountainous rock, psych rock, and chamber pop to blend together to simulate as many colors and esoteric vibes you can imagine, here's your album. I think Mourning Sound is a little too compressed, but the production is still solid as hell. [First added to this chart: 11/27/2019]

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

193 charts

Rank Score:

891

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

302

Overall Rank:

1,861

Average Rating:

76 (240 votes)

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Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

Torn between this and Painted Ruins, but this is still a seminal album. Bringing together folk with psych rock and chamber pop effortlessly, Grizzly Bear is oft-overlooked and they put on one heck of a live show. I'd recommend listening to this a few times before making a judgement call. Christopher Bear may be the best drummer of the millennium. [First added to this chart: 11/27/2019]

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

644 charts

Rank Score:

4,032

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Overall Rank:

419

Average Rating:

79 (826 votes)

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Safe Mode: On

Is This It

The Strokes

What can I say? They revitalized rock by managing to bring it back to its roots whilst still feeling fresh and exciting. Valensi and Hammond Jr. are a dynamic duo on guitar, effortlessly weaving their melodic and rhythmic lines around each other (a quality they repeat on every album). They make me want to live in OOs New York. [First added to this chart: 11/27/2019]

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

2,469 charts

Rank Score:

28,459

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Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

86 (3,033 votes)

Comments:

277

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Norman Fucking Rockwell!

Lana Del Rey

[First added to this chart: 01/03/2020]

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

689 charts

Rank Score:

7,613

Rank in 2019:

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Overall Rank:

201

Average Rating:

83 (722 votes)

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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	4	8%
1970s	3	6%
1980s	1	2%
1990s	4	8%
2000s	20	40%
2010s	18	36%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%

The Strokes	3	6%
The Beatles	3	6%
Grizzly Bear	3	6%
Death Cab For Cutie	3	6%
Interpol	2	4%
Bruce Springsteen	2	4%
Beck	2	4%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	38	76%
	9	18%
	2	4%
	1	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	49	98%
Yes	1	2%

Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

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Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

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Purplepash 12/20/2019 23:29 | #245853

Cool top 40...I look forward to seeing more. Nice surprise to see the under appreciated (not under rated because those that do listen to it rate it well) Tash Sultana here.