Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by 
Timestarter 
This is my list of my 100 Greatest Albums of All Time. What do you think? ...
The Perfect Songs:
Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond
The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
Oneohtrix Point Never - Explain
Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone
The Beatles - Back in the U.S.S.R.
The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland
Slint - Good Morning, Captain
black midi - Ducter
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Storm
Black Country, New Road - Sunglasses
Little Simz - I Love You, I Hate You
Aphex Twin - Tha
Kendrick Lamar - Real (ft. Anna Wise)
Kendrick Lamar - i
Swans - A Little God in My Hands
Mr. Bungle - None of Them Knew They Were Robots
Yes - Close to the Edge
Sigur Rós - Ný Batterí
Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps
Modest Mouse - Truckers Atlas
my bloody valentine - i only said
M83 - Midnight City
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Glassjaw - Two Tabs of Mescaline
Portishead - It Could Be Sweet
Four Tet - Unspoken
Kanye West - Runaway
The Clash - Revolution Rock / Train in Vain
CAN - Bring Me Coffee or Tea
Talking Heads - The Overload
Pavement - Here
Low - Dancing and Fire
Queens of the Stone Age - A Song for the Dead
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - I Need You
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Hollywood
The Cure - The Same Deep Water as You
DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World
Television - Torn Curtain
Wilco - Reservations
The Mars Volta - Son et Lumière / Inertiatic ESP
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60s: https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=59707
70s: https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=59709
80s: https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=59710
90s: https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=59711
00s: https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=59712
10s: https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=59713
- Chart updated: 03/27/2022 22:15
- (Created: 03/14/2020 10:03).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 09/03/2021]
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1991
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11,540
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[First added to this chart: 05/29/2020]
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1966
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36,385
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1972
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18,243
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[First added to this chart: 05/29/2020]
Year of Release:
1966
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46,327
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[First added to this chart: 05/29/2020]
Year of Release:
1991
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26,614
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1979
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28,880
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[First added to this chart: 04/06/2020]
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1967
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37,320
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[First added to this chart: 04/06/2020]
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1997
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59,377
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[First added to this chart: 08/09/2021]
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1984
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3,930
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[First added to this chart: 05/29/2020]
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2015
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28,987
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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 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 12 | 12% | |
| 1970s | 17 | 17% | |
| 1980s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 21 | 21% | |
| 2000s | 17 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 15 | 15% | |
| 2020s | 3 | 3% |
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| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
| The Velvet Underground | 3 | 3% | |
| Radiohead | 3 | 3% | |
| Brand New | 2 | 2% | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 2 | 2% | |
| David Bowie | 2 | 2% | |
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55 | 55% | |
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31 | 31% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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Down 17 from 45th to 62nd |
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| ! | 08/13/2022 12:03 | bobnickmad | 31 | 88/100 |
| ! | 04/06/2022 07:45 | Chris15789 | 15 | 70/100 |
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From 
BestEverAlbums 04/05/2022 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3815): By Timestarter
BestEverAlbums 04/05/2022 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3815): By Timestarter“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Timestarter () 1. Spiderland by Slint (1991) 2. Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys (1966) 3. Exile On Main St. by The Rolling Stones (1972) 4. Revolver by The Beatles (1966) 5. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine (1991) 6. London Calling by The Clash…”
View forum post →From BestEverAlbums 03/20/2021 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3435): By Timestarter
BestEverAlbums 03/20/2021 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3435): By Timestarter“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Timestarter () 1. The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) 2. Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys (1966) 3. Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine (1992) 4. OK Computer by Radiohead (1997) 5. Exile On Main…”
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bobnickmad 08/13/2022 12:03 | #288445
Very nice chart.
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leniad 04/06/2022 03:43 | #283850
excellent
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Cargusbralem 04/05/2022 16:49 | #283840
Cargusbralem 04/05/2022 16:49 | #283840
Great taste! Btw you've just introduced me to Bark Psychosis, so thanks for that, really enjoying it :)
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Untitled 08/04/2021 23:12 | #272259
Good list with a lot of conventional picks but also some that surprised me.
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PeterSmith 07/17/2021 16:18 | #271692
I like your chart and have many albums and artists in common, although I accept comments that it is mainly well noted albums - but they are great albums so they merit being here. Hope you finish your comments.
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