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: 05/29/2020]
Year of Release:
1991
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28,507
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[First added to this chart: 04/06/2020]
Year of Release:
1967
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39,865
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[First added to this chart: 02/26/2022]
Year of Release:
1997
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1,812
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[First added to this chart: 01/16/2021]
Year of Release:
2004
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14,313
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[First added to this chart: 05/29/2020]
Year of Release:
1977
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30,731
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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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| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
| Radiohead | 3 | 3% | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| David Bowie | 2 | 2% | |
| The Velvet Underground | 2 | 2% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 2% | |
| Frank Ocean | 2 | 2% | |
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55 | 55% | |
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31 | 31% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 17 from 62nd to 45thDots And Loops by Stereolab |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 17 from 45th to 62ndCalifornia by Mr. Bungle |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 03/27/2025 14:43 | DrewHamster | 317 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/13/2022 12:03 | bobnickmad | 31 | 88/100 |
| ! | 04/06/2022 07:45 | Chris15789 | 15 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/06/2022 03:43 | leniad | 673 | 85/100 |
| ! | 04/05/2022 16:49 |  Cargusbralem | 9 | 93/100 |
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From bobnickmad 08/13/2022 12:03 | #288445
Very nice chart.
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From leniad 04/06/2022 03:43 | #283850
excellent
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From 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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From 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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From 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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From Johnnyo 03/20/2021 09:43 | #267551
Top notch chart
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From leniad 11/30/2020 21:49 | #261699
like your taste
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From Larcx13 07/27/2020 06:32 | #256260
Larcx13 07/27/2020 06:32 | #256260
Dylan is too low, lack of Jazz music, and terrible hiphop picks. Other than that it's a decent list.
28 albums in common
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Goliath 07/15/2020 09:38 | #255620
Goliath 07/15/2020 09:38 | #255620
Fairly conventional list, but there's nothing wrong with that, I am not a fan of being different just for the sake of being different!
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NJ 05/28/2020 17:21 | #252417
NJ 05/28/2020 17:21 | #252417
Very much agee with Spyglass. It's a good start, but it's pretty much just the canon. Not very different from this site's or RYM's top 40. They're good albums for sure, but I'll rate this chart higher when it seems like you've made it your own.
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