Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
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- Chart size: 100 albums.
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This album feels like being stranded in the desert and going crazy. In a good way.
10/10
Highlights: Bitches Brew, Pharaoh's Dance, Sanctuary, Spanish Key
Genre: Jazz Fusion, Avant-Garde Jazz
Secondary: Jazz-Funk, Jazz-Rock [First added to this chart: 04/07/2020]
10/10
Highlights: Bitches Brew, Pharaoh's Dance, Sanctuary, Spanish Key
Genre: Jazz Fusion, Avant-Garde Jazz
Secondary: Jazz-Funk, Jazz-Rock [First added to this chart: 04/07/2020]
Year of Release:
1970
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9,506
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The Dark Side of the Moon used to top my list, because it's one of the most concise, focused, and beautiful albums to have ever been conceived. If you listen to music of any kind, I implore you to explore the depths and crevices of this album. There's elegance in every second of this album.
10/10
Highlights: Time, The Great Gig in the Sky, Any Colour You Like, Us and Them, Breathe
Genre: Art Rock, Progressive Rock
Secondary: Space Rock [First added to this chart: 04/07/2020]
10/10
Highlights: Time, The Great Gig in the Sky, Any Colour You Like, Us and Them, Breathe
Genre: Art Rock, Progressive Rock
Secondary: Space Rock [First added to this chart: 04/07/2020]
Year of Release:
1973
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62,502
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10/10
Highlights: Coyote, Hejira, Song for Sharon, Furry Sings the Blues, Refuge of the Roads
Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Folk Rock
Secondary: Jazz Fusion, Progressive Folk [First added to this chart: 05/14/2022]
Highlights: Coyote, Hejira, Song for Sharon, Furry Sings the Blues, Refuge of the Roads
Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Folk Rock
Secondary: Jazz Fusion, Progressive Folk [First added to this chart: 05/14/2022]
Year of Release:
1976
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3,911
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On the Beach is an album not often discussed among those who know of Neil Young casually, which to me is incredibly disheartening, as this album is utterly perfect. I've never heard blues rock more diverse and kaleidoscopic as Young's interpretations and songs like the title track are peak form for Neil. And although the more bluesier cuts are absolutely mesmerizing, the folk rock cuts are just as mind-blowing and outstanding. I've grown to appreciate a lot of his albums more and more, but this one will never be replaced as Neil Young's best in my mind.
10/10
Highlights: Ambulance Blues, On the Beach, Walk On, See the Sky About to Rain
Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Blues Rock, Folk Rock
Secondary: Country Rock [First added to this chart: 04/12/2020]
10/10
Highlights: Ambulance Blues, On the Beach, Walk On, See the Sky About to Rain
Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Blues Rock, Folk Rock
Secondary: Country Rock [First added to this chart: 04/12/2020]
Year of Release:
1974
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7,626
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The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is quite the beast. It's a double album clocking in at 94 minutes, and to make everything even more complicated, the story that Peter Gabriel wrote for this album makes pretty much no sense to anyone but him. But every aspect of this album was nailed right in the head. It's definitely one to sink your teeth into if you have the time. I highly recommend it.
10/10
Highlights: In the Cage, Carpet Crawlers, The Lamia, The Colony of Slippermen, Riding the Scree, it.
Genre: Progressive Rock, Rock Opera
Secondary: Symphonic Prog, Art Rock [First added to this chart: 04/07/2020]
10/10
Highlights: In the Cage, Carpet Crawlers, The Lamia, The Colony of Slippermen, Riding the Scree, it.
Genre: Progressive Rock, Rock Opera
Secondary: Symphonic Prog, Art Rock [First added to this chart: 04/07/2020]
Year of Release:
1974
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6,666
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I struggle to describe the brilliance of this record. It's vastly different to any album Bowie had put out up to that point, but holds his songwriting integrity intact. On one half you have these weird, catchy little vignettes of art pop brilliance, then on the back half you get treated to some dense, gratifying ambient narratives. Brian Eno obviously had a hand in this album, but his hand is often overestimated when it comes to this album.
10/10
Highlights: Sound and Vision, Speed of Life, Subterraneans, A New Career in a New Town
Genre: Art Rock, Art Pop
Secondary: Ambient, Electronic, Krautrock [First added to this chart: 04/07/2020]
10/10
Highlights: Sound and Vision, Speed of Life, Subterraneans, A New Career in a New Town
Genre: Art Rock, Art Pop
Secondary: Ambient, Electronic, Krautrock [First added to this chart: 04/07/2020]
Year of Release:
1977
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17,602
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10/10
Highlights: Moonage Daydream, Ziggy Stardust, Starman, Five Years, Suffragette City
Genre: Glam Rock, Pop Rock
Secondary: Art Rock, Rock Opera [First added to this chart: 04/07/2020]
Highlights: Moonage Daydream, Ziggy Stardust, Starman, Five Years, Suffragette City
Genre: Glam Rock, Pop Rock
Secondary: Art Rock, Rock Opera [First added to this chart: 04/07/2020]
Year of Release:
1972
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45,072
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10/10
Highlights: Firth of Fifth, Dancing with the Moonlit Knight, The Cinema Show, I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
Genre: Symphonic Prog [First added to this chart: 04/07/2020]
Highlights: Firth of Fifth, Dancing with the Moonlit Knight, The Cinema Show, I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
Genre: Symphonic Prog [First added to this chart: 04/07/2020]
Year of Release:
1973
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10,790
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10/10
Highlights: Mushroom, Halleluhwah, Paperhouse, Aumgn, Peking O
Genre: Krautrock, Psychedelic Rock
Secondary: Sound Collage, Experimental, Funk Rock [First added to this chart: 06/30/2020]
Highlights: Mushroom, Halleluhwah, Paperhouse, Aumgn, Peking O
Genre: Krautrock, Psychedelic Rock
Secondary: Sound Collage, Experimental, Funk Rock [First added to this chart: 06/30/2020]
Year of Release:
1971
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9,753
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10/10
Highlights: She's Lost Control, Shadowplay, I Remember Nothing, Day of the Lords
Genre: Post-Punk
Secondary: Gothic Rock [First added to this chart: 06/29/2020]
Highlights: She's Lost Control, Shadowplay, I Remember Nothing, Day of the Lords
Genre: Post-Punk
Secondary: Gothic Rock [First added to this chart: 06/29/2020]
Year of Release:
1979
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22,669
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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 | 20 | 20% | |
| 1980s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 25 | 25% | |
| 2000s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 10 | 10% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Nirvana | 3 | 3% | |
| Björk | 3 | 3% | |
| Miles Davis | 2 | 2% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 2% | |
| King Crimson | 2 | 2% | |
| The Velvet Underground | 2 | 2% | |
| OutKast | 2 | 2% | |
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56 | 56% | |
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18 | 18% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 33 from 42nd to 9th Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush |
| Up 5 from 98th to 93rd First Come, First Served by Dr. Dooom |
| Up 4 from 19th to 15th Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan |
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| Down 6 from 15th to 21st Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys |
| Down 3 from 16th to 19th The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis |
| Down 2 from 14th to 16th Hejira by Joni Mitchell |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
90/100 (from 35 votes)
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95/100  | 04/17/2025 17:35 | DrewHamster | | 79/100 |
90/100 | 02/06/2025 10:35 |  SomethingSpecial | | 85/100 |
95/100 | 01/04/2025 20:45 | vruslov | | 89/100 |
90/100 | 08/26/2024 13:56 |  Tamthebam | | 85/100 |
100/100 | 08/11/2024 10:55 |  ForegroundNoise | | 87/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 2% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 90.3/100, a mean average of 91.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.6/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 5.7.
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From ForegroundNoise 08/11/2024 10:57
ForegroundNoise 08/11/2024 10:57
Discovered your chart after seeing you had Blind Girls' Residue at a 9.5/10 (shame it didn't make the cut here!). Surprised I haven't come across this before; you've got great taste and your passion really comes through in the writing. Hail Bjork!
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85/100
From Moondance 03/07/2023 21:44
I enjoyed reading the comments and sharing in the lived experience of this chart.
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90/100
From bobnickmad 08/13/2022 10:14
Very diverse and adventurous chart, which kinda makes Nevermind being so high kinda baffling, but otherwise great.
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100/100
From KineticEchoes02 07/23/2022 00:57
This chart is awesome! You have great taste - a real eclectic mix in terms of genres covered, and importantly you've given due praise to indisputable classics - including many of my favourite artists and albums with great descriptions. Quite a few more you have here are just outside my top 100. Love your work!
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90/100
From 
ExTeaSea 08/16/2021 15:44
ExTeaSea 08/16/2021 15:44
Great chart! Drukqs is a phenomenal album! Loved your comment about it. I really need to fully get into Edge of Sanity, they have such an impressive and intense sound.
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95/100
From 
sssvnnn 05/30/2021 19:43
sssvnnn 05/30/2021 19:43
very classical chart, pretty close to mine.
I love it.
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100/100
From Rivera 05/30/2021 14:07
You've got great taste!
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85/100
From Johnnyo 05/30/2021 13:38
Really good chart. Like it a lot
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75/100
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junodog4 01/13/2021 04:06
junodog4 01/13/2021 04:06
Got more interesting the further into you get. Expand it to 100! I'd like to see what you'd add.
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90/100
From mikepen 07/29/2020 04:16
Great chart and your comments gives me some food for thought. I hope you get the time to annotate some more of your album choices here. Regards
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