Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by Rovers 
Best albums of the 60's till 80's
- Chart updated: 01/02/2021 03:45
- (Created: 06/02/2012 06:07).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 28 | 28% | |
| 1970s | 53 | 53% | |
| 1980s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1990s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2000s | 3 | 3% | |
| 2010s | 2 | 2% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 1% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Kinks | 8 | 8% | |
| Steely Dan | 6 | 6% | |
| Badfinger | 6 | 6% | |
| Flash And The Pan | 5 | 5% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 4 | 4% | |
| The Beatles | 4 | 4% | |
| R.E.M. | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 4 from 85th to 81st The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars by David Bowie |
| Up 4 from 82nd to 78th Grasshopper by J.J. Cale |
| Up 3 from 83rd to 80th Early Morning Wake Up Call by Flash And The Pan |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 5 from 93rd to 98th Fables Of The Reconstruction by R.E.M. |
| Down 3 from 43rd to 46th Johnny The Fox by Thin Lizzy |
| Down 3 from 47th to 50th Rising For The Moon by Fairport Convention |
| New entries |
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 Procol Harumby Procol Harum |
| Do You Want Us To Play? by She's A Sailor |
| Leavers |
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 Gold Dustby Sandy Denny |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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85/100  | 08/06/2025 09:05 |  MadhattanJack | | 85/100 |
85/100 | 03/20/2025 14:39 |  SomethingSpecial | | 85/100 |
90/100 | 09/16/2021 15:38 |  DriftingOrpheus | | 91/100 |
100/100 | 02/17/2021 05:58 |  pjohnsongolf | | 89/100 |
 100/100 | 01/01/2021 15:14 | drawndog | | 100/100 |
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MadhattanJack 08/06/2025 09:06
I've often wondered if things would have worked out better for them in the end if they'd called the group "Goodfinger" instead.
I freaking love it, man!
CharlieBarley 08/21/2018 00:51
Awesome chart with some good choices. I like your number one. Good stuff.
Good chart. You know what you like.
bobbyb5 03/02/2018 20:19
This is awesome. Badfinger, Procol Harum, Cockney Rebel, Be- Bop Deluxe. Hardly anybody around here has good taste like this. This is amazing.
DommeDamian 11/23/2017 11:02
Meget uforventende valg. Jeg kan li' den
Dankel 11/04/2017 19:04
some interesting stuff on your chart
authorunknown 07/20/2017 20:02
Great chart, lot of power pop godfathers. You would probably like Jellyfish since you seem to really dig Big Star & Badfinger.
LedZep 06/08/2017 17:01
Really interesting chart to browse, thanks dude!
Very interesting and good chart - a lot of great music here.
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