Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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kynes 
These are the albums that radicalized me.
One record per artist
- Chart updated: 10/19/2020 18:15
- (Created: 07/28/2020 06:15).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Perfect music
[First added to this chart: 10/19/2020]
Year of Release:
2018
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Rank Score:
5,696
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Gay twee
[First added to this chart: 10/19/2020]
Year of Release:
1996
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10,207
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Ethereal baroque english folk
Year of Release:
1969
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8,838
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Wall of sound baroque pop
[First added to this chart: 10/19/2020]
Year of Release:
1966
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38,674
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Piano rock's defining moment
Year of Release:
1971
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1,657
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Progressive bluegrass pinnacle
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The alt country album
Year of Release:
1993
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Rank Score:
782
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Reflective baroque
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Dulcimer queen
Year of Release:
1971
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16,068
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Couples' jangle
Year of Release:
1990
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1,825
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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 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 20 | 20% | |
| 1980s | 22 | 22% | |
| 1990s | 15 | 15% | |
| 2000s | 14 | 14% | |
| 2010s | 20 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 1% |
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| The Sundays | 1 | 1% | |
| Strange Ranger | 1 | 1% | |
| Iron & Wine And Ben Bridwell | 1 | 1% | |
| Paul Simon | 1 | 1% | |
| Roxy Music | 1 | 1% | |
| Jackson C. Frank | 1 | 1% | |
| The Velvet Underground | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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63 | 63% | |
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22 | 22% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 3rd to 4thPet Sounds by The Beach Boys |
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From Johnnyo 02/12/2023 21:53 | #293969
Excellent chart. I don’t know all of these albums, who could, but I love what I do know. Did you intentionally go for one album per artist or is that a happy coincidence
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| Best Artists of 1965 | |
|---|---|
| 1. Bob Dylan | |
| 2. The Beatles | |
| 3. John Coltrane | |
| 4. Otis Redding | |
| 5. Nina Simone | |
| 6. The Beach Boys | |
| 7. The Byrds | |
| 8. The Who | |
| 9. The Rolling Stones | |
| 10. Vince Guaraldi | |
| 11. The Sonics | |
| 12. Albert Ayler | |
| 13. Albert Ayler Trio | |
| 14. Jackson C. Frank | |
| 15. B.B. King | |
| 16. The Kinks | |
| 17. Bert Jansch | |
| 18. The Yardbirds | |
| 19. John Fahey | |
| 20. Art Blakey |
