Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by 
ERadio 
The classics are classic for a reason. (And I love them!)
I've focused on solely personal, lesser known albums for fun before, and I'll do it again, but I'm being more conventional this time.
Anyhow, my biases are still all over this chart. Rock over Pop. Punk over Prog. Classic Soul over modern R&B. + A small scattering of treasures that have been overlooked by the masses.
Enjoy
- Chart updated: 06/11/2026 19:15
- (Created: 08/07/2020 15:07).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Number One. The most transportive work I can name. When this is playing I am somewhere else, inside this record, in a different world. Mind-blowing upon its release, it STILL brings the chills for this listener. Stacks on stacks of style. Every element coalescing to form a sonic Megazord: Gibbons' voice, the turntable scratching, the distorted disparate samples from decades gone by... even a simulated THERAMIN on track one to establish its singular identity.
Number One. [First added to this chart: 11/11/2022]
Number One. [First added to this chart: 11/11/2022]
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1994
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16,202
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[First added to this chart: 11/11/2022]
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1971
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18,368
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[First added to this chart: 11/11/2022]
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1979
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4,619
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[First added to this chart: 11/11/2022]
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1997
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59,813
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[First added to this chart: 08/07/2020]
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1962
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1,250
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[First added to this chart: 11/11/2022]
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1973
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56,595
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[First added to this chart: 11/11/2022]
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1967
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20,778
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[First added to this chart: 11/11/2022]
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1984
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15,385
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[First added to this chart: 08/03/2025]
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1968
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2,766
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[First added to this chart: 11/11/2022]
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1988
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6,687
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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 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 17 | 17% | |
| 1970s | 31 | 31% | |
| 1980s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1990s | 23 | 23% | |
| 2000s | 5 | 5% | |
| 2010s | 2 | 2% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 3% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 2% | |
| Prince | 2 | 2% | |
| Metallica | 2 | 2% | |
| David Bowie | 2 | 2% | |
| The Beatles | 2 | 2% | |
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58 | 58% | |
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31 | 31% | |
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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 climbers |
|---|
| Up 2 from 36th to 34thUnknown Pleasures by Joy Division |
| Up 1 from 58th to 57thEither/Or by Elliott Smith |
| Up 1 from 57th to 56thMoondance by Van Morrison |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 10 from 49th to 59thHunky Dory by David Bowie |
| Down 2 from 34th to 36thThe Queen Is Dead by The Smiths |
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| ! | 02/12/2025 21:14 | mrmcrook | 871 | 92/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2025 14:15 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,089 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/13/2024 13:20 |  imimesis | 55 | 84/100 |
| ! | 02/09/2021 21:15 |  sssvnnn | 2,875 | 83/100 |
| ! | 08/14/2020 18:28 | pctrooper | 332 | 88/100 |
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That's one massive melting pot of genres and years. Some fantastic selections. Great to see Iggy in there.
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I am definitely digging your top 20.
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