Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by mrmcrook

A best album for me is an album in which every song is an absolute gem (with the exception of maybe one mediocre track). An album of brilliance and enjoyment from start to finish.
Not ones with a half dozen epic tracks, the other half nothing but filler.

I realize my chart has a lot of compilations and many people believe compilations shouldn't count. The reason I have included them is so I can add a few bands/artists that have fantastic music and should be recognized. Otherwise the list will be hugely dominated by a dozen bands that everyone knows has a huge number of worthy albums. Hence why the large amount of compilations and live albums.

Any footnotes are just personal ramblings for my own entertainment.
And to remind me of the joy the music brings before all memory is erased.

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Very rarely do you come across an album of this caliber. It was on my wants list but has exceeded all expectations.
Starts great and just gets better in the back half. Metal gold. 02/24
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 3 3%
1970s 34 34%
1980s 16 16%
1990s 18 18%
2000s 24 24%
2010s 4 4%
2020s 1 1%
Artist Albums %


AC/DC 4 4%
Dead Kennedys 4 4%
Pink Floyd 4 4%
Black Sabbath 3 3%
Motörhead 3 3%
Led Zeppelin 3 3%
Alice Cooper 3 3%
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Country Albums %


United Kingdom 48 48%
United States 33 33%
Australia 10 10%
New Zealand 3 3%
Finland 2 2%
Iceland 1 1%
Germany 1 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 87 87%
Yes 13 13%
Live? Albums %
No 97 97%
Yes 3 3%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 6 from 71st to 65th
Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
by Dead Kennedys
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 1 from 65th to 66th
Ótta
by Sólstafir
Faller Down 1 from 66th to 67th
Album Of The Year
by Faith No More
Faller Down 1 from 67th to 68th
Black Sabbath
by Black Sabbath

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From 04/08/2023 05:03
Me gustan los charts que incluyen notas para justificar la inclusión de los álbumes.
No soy muy fan del Heavy Metal pero viendo tu chart, tomaré algunos de los álbumes que seleccionaste para darle una oportunidad al género

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I like charts that include notes to justify the inclusion of the albums.
I'm not a big fan of Heavy Metal but looking at your chart, I'll take some of the albums you selected hoping I'll like "metal" even a little
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From 03/21/2023 10:28
Great seeing Alice Cooper and The Dead Kennedy’s
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From 01/05/2023 15:28
You get only 90 instead of 100 cause you listed Rammstein...
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From 11/11/2022 02:26
I moved into Myles Heskett's (wolfmother) old rental some years back. Am no longer there but I used the bungalow that was his drum studio as my own sound design studio; cool guy and cool music. I love how personal this chart is too, including things like the bad seeds comp makes perfect sense when you rationalise it that way.
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From 09/18/2022 22:29
Good to see the Aussie & NZ bands/albums get a mention - but then again, we would be inclined that way given our geographical position on the planet. I respect your musical preferences even though we have travelled down very different musical routes. Loved seeing Jethro Tull's 'Aqualung' squeeze into the top 100.
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From 02/09/2022 09:06
Lovin some of those choices, fellow Aussie. Great writeups, and some of those albums - absolute bloody belters - I feel exactly the same way about!
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From 10/25/2021 17:24
Definitely a good chart. A lot of the same choices as mine. But I like the additions of The Dead Kennedys, Monster Magnet, QOTSA, and Lacuna Coil, among others.
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From 04/17/2021 01:51
Cool chart! There's definitely some stuff I'd like to check out. Love the variety as well. I also really like Elbow.
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From 03/02/2021 20:41
Very nice chart...thank you
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From 01/31/2021 00:17
Good to see Dark Side in first place.
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