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.

• Chart updated: 03/10/2024 01:45
• (Created: 08/27/2020 03:09).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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The Dark Side Of The Moon 

 Pink Floyd

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It was my older brothers record collection which gave me my first taste of music from a very young age. This was in it and one I used to sneak listens to when I could. Shows how timeless and fantastic it is as I still get the same joy out of it now as I did when I was 5. All hail the Floyd
Favorite track: Brain Damage/Eclipse [First added to this chart: 09/18/2020]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,044 charts

Rank Score:

71,040

Rank in 1973:

1

Rank in 1970s:

1

Overall Rank:

2

Average Rating:

 92 (5,204 votes)

Comments:

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Heaven And Hell 

 Black Sabbath

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"How can you have this ahead of any Ozzy Sabbath", I hear some of you cry. Get fucked. Ozzy Sabbath is great but this as a whole is the Sabbath album that oozes supremeness from every core. 'Die Young', 'Heaven and Hell', 'Neon Knights', some of the best Sab songs ever.
Favorite track: Heaven And Hell [First added to this chart: 09/18/2020]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

322 charts

Rank Score:

2,287

Rank in 1980:

14

Rank in 1980s:

115

Overall Rank:

782

Average Rating:

 77 (538 votes)

Comments:

28

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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols 

 Sex Pistols

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Blown away when I heard this. Being very 'metal' at the time, I had no idea punk could be this good. Opened me up to a whole new range of bands [First added to this chart: 09/18/2020]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,344 charts

Rank Score:

11,829

Rank in 1977:

5

Rank in 1970s:

33

Overall Rank:

124

Average Rating:

 80 (1,818 votes)

Comments:

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Powerslave 

 Iron Maiden

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This has jumped position with Number of the Beast and now my fave Maiden album [First added to this chart: 09/22/2020]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

453 charts

Rank Score:

4,186

Rank in 1984:

11

Rank in 1980s:

60

Overall Rank:

429

Average Rating:

 81 (703 votes)

Comments:

40

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The Wall 

 Pink Floyd

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When this came out, everyone had it and it was thrashed to death, specially 'Another Brick In The Wall'. So I chose not to like it as it was to commercial and I thought I was to cool to like what was popular. So it was only many years later when it had been forgotten that I had a decent listen to it and realized what the hype had been about. Now I love it to bits and listen to it often and those who thrashed it back in the day are over it. Ignorance can produce bliss. [First added to this chart: 09/18/2020]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

2,204 charts

Rank Score:

30,060

Rank in 1979:

2

Rank in 1970s:

7

Overall Rank:

29

Average Rating:

 87 (3,412 votes)

Comments:

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Tubular Bells 

 Mike Oldfield

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This is another of the albums from the older brothers record collection I was subjected to often from a very early age. Hence it became ingrained within me. No complaints though. I love it. Once I got to the age where I started fucking it was what I put on as the mood/background music. Great that it's also the theme to The Exorcist. Doesn't that say it all. What a lousy fuck I must of been. [First added to this chart: 09/18/2020]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

523 charts

Rank Score:

3,569

Rank in 1973:

14

Rank in 1970s:

118

Overall Rank:

506

Average Rating:

 80 (635 votes)

Comments:

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Strangers In The Night 
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 UFO

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UFO are the underdog gods. I discovered them on a Heavy Metal special on TV back in the day. ('Let it Roll'
off this album it was) During the Schenker years they put out a string of mind blowing albums. This is the ultimate showcase of tunes from a band that should of been the giants they deserved to be. [First added to this chart: 09/22/2020]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

115 charts

Rank Score:

665

Rank in 1979:

45

Rank in 1970s:

455

Overall Rank:

2,397

Average Rating:

 79 (127 votes)

Comments:

14

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Led Zeppelin III 

 Led Zeppelin

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Zeppelin is a strange beast. So many fantastic albums. The hard thing I find for myself is which I think is best. Goes in circles. Led Zep II held the title for many years. IV was always knocking at the door. But over the past few years III has been the one I keep returning to and loving everything on it. So it holds the title. For now. All hail the Zep.
Favorite track: Celebration Day [First added to this chart: 09/22/2020]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,119 charts

Rank Score:

8,954

Rank in 1970:

9

Rank in 1970s:

45

Overall Rank:

181

Average Rating:

 84 (1,944 votes)

Comments:

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Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) 

 Led Zeppelin

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A classic album. It's a pity most of the first side, especially Stairway to Heaven was thrashed so much by the radio and public alike that I got sick of those songs. It slightly put me off for quite a while. It's side two that's the true savior of this album.
Favorite track: The Battle Of Evermore [First added to this chart: 09/22/2020]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

3,071 charts

Rank Score:

44,244

Rank in 1971:

1

Rank in 1970s:

4

Overall Rank:

12

Average Rating:

 90 (3,901 votes)

Comments:

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Demons & Wizards 

 Uriah Heep

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Had on vinyl. Then it was gone. 30 years later got the CD. Forgot how fucking brilliant this is. It powered up the chart. A masterpiece of an album [First added to this chart: 04/10/2021]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

152 charts

Rank Score:

986

Rank in 1972:

36

Rank in 1970s:

340

Overall Rank:

1,724

Average Rating:

 78 (175 votes)

Comments:

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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	%
	48	48%
	33	33%
	10	10%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

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Up 6 from 71st to 65th Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys

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Down 1 from 65th to 66th Ótta by Sólstafir
Down 1 from 66th to 67th Album Of The Year by Faith No More
Down 1 from 67th to 68th Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

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95/100

From chavaloricardin 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 BraddlesHendo 03/21/2023 10:28

Great seeing Alice Cooper and The Dead Kennedy’s

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From uphill 01/05/2023 15:28

You get only 90 instead of 100 cause you listed Rammstein...

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From Arthurknight 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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80/100

From Moondance 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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95/100

From KineticEchoes02 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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90/100

From rockbluesfolkjaz 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 ExTeaSea 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 StreakyNuno 03/02/2021 20:41

Very nice chart...thank you

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From StreakyNuno 01/31/2021 00:17

Good to see Dark Side in first place.

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