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 am starting to ween the compilations out of my list if I find a superior studio album. There are some compilations that will stay as the collection of songs are supreme and I like those artists to be represented if they don't have any studio album (that I've found) that's worthy of a top 100 ranking.

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: 10 hours ago
• (Created: 08/27/2020 03:09).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

There are 14 comments for this chart from BestEverAlbums.com members and Top 100 Greatest Music Albums has an average rating of 89 out of 100 (from 30 votes). Please log in or register to leave a comment or assign a rating.

• Summary
• Composition
• Ratings
• Favourites
• Comments
• Your feedback

View the complete list of 56,000 charts on BestEverAlbums.com from The Charts page.

This chart is currently filtered to only show albums from the 1970s. (Remove this filter)

Sort by

• Overall Rank
• Num. Charts
• Avg. Rating
• Num. Ratings
• Release Date
• Title
• Artist
• Date Added

1. (=)

The Dark Side Of The Moon 

 Pink Floyd

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

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 08/24
Favorite track: Brain Damage/Eclipse [First added to this chart: 09/18/2020]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,107 charts

Rank Score:

64,397

Rank in 1973:

1

Rank in 1970s:

1

Overall Rank:

2

Average Rating:

 92 (5,300 votes)

Comments:

586

3. (=)

Highway To Hell 

 AC/DC

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

This was the album a mate lent to me when it came out that introduced me to the musical leanings and way of life I was to become. Once heard, there was no turning back. Hooked forever into the world of hard rock and metal. It has held a place in my heart ever since hence will always remain a favorite. I've never gotten sick of it and love it every time I listen to it.
Favorite track: Touch To Much [First added to this chart: 09/18/2020]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

645 charts

Rank Score:

4,185

Rank in 1979:

9

Rank in 1970s:

98

Overall Rank:

417

Average Rating:

 78 (1,008 votes)

Comments:

59

5. (=)

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols 

 Sex Pistols

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

98.33* 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:

1,367 charts

Rank Score:

11,149

Rank in 1977:

5

Rank in 1970s:

33

Overall Rank:

122

Average Rating:

 80 (1,839 votes)

Comments:

145

6. (=)

Powerage 

 AC/DC

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

98.00* Best album of AC/DC (along with Highway to Hell). One of the greatest up tempo rock & roll albums of all time. This is when they were at there absolute prime. All killer, no filler. It really is one of the most under rated albums of all time. [First added to this chart: 09/18/2020]

Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

246 charts

Rank Score:

1,561

Rank in 1978:

20

Rank in 1970s:

236

Overall Rank:

1,129

Average Rating:

 77 (403 votes)

Comments:

27

14. (=)

The Wall 

 Pink Floyd

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

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:

2,239 charts

Rank Score:

27,083

Rank in 1979:

2

Rank in 1970s:

7

Overall Rank:

31

Average Rating:

 86 (3,476 votes)

Comments:

264

17. (=)

Led Zeppelin III 

 Led Zeppelin

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

92.50 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:

1,149 charts

Rank Score:

8,230

Rank in 1970:

9

Rank in 1970s:

45

Overall Rank:

188

Average Rating:

 84 (1,975 votes)

Comments:

97

18. (=)

Tubular Bells 

 Mike Oldfield

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

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:

537 charts

Rank Score:

3,459

Rank in 1973:

14

Rank in 1970s:

117

Overall Rank:

512

Average Rating:

 79 (648 votes)

Comments:

41

20. (=)

Strangers In The Night 
Live

 UFO

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

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:

120 charts

Rank Score:

610

Rank in 1979:

48

Rank in 1970s:

477

Overall Rank:

2,581

Average Rating:

 79 (130 votes)

Comments:

14

21. (=)

Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) 

 Led Zeppelin

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

91.87 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:

3,139 charts

Rank Score:

41,426

Rank in 1971:

1

Rank in 1970s:

4

Overall Rank:

11

Average Rating:

 90 (3,972 votes)

Comments:

303

22. (=)

Parallel Lines 

 Blondie

Buy album

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• #Sponsored

94.16* The ultimate of anything New Wave. It's bloody brilliant. Magnificent listen from start to finish. Not one filler track among them. All tracks well slotted to make this an all time classic. Nothing else she done comes close. Fantastic. Just bloody fantastic [First added to this chart: 10/03/2020]

Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

834 charts

Rank Score:

6,259

Rank in 1978:

2

Rank in 1970s:

67

Overall Rank:

273

Average Rating:

 81 (963 votes)

Comments:

61

• « prev
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• next »

Total albums: 36. Page 1 of 4

Don't agree with this chart? Create your own from the My Charts page!

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	4	4%
1970s	36	36%
1980s	16	16%
1990s	16	16%
2000s	23	23%
2010s	4	4%
2020s	1	1%

Artist	Albums	%
Pink Floyd	4	4%
AC/DC	4	4%
Alice Cooper	4	4%
Dead Kennedys	4	4%
System Of A Down	3	3%
Led Zeppelin	3	3%
Motörhead	3	3%
Show all

Country	Albums	%
	48	48%
	33	33%
	9	9%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%
Show all

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums similar charts

Title	Source	Type	Published	Country
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s	mrmcrook	1970s decade chart	2025
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	ElDuderino	Overall chart	2022
The 100 Greatest Rock Albums Of All Time	Classic Rock	Overall chart	2001
Greatest Rock Albums of All Time by Classic Rock	Johnnyo	Custom chart	2023
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	MetalMan67	Overall chart	2023
Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s	mrmcrook	2000s decade chart	2025
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	Goliath	Overall chart	2024
The 100 Greatest Albums Of The '70s	Planet Rock	1970s decade chart	2019
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	DJStuart79	Overall chart	2016
Top 91 Music Albums of the 1970s	djrodo	1970s decade chart	2024

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums similarity to your chart(s)

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings

Showing latest 5 ratings for this chart. | Show all 30 ratings for this chart.

Sort ratings

• Rating
• Date updated
• Member

Rating	Date updated	Member	Chart ratings	Avg. chart rating
80/100	02/14/2025 15:40	DrewHamster	318	79/100
100/100	11/19/2024 22:34	SomethingSpecial	1,031	85/100
85/100	10/06/2024 02:40	matterhornrider	76	92/100
90/100	04/07/2024 02:23	jrbaker	38	72/100
100/100	12/01/2023 03:15	rambleon80	6	94/100

Rating metrics: Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some charts can have several thousand ratings)
This chart is rated in the top 3% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 89.3/100, a mean average of 90.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.5/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 7.3.

• Related links:
• Top charts

Please log in or register if you want to be able to leave a rating

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums comments

Showing latest 10 comments | Show all 14 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Maximum Rated First | Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)

Rating:  

85/100

From matterhornrider 10/06/2024 02:42

I love seeing the Dead Kennedys Albums. I saw them a couple of times at Mabuhay Gardens (long gone) on Broadway in the ‘80s.

Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Rating:  

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

English review
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

Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Rating:  

100/100

From BraddlesHendo 03/21/2023 10:28

Great seeing Alice Cooper and The Dead Kennedy’s

Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Rating:  

90/100

From uphill 01/05/2023 15:28

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

Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Rating:  

100/100

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.

Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Rating:  

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.

Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Rating:  

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!

Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Rating:  

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.

Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

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.

Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Rating:  

95/100

From StreakyNuno 03/02/2021 20:41

Very nice chart...thank you

Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (2 helpful | 1 unhelpful)

Please log in or register if you want to be able to add a comment

Your feedback for Top 100 Greatest Music Albums

Let us know what you think of this chart by adding a comment or assigning a rating below!