Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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- Chart updated: 04/13/2023 08:15
- (Created: 08/28/2020 03:33).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 08/28/2020]
Year of Release:
1972
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Rank Score:
19,695
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[First added to this chart: 08/28/2020]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
22,236
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[First added to this chart: 08/28/2020]
Year of Release:
1971
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Rank Score:
16,943
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[First added to this chart: 08/28/2020]
Year of Release:
1969
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Rank Score:
17,152
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[First added to this chart: 08/28/2020]
Year of Release:
1971
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Rank Score:
19,346
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[First added to this chart: 08/28/2020]
Year of Release:
1975
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Rank Score:
15,394
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[First added to this chart: 08/28/2020]
Year of Release:
1969
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Rank Score:
57,256
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[First added to this chart: 08/28/2020]
Year of Release:
1975
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Rank Score:
20,887
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[First added to this chart: 08/28/2020]
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 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1960s | 25 | 25% | |
| 1970s | 35 | 35% | |
| 1980s | 7 | 7% | |
| 1990s | 10 | 10% | |
| 2000s | 7 | 7% | |
| 2010s | 3 | 3% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Rolling Stones | 5 | 5% | |
| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 3% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 3% | |
| Marvin Gaye | 2 | 2% | |
| Charles Mingus | 2 | 2% | |
| Stevie Wonder | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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54 | 54% | |
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35 | 35% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 2 from 99th to 97th Learning To Wave by Andy Sheppard |
| Up 2 from 98th to 96th Vivaldi: The Four Seasons by Max Richter |
| Up 2 from 97th to 95th Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 9 from 91st to 100th My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West |
| Down 2 from 89th to 91st Elvis At Sun by Elvis Presley |
| Down 2 from 96th to 98th Blues From The Gutter by Champion Jack Dupree |
| New entries |
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| Damn Right, I've Got The Blues by Buddy Guy |
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| ! | 03/20/2025 17:15 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 03/25/2022 18:10 | Rm12398 | 99 | 89/100 |
| ! | 12/30/2020 13:48 |  Larcx13 | 1,145 | 86/100 |
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From Goliath 12/10/2020 16:55 | #262486
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21 albums in common, though we have a very different top 10.
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| Best Artists of 1977 | |
|---|---|
| 1. Fleetwood Mac | |
| 2. David Bowie | |
| 3. Pink Floyd | |
| 4. Television | |
| 5. Sex Pistols | |
| 6. Steely Dan | |
| 7. Billy Joel | |
| 8. Bob Marley & The Wailers | |
| 9. Bob Marley | |
| 10. The Clash | |
| 11. Iggy Pop | |
| 12. Kraftwerk | |
| 13. Wire | |
| 14. Ramones | |
| 15. Elvis Costello | |
| 16. Electric Light Orchestra | |
| 17. Talking Heads | |
| 18. Suicide | |
| 19. Meat Loaf | |
| 20. Fela Kuti |
