Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
Tamthebam 
I love all types of music it doesn't matter to me if the artist is considered "cool" or not. I've been collecting music for over 50 years and these are the albums I've listened to the most. I love to try and listen to everything an artist has recorded. I love music to enhance my moods I like albums that give an atmosphere/a theme, whether that is in Soul/ R n B, country, folk, jazz, indie, rock or "easy listening" or pop music. My favourite decade is the 70's. Its 2024 and I just realised that the majority of my chart is female ! This was not a conscious decision it just happened
- Chart updated: 03/21/2024 09:15
- (Created: 06/14/2012 18:49).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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From start to finish this is my favourite Beatles album it is one of the best album made in the 60's, one of the best albums of all time and the last album they recorded (Let It Be was released a year later but the tracks for it had already been recorded). They hit an all time peak with this record I doubt they would have been able to better it, even if they had stayed together. Octopus's Garden & Silver Hammer are the only tracks which get less than 90/100.
[First added to this chart: 06/14/2012]
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1969
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To The Limit is a looser collection of songs than her 2 previous albums (Joan Armatrading & Show Some Emotion).Barefoot and Pregnant, Let it Last, Wishing, You Rope You Tie Me, & Bottom To The Top are all brilliant but Baby I and The Letter are top notch Armatrading songs that are the best here.
[First added to this chart: 10/28/2016]
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This is my favourite M. Gaye album, over the years I have managed to collect nearly everything he recorded from 1960 onwards. What's Going On is also great but this album flows so smoothly it is all about different aspects of Love & the art of making love. Let's get It On, Keep Gettin' It On, Come Get To This & You Sure Love To Ball are amazing as is the whole album. The Deluxe 2 disc edition is a must for all fans of this album.
[First added to this chart: 07/27/2012]
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1973
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The first of Stevie's albums under his 2nd Motown contract. His previous album Where I'm Coming From was the first time he had delivered an album to Motown already finished. This was the follow up. This album is much under rated and deserves to be up there with Innervisions and Songs In The Key.... better than Talking Book and just as good as Fullfillingness diverse and more experimental than anything before. The stand out tracks being the first 3 tracks, and Girl Blue, Keep On Running and Seems So Long.
[First added to this chart: 12/30/2013]
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1972
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618
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A really good Radiohead album listened to as a whole it is a relaxing experience as is their album Rainbows. It reminds me of Bjork's Vespertine very similar instrumentation, and otherworldly feel to it. My favourite tracks are the first 3 & Full Stop, Identikit & True Love Waits.
[First added to this chart: 01/29/2023]
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2016
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17,154
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Very similar in sound but with more of a darker atmosphere than the previous album Post. The amazing opening tracks prepare you for the voyage of sounds & vocals that follow. Despite its icy feel I find this album a very emotional listen her amazing voice has helped make a classic here. The first 4 tracks are on a different level to anything she or anybody has done before. I also love All is Full Of Love & Immature a track that needs more recognition !
[First added to this chart: 03/30/2016]
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1997
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Another great Bowie album from the 70's (1971) this was the album before Ziggy and contains the standards Life On Mars, Changes & Oh You Pretty Things. But the album is more than that it shows Bowie progressing as a singer & songwriter Quicksand & The Bewlay Brothers are brilliant tracks and along with Queen Bitch & Andy Warhol make this a must have album.
[First added to this chart: 06/14/2012]
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1971
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Genius at work. Lucinda at her best. A great album full of her usual melancholy and vision. Country rock, blues and a track (Awakening) that made me think Neil Young. Not a bad track here, she is just amazing.
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A modern pop/dance record no fillers, JT has a great voice he can sing and these 12 songs demonstrate a more mature RnB influence. The first 6 tracks are absolutely brilliant it does dip a little in the middle but Summer Love & Till the End Of Time pick it up again. Great experimental sounds and a few songs that are as their titles imply 2 songs mixed into one. A great album one of the best albums released in the past 15 years.
[First added to this chart: 12/16/2014]
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2006
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A real return to form her best album since the 1997 release Velvet Rope. It sounds current and very few "fillers" and none of those annoying 10 sec. interlude tracks !
[First added to this chart: 07/20/2020]
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1970s | 36 | 36% | |
| 1980s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 24 | 24% | |
| 2000s | 11 | 11% | |
| 2010s | 7 | 7% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| David Bowie | 7 | 7% | |
| Stevie Wonder | 4 | 4% | |
| Björk | 4 | 4% | |
| Kate Bush | 4 | 4% | |
| Rickie Lee Jones | 4 | 4% | |
| Erykah Badu | 3 | 3% | |
| Madonna | 3 | 3% | |
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36 | 36% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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| Up 4 from 89th to 85th Black And White by Pointer Sisters |
| Up 3 from 98th to 95th Janet. by Janet Jackson |
| Up 3 from 86th to 83rd Achtung Baby by U2 |
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| Down 9 from 31st to 40th Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu |
| Down 7 from 90th to 97th The Kick Inside by Kate Bush |
| Down 6 from 55th to 61st Erotica by Madonna |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
87/100 (from 103 votes)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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 75/100  | 12/28/2023 22:26 | ThuramThugood | | 87/100 |
| 90/100 | 12/03/2023 07:12 | KineticEchoes02 | | 88/100 |
| 95/100 | 11/17/2023 03:28 | Sonoffatboy | | 90/100 |
| 75/100 | 09/06/2023 11:01 |  Xxnu99etxX | | 90/100 |
| 100/100 | 06/17/2023 13:52 |  CharlieBarley | | 94/100 |
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Larcx13 11/23/2023 11:42
Larcx13 11/23/2023 11:42
Madonna...🤔
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100/100
From CharlieBarley 06/17/2023 13:53
CharlieBarley 06/17/2023 13:53
Great chart Tam! I rated it before years ago and it's still top Mark's from me. Great taste in music.
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100/100
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melisandre 04/16/2023 09:12
melisandre 04/16/2023 09:12
Nice chart Tam!
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85/100
From Johnnyo 02/04/2023 16:25
Very personal chart. I like it
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95/100
From leniad 07/31/2022 05:35
great seeing your chart and re rating it, i agree bowie is the best artist ever solo
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85/100
From RioBravo 06/18/2021 06:26
Seems like a good list to explore when I want to find some new R&B artists and albums. And I too love Stevie Wonder.
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95/100
From BraddlesHendo 09/02/2020 02:02
This is the coolest great albums. Some I don’t have mostly the R & B music
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90/100
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Julelios 02/27/2020 11:07
Julelios 02/27/2020 11:07
A very personnal chart. I like it. Thanks
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90/100
From temment 02/05/2020 11:17
Excellent list with some surprises. Love that Prefab Sprout get a listing.
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90/100
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ExTeaSea 12/29/2019 05:08
ExTeaSea 12/29/2019 05:08
Great chart! Love how high you rated David Bowie's "Outside" it's so good! Also fantastic seeing REMs album "Up" it's so underrated. Also multiple Bjork is a plus. Found your chart through Erykah Badu's album "Baduizm" really dig her, really like "Worldwide Underground"
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