Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by dougcummings 
- Chart updated: 12/13/2023 04:15
- (Created: 12/25/2020 04:16).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 12/26/2020]
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1985
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13,111
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[First added to this chart: 05/29/2021]
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1999
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17,205
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[First added to this chart: 12/26/2020]
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2015
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18,266
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[First added to this chart: 12/26/2020]
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1967
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29,151
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[First added to this chart: 12/26/2020]
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2001
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8,485
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[First added to this chart: 12/26/2020]
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1974
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10,428
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[First added to this chart: 12/26/2020]
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1963
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14,033
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[First added to this chart: 12/26/2020]
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1980
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30,755
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[First added to this chart: 12/26/2020]
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2012
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25,807
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[First added to this chart: 12/26/2020]
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1977
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25,609
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Total albums: 100. Page 3 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 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 16 | 16% | |
| 1970s | 24 | 24% | |
| 1980s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1990s | 16 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 21 | 21% | |
| 2010s | 10 | 10% | |
| 2020s | 3 | 3% |
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| Pink Floyd | 5 | 5% | |
| Radiohead | 5 | 5% | |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 4% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 3% | |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 3% | |
| Leonard Cohen | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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51 | 51% | |
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32 | 32% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 28 from 81st to 53rd After The Night by 파란노을 [Parannoul] |
| Up 20 from 74th to 54th Alive 2007 by Daft Punk |
| Up 16 from 85th to 69th F♯ A♯ ∞ (LP Version) by Godspeed You! Black Emperor |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 44 from 49th to 93rd Definitely Maybe by Oasis |
| Down 20 from 27th to 47th My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West |
| Down 20 from 61st to 81st Turn On The Bright Lights by Interpol |
| New entries |
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 Purple Mountainsby Purple Mountains |
| Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys |
| Liquid Swords by GZA/Genius |
| You Won't Get What You Want by Daughters |
| Leavers |
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 The Strangerby Billy Joel |
| Harvest by Neil Young |
| Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins |
| In Utero by Nirvana |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
81/100 (from 14 votes)
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100/100  | 12/31/2023 08:33 | ThuramThugood | | 87/100 |
 80/100 | 02/11/2023 13:58 | Johnnyo | | 80/100 |
| 75/100 | 02/11/2023 11:11 | Moondance | | 84/100 |
| 95/100 | 02/11/2023 09:07 |  DommeDamian | | 90/100 |
| 80/100 | 02/07/2023 20:06 | bobnickmad | | 88/100 |
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100/100
From ThuramThugood 12/31/2023 08:37
Based on your other charts you have a diverse and wonderful taste in music. Just because your personal greatest album list contains ‘some’ of the current Top 100 should be neither a surprise nor a problem.
It’s a great list.
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80/100
From Johnnyo 02/11/2023 13:58
Nice chart
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75/100
From Moondance 02/11/2023 11:19
Cool chart ~ your choices pretty much coincide with the majority views on this site - which is fine and for the majority of charts, not unexpected (pure maths in that statement!).
In terms of rating charts, I prefer those that are a bit more diverse (by nationality, by artist, by hemisphere) and reveal something different & unique ~ something that might lead me to discover something new & exciting.
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85/100
From 
sssvnnn 12/16/2022 13:05
sssvnnn 12/16/2022 13:05
very. classical chart - fine.
I agree with Goliath: It´s meant to be the chart of the best albums.
Not the best albums that no one knows.
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90/100
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Goliath 11/25/2021 09:27
Goliath 11/25/2021 09:27
As I've said before, the prime point of this site (I thought by the give-away of the site title!) is to establish what are the greatest albums of all time. Therefore everyone's greatest list should contain their favourite albums, which I would expect to contain a fair percentage of those albums in the overall chart. The 'clever', 'interesting' and sadly pretentious picks can be reserved for custom charts (I know that will mean that far fewer people will look at them, but that's the way it is). So I'm completely with Larcx13 on this!
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100/100
From 
Larcx13 11/24/2021 22:44
Larcx13 11/24/2021 22:44
Wow.... there's so many pretentious pricks on this website. Your list is fine man. zwiebel and RioBravo sound like complete dicks on here.
Youve got Cunninlynguists up there which I find awesome! Deltron 3030 is far from being this site's favorite lol. They clearly must have only seen your top 10 to write the garbage comments they wrote lol.
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5/100
From 
zwiebel 07/20/2021 12:35
zwiebel 07/20/2021 12:35
what a generic list, zero personality. 5 of top 10 albums are from just 2 artists which really shows how shallow is this list
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90/100
From Goliath 07/02/2021 14:50
Goliath 07/02/2021 14:50
25 in common, great chart.
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40/100
From RioBravo 05/20/2021 02:57
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100/100
From Larcx13 03/04/2021 17:51
Larcx13 03/04/2021 17:51
Incredibly diverse!
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