Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by dougcummings 
- Chart updated: 01/01/2025 23:15
- (Created: 12/25/2020 04:16).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 12/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1997
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63,879
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[First added to this chart: 12/26/2020]
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1975
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44,864
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[First added to this chart: 12/26/2020]
Year of Release:
2004
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14,363
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[First added to this chart: 12/26/2020]
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1969
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28,377
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[First added to this chart: 12/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1970
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18,785
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[First added to this chart: 12/26/2020]
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2007
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44,003
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[First added to this chart: 12/26/2020]
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2000
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13,012
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[First added to this chart: 12/26/2020]
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1979
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30,986
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[First added to this chart: 12/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1971
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38,825
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[First added to this chart: 12/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1973
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60,272
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Total albums: 98. 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 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 16 | 16% | |
| 1970s | 24 | 24% | |
| 1980s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1990s | 15 | 15% | |
| 2000s | 23 | 23% | |
| 2010s | 9 | 9% | |
| 2020s | 3 | 3% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Radiohead | 5 | 5% | |
| Pink Floyd | 5 | 5% | |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 4% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 3% | |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 3% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
| Sigur Rós | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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52 | 52% | |
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31 | 31% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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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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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 1 from 78th to 79th Quadrophenia by The Who |
| Down 1 from 79th to 80th Since I Left You by The Avalanches |
| Down 1 from 80th to 81st Revolver by The Beatles |
| Leavers |
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| Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 10/04/2025 15:19 |  NowhereMan | 292 | 82/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2025 14:17 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,105 | 85/100 |
| ! | 11/14/2024 22:35 | Johnnyo | 2,558 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/14/2024 14:20 | DrewHamster | 317 | 79/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2024 08:52 | Moondance | 476 | 85/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 84.9/100, a mean average of 79.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.4/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 23.2.
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From Johnnyo 11/14/2024 22:36 | #306040
Not sure why I rated this chart down last time I visited. Really like it so upped my rating accordingly. Ace chart
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From ThuramThugood 12/31/2023 08:37 | #300781
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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From Johnnyo 02/11/2023 13:58 | #293930
Nice chart
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From Moondance 02/11/2023 11:19 | #293918
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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From 
sssvnnn 12/16/2022 13:05 | #292009
sssvnnn 12/16/2022 13:05 | #292009
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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Goliath 11/25/2021 09:27 | #276676
Goliath 11/25/2021 09:27 | #276676
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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Larcx13 11/24/2021 22:44 | #276665
Larcx13 11/24/2021 22:44 | #276665
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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zwiebel 07/20/2021 12:35 | #271745
zwiebel 07/20/2021 12:35 | #271745
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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From Goliath 07/02/2021 14:50 | #271255
Goliath 07/02/2021 14:50 | #271255
25 in common, great chart.
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From RioBravo 05/20/2021 02:57 | #269929
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