Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by barbarossa 
Strictly speaking, this is a list of the albums I consider to be the best, not those which I enjoy the most; however, there is non-negligible overlap between those two rankings and my decisions on this chart are informed, to a degree, by personal enjoyment.
- Chart updated: 02/04/2022 07:15
- (Created: 02/18/2021 07:03).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 02/04/2022]
Year of Release:
1973
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Rank Score:
59,873
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[First added to this chart: 02/04/2022]
Year of Release:
1997
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Rank Score:
63,535
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[First added to this chart: 02/04/2022]
Year of Release:
1975
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Rank Score:
44,631
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[First added to this chart: 02/04/2022]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
49,404
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[First added to this chart: 02/04/2022]
Year of Release:
2000
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Rank Score:
42,074
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[First added to this chart: 02/04/2022]
Year of Release:
1971
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Rank Score:
38,624
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[First added to this chart: 02/04/2022]
Year of Release:
1969
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Rank Score:
57,126
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[First added to this chart: 02/04/2022]
Year of Release:
1967
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Rank Score:
39,788
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[First added to this chart: 02/04/2022]
Year of Release:
1966
Appears in:
Rank Score:
38,822
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[First added to this chart: 02/04/2022]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
31,520
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 18 | 18% | |
| 1970s | 29 | 29% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1990s | 24 | 24% | |
| 2000s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2010s | 5 | 5% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Pink Floyd | 5 | 5% | |
| Radiohead | 5 | 5% | |
| David Bowie | 4 | 4% | |
| The Beatles | 4 | 4% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 4% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 3% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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