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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1973
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55,665
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1997
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59,100
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1975
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41,460
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1966
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46,016
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2000
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38,464
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1971
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35,990
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1969
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53,467
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1967
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37,065
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1966
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36,196
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1989
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29,681
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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 | 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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