Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by WayneP 
I've tried to limit one selection per artist in my top 100. Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Velvet Underground, Nick Drake, Bruce Springsteen and many others (Beatles) could hold multiple spots. I've tried to inclue CDs I listen to VERY often. I spend hours in my car each week and this choice was painful. I have included some live CDs but no collections. Nov 5 updating
- Chart updated: 11/04/2013 02:41
- (Created: 07/05/2012 03:52).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1965
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25,024
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Changed the way I think about music- 8th grade
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1967
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37,078
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1966
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46,033
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1967
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20,326
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1973
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2,783
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1970
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8,274
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1979
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3,925
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1982
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1,035
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1978
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4,977
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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 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 23 | 23% | |
| 1970s | 44 | 44% | |
| 1980s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1990s | 9 | 9% | |
| 2000s | 1 | 1% | |
| 2010s | 2 | 2% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Kate & Anna McGarrigle | 2 | 2% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 1 | 1% | |
| Robert Palmer | 1 | 1% | |
| Chicago | 1 | 1% | |
| Van Morrison | 1 | 1% | |
| Old & In The Way | 1 | 1% | |
| Steely Dan | 1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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Up 8 from 72nd to 64th |
Up 5 from 65th to 60th |
Up 2 from 61st to 59th |
| Biggest fallers |
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Down 22 from 23rd to 45th |
Down 2 from 59th to 61st |
Down 2 from 60th to 62nd |
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| ! | 07/27/2017 13:20 | Johnnyo | 2,688 | 80/100 |
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trajis 07/31/2013 02:42 | #82779
This is the kind of chart that's useful to me - absolutely essential artists/albums in common but then those i don't know much about and will now find out about
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Johnnyo TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/27/2017 13:20 | #194987
10 albums in common with my top 100 but I own 63 of them so I have to say, from my point of view, very good taste indeed.
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ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/12/2013 12:54 | #64868
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/12/2013 12:54 | #64868
nice eclectic mix...haven't seen "old and in the way" in years.
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TheKing 08/24/2024 11:48 | #304872
Come back and update this chart please! It rules :) (Edited)
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SingingPeasant96 TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/16/2013 10:30 | #79009
SingingPeasant96 TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/16/2013 10:30 | #79009
Nice chart
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