Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
arthur237 
- Chart updated: 02/16/2025 18:45
- (Created: 07/05/2012 15:31).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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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 | 19 | 19% | |
| 1970s | 29 | 29% | |
| 1980s | 6 | 6% | |
| 1990s | 17 | 17% | |
| 2000s | 10 | 10% | |
| 2010s | 16 | 16% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 1% |
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| The Beatles | 7 | 7% | |
| Pink Floyd | 6 | 6% | |
| Radiohead | 5 | 5% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 3% | |
| Supertramp | 3 | 3% | |
| The Who | 3 | 3% | |
| Arcade Fire | 2 | 2% | |
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32 | 32% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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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 |
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| Up 1 from 100th to 99th Submarine by Alex Turner |
| Up 1 from 99th to 98th Rain Dogs by Tom Waits |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 98th to 100th Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers by Bob Marley & The Wailers |
| Down 1 from 11th to 12th John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon |
| Down 1 from 12th to 13th Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd |
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90/100  | 02/17/2025 12:32 | SomethingSpecial | | 85/100 |
 90/100 | 11/13/2023 15:58 | chavaloricardin | | 83/100 |
| 90/100 | 09/18/2021 21:50 |  DommeDamian | | 89/100 |
| 75/100 | 10/30/2020 04:23 | areminder | | 79/100 |
| 95/100 | 10/29/2020 15:51 | Szyfman | | 85/100 |
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I really like your list. Songs for a Blue Guitar is such a special album.
"Carrie & Lowell" at number 1 is insane, i love it.
CharlieBarley 07/17/2019 23:36
great chart
Tamthebam 07/17/2019 10:32
Great chart 18 albums in common and yet our charts are so different, it just shows you how music is so diverse and yet so uniform.
gidgidi 07/17/2019 10:11
Great chart!
I like your chart and know and like or love most of the albums you have here.
Here's a suggestion - Mogwai "Come On Die Young" - very ambient and predominantly instrumental.
Was surprised to see Bon Iver Bon Iver and not see For Emma - both are superb
bobbyb5 09/30/2018 00:34
I remember Murray Head, but not the song that you mentioned. I only remember One Night in Bangkok and I actually kind of like it. And I also remember him from the movie Sunday Bloody Sunday.
A lot of similarities between our tastes. Or in other words, I really like this chart.
mdbaxter 09/26/2018 22:48
Nice list! Are you sure you didn't switch the descriptions for In Rainbows and Kid A?
Boltzmann 09/26/2018 13:49
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