Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Rm12398 
CHART OF THE DAY(!): 05/29/2023, 11/01/2024
While always being into music, I have only really started delving into the album format since 2019. I started off by listening to every record in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" by Robert Dimery before expanding my search for albums onto this site.
From Late 2022 to Early 2023, I listened to the "500 Greatest Albums of the 1960's" from Uncut. This will be why that only 60's albums seemed to be moving around my chart at that moment in time. As a list, I feel it is a very well balanced list of popular music from this period and is worth checking out if you, like myself, were not alive to experience these fantastic years of music.
Will try to add descriptions to each entry as and when I can.
GRADES:
A+ = 100
A = 95
A- = 90
B+ 85
B = 80
B- = 75
C+ = 70
C = 65
C- = 60
D+ = 55
D = 50
D- = 45
E+ = 40
E = 35
E- = 30
F = 25 and Under.
- Chart updated: 05/26/2025 22:45
- (Created: 07/08/2021 23:56).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top Tracks: Pigs (Three Different Ones), Pigs On The Wing (Part One), Dogs
95/100 (A+) [First added to this chart: 03/24/2022]
95/100 (A+) [First added to this chart: 03/24/2022]
Year of Release:
1977
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23,481
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200
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Top Tracks: Wish You Were Here, Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V), Have A Cigar
95/100 (A+) [First added to this chart: 07/08/2021]
95/100 (A+) [First added to this chart: 07/08/2021]
Year of Release:
1975
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46,631
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Folk Rock
The best story-telling on a Dylan album. Fantastically consistent track list.
Top Tracks: Idiot Wind, Tangled Up In Blue, Simple Twist Of Fate.
A [First added to this chart: 02/08/2022]
The best story-telling on a Dylan album. Fantastically consistent track list.
Top Tracks: Idiot Wind, Tangled Up In Blue, Simple Twist Of Fate.
A [First added to this chart: 02/08/2022]
Year of Release:
1975
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22,031
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Top Tracks: Close To The Edge, And You And I, Siberian Khatru.
95/100 (A+) [First added to this chart: 07/02/2023]
95/100 (A+) [First added to this chart: 07/02/2023]
Year of Release:
1972
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14,074
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Top Tracks: Marquee Moon, Venus, Prove It
95/100 (A+) [First added to this chart: 03/24/2022]
95/100 (A+) [First added to this chart: 03/24/2022]
Year of Release:
1977
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20,696
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Top Tracks: Lady Stardust, Five Years, Starman
A- [First added to this chart: 02/08/2022]
A- [First added to this chart: 02/08/2022]
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1972
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46,021
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Top Tracks: Go Your Own Way, The Chain, I Don't Want To Know
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Other Albums Ranked:
2. Tusk: B+ (85/100)
3. Fleetwood Mac: B+ (85/100)
4. Tango In The Night: B+ (85/100)
5. Then Play On: C+ (70/100) [First added to this chart: 03/24/2022]
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Other Albums Ranked:
2. Tusk: B+ (85/100)
3. Fleetwood Mac: B+ (85/100)
4. Tango In The Night: B+ (85/100)
5. Then Play On: C+ (70/100) [First added to this chart: 03/24/2022]
Year of Release:
1977
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32,179
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Top Tracks: Bridge Over Troubled Water, The Only Living Boy In New York, The Boxer
A- [First added to this chart: 02/09/2022]
A- [First added to this chart: 02/09/2022]
Year of Release:
1970
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12,325
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Top Tracks: Supper's Ready, Horizons, Watcher Of The Skies
90/100 (A) [First added to this chart: 02/09/2022]
90/100 (A) [First added to this chart: 02/09/2022]
Year of Release:
1972
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5,397
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Top Tracks: Tumbling Dice, Shine A Light, Let It Loose
90/100 (A) [First added to this chart: 03/24/2022]
90/100 (A) [First added to this chart: 03/24/2022]
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1972
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21,041
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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 | 26 | 26% | |
| 1970s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1980s | 4 | 4% | |
| 1990s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2000s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 14 | 14% | |
| 2020s | 6 | 6% |
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| Sigur Rós | 5 | 5% | |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor | 4 | 4% | |
| The Beatles | 4 | 4% | |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 4% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 3% | |
| Radiohead | 3 | 3% | |
| Sufjan Stevens | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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45 | 45% | |
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30 | 30% | |
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10 | 10% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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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 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West |
| Up 1 from 99th to 98th Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles |
| Up 1 from 98th to 97th I Don't Live Here Anymore by The War On Drugs |
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 The Beatles (The White Album)by The Beatles |
| Leavers |
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 Either/Orby Elliott Smith |
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From Tamthebam 05/09/2025 10:37
Tamthebam 05/09/2025 10:37
An interesting chart & 15 albums in common, the 70's should be next on your listening agenda.
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From Johnnyo 05/31/2023 04:14
Really interesting chart. Like it a lot
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From Rm12398 11/10/2022 15:45
@Arthurknight Can an album ranked 253rd be slept on? Because I certainly feel that Foxtrot is slept on with regards to the Genesis catalogue and it is my personal favourite of theirs. Absolutely love The Flaming Lips but when you listen to so much good music, there are going to be tough cuts. That's the fun of the limit of 100 though right? Got to make tough decisions. Thanks for taking the time to go through my chart, shall go and return the favour with your chart now:)
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Arthurknight 11/10/2022 01:52
Arthurknight 11/10/2022 01:52
I was not expecting to stumble onto Genesis Foxtrot while going through this list, but you're right! It is the best Genesis album and Watcher of the Skies is truly magical. I can't help but cry at seeing things like Soft Bulletin get sharply excised in your edit notes but it's a fun exercise in advertising your process.
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From Rm12398 10/21/2022 19:46
@pinkfreud1981 Thank you for taking the time to read through it.
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From pinkfreud1981 10/21/2022 15:13
Really liked your chart. Definetly going to give anothet listen listen to Godspeed you ..
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100/100
From jackharrison21 09/11/2022 21:41
Probably the most similar chart and music taste I've ever seen to my own on this site!!!
Loving the appreciation for Godspeed/Silver Mt Zion, seen them live twice (as well as Efrim solo) and off to see them again next week, genuinely never seen a band that is so good live!
I also began working my way through the '1001 albums to hear before you die' a number of years ago, so maybe that's where a lot of the similarity comes from.
Will definitely be listening to the 22 albums I've not heard on here :)
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| Best Artists of 1999 | |
|---|---|
| 1. Sigur Rós | |
| 2. The Flaming Lips | |
| 3. Red Hot Chili Peppers | |
| 4. フィッシュマンズ [Fishmans] | |
| 5. Blur | |
| 6. Built To Spill | |
| 7. Fiona Apple | |
| 8. Wilco | |
| 9. The Dismemberment Plan | |
| 10. The Magnetic Fields | |
| 11. American Football | |
| 12. Moby | |
| 13. Nine Inch Nails | |
| 14. Blink-182 | |
| 15. Dream Theater | |
| 16. Muse | |
| 17. Godspeed You! Black Emperor | |
| 18. Rage Against The Machine | |
| 19. Eminem | |
| 20. Mos Def |