Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Detroit Rock Citizen

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Only one album per artist although some people show up as members of different bands (e.g. Clapton). I've tried to limit the number of best ofs but those included I feel are warranted for obvious reasons. I've named a representative song for each album.

Chart updated: 09/16/2024 16:15
(Created: 09/13/2008 07:10).
Chart size: 100 albums.

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Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

Representative Song: Like A Rolling Stone [First added to this chart: 12/14/2009]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,352 charts

Rank Score:

28,403

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Average Rating:

89 (2,794 votes)

Comments:

226

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Who's Next

The Who

Representative Song: Won't Get Fooled Again [First added to this chart: 12/14/2009]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

2,168 charts

Rank Score:

22,560

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Average Rating:

86 (2,533 votes)

Comments:

200

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Are You Experienced

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Ranks this high in it's current version that combines the American and British versions
Representative Song: Are You Experienced [First added to this chart: 12/14/2009]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,204 charts

Rank Score:

22,881

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Representative Song: Eleanor Rigby [First added to this chart: 12/14/2009]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,552 charts

Rank Score:

52,740

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Average Rating:

91 (4,555 votes)

Comments:

484

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Van Halen

Representative Song: Eruption/You Really Got Me [First added to this chart: 12/14/2009]

Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

677 charts

Rank Score:

4,596

Rank in 1978:

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Overall Rank:

378

Average Rating:

80 (871 votes)

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Sign "O" The Times

Prince

Representative Song: I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man [First added to this chart: 12/14/2009]

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

877 charts

Rank Score:

9,297

Rank in 1987:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

165

Average Rating:

81 (939 votes)

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The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

Representative Song: Sin City [First added to this chart: 12/14/2009]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

292 charts

Rank Score:

1,608

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

117

Overall Rank:

1,091

Average Rating:

79 (298 votes)

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Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

Representative Song: Sympathy For The Devil [First added to this chart: 12/14/2009]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,217 charts

Rank Score:

9,454

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

161

Average Rating:

84 (1,539 votes)

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Mothership Connection

Parliament

Representative Song: Mothership Connection (Star Child) [First added to this chart: 12/14/2009]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

413 charts

Rank Score:

2,506

Rank in 1975:

Rank in 1970s:

159

Overall Rank:

707

Average Rating:

80 (447 votes)

Comments:

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Back In Black

AC/DC

Representative Song: Back In Black [First added to this chart: 12/14/2009]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,271 charts

Rank Score:

10,653

Rank in 1980:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

133

Average Rating:

80 (1,863 votes)

Comments:

140

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	2	2%
1960s	28	28%
1970s	49	49%
1980s	12	12%
1990s	9	9%
2000s	0	0%
2010s	0	0%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	2	2%
The Beatles	1	1%
Kiss	1	1%
Stevie Wonder	1	1%
Rod Stewart	1	1%
The Cars	1	1%
Temple Of The Dog	1	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	62	62%
	23	23%
	8	8%
	4	4%
	1	1%
	1	1%
	1	1%

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	95	95%
Yes	5	5%

Live?	Albums	%
No	91	91%
Yes	9	9%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	99	99%
Yes	1	1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 4 from 81st to 77th I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You by Aretha Franklin
Up 3 from 84th to 81st Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra
Up 1 from 95th to 94th Los Angeles by X (US)

Biggest fallers
Down 4 from 91st to 95th Volume One by The Traveling Wilburys
Down 3 from 80th to 83rd Hard Again by Muddy Waters
Down 2 from 52nd to 54th Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

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If Rolling Stone Magazine did 1 album per Artist Part 1	21stCenturySchiz	Custom chart	2018
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	StefanR10	Overall chart	2020
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	Madrocker	Overall chart	2019
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	jeffrey-hodgson	Overall chart	2018
Top 500 Albums of All Time	Rolling Stone	Overall chart	2005
Top 500 Albums of All Time	Rolling Stone	Overall chart	2012
Top 500 Albums of All Time	Rolling Stone	Overall chart	2003
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	album guru joe	Overall chart	2013
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	jchurd601	Overall chart	2012
The Top 100 Albums	VH1	Overall chart	2001

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95/100	02/11/2025 00:17	arthurbittencour	162	90/100
85/100	02/10/2025 09:30	SomethingSpecial	1,031	85/100
95/100	07/19/2023 23:26	mrmcrook	541	92/100
95/100	03/30/2021 21:49	desh79	1,279	93/100
95/100	03/30/2021 15:17	sszwalbenest	30	79/100

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arthurbittencourt 02/11/2025 00:17

truly great guide for the rock n roll enthusiast

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sszwalbenest 03/30/2021 15:17

Solid chart! Lots of great albums and lots I need to listen to. Also great that no one artist has too much representation.

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Larcx13 03/30/2021 11:59

Nice top 9. Understandably 70s focused. This is more a "best of" the 20th century. Good selection.

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From Drbassexpert24 09/23/2020 19:02

This list displays a pretty good variety. But it is like you stopped listening to music after the early '90s.

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micah88800 02/25/2019 00:22

I probably would have picked "Heroin" for VU and Nico

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From Rivera 02/24/2019 13:21

Outstanding chart, with some very interesting and unique choices. I'm going to have to check out that Woodstock album.

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bobbyb5 11/20/2018 04:57

I like how you got that Elvis Memphis Anthology. I looked over the tracklist and I haven't heard too many of them, but I really like the ones that I've heard like Gentle On My Mind and Kentucky Rain. And Suspicious Minds is in my all-time favorite Top 100 Greatest Singles. Even though a lot of people don't like it. Ha ha.

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ForegroundNoise 08/19/2018 19:08

I guess the classics are classics for a reason but far too much of bias towards 60/70s rock with no real variety sorry.

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Dankel 12/01/2017 15:49

What a great chart, apart from the jazz (which I have never been able to get into) there is so much good stuff on here - I can see that we are similar in age from the album selection!

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CharlieBarley 12/01/2017 07:11

Good chart, great to see k d lang's Shadowland. I may put that in my chart now. It's a great album and her voice is sublime. Somegreat choices here

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