Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by albumceleste 
I tried to do a rough catalogue of my taste.
One album per artist.
At first I was going to include classical music artists (probably a third of the chart, but there were SO many albums I needed to add and in the end classical music is not album based like pop music; when you like an artist or a work you end up listening to different versions everytime you can, so it didn't make sense to add them here.)
The order is whatever came up doing it. Maybe the top and low spots are more accurate. The middle of the bell curve is a mess.
- Chart updated: 11/17/2023 02:15
- (Created: 10/30/2021 01:56).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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My favourite rock band ever. Richards is the best.
Sticky fingers, Beggar's banquet or Exile on main street are my nr1
Let it bleed
Aftermath
Between the buttons [First added to this chart: 11/16/2023]
Sticky fingers, Beggar's banquet or Exile on main street are my nr1
Let it bleed
Aftermath
Between the buttons [First added to this chart: 11/16/2023]
Year of Release:
1971
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16,897
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Were my favourite around 14yo. Huge on them. That Jack White video were he can tell wich Beatles song is playing with just 2 seconds intro? I could do that too! I don't listen to them anymore on purpose.
Sgt Pepper's best album from a production standpoint. Abbey Road runner up.
Revolver best from an innovation standpoint. White album a mixed bag covering all spectre.
Rubber soul the best compromise between the innovative druggie Beatles and the merseybeat hi energy performing band. [First added to this chart: 11/14/2023]
Sgt Pepper's best album from a production standpoint. Abbey Road runner up.
Revolver best from an innovation standpoint. White album a mixed bag covering all spectre.
Rubber soul the best compromise between the innovative druggie Beatles and the merseybeat hi energy performing band. [First added to this chart: 11/14/2023]
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1965
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26,848
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Dark side of the moon hits a sweet spot between sophistification and easy-listening. It's a progressive rock album that you can have as background music or in the car, and if you pay attention it blows your mind, or it can be left in the back and is never intrusive. Just brillant.
TDSoTM
Wish you were here
The Piper at the gates of dawn (Syd Barret's beast, almost a different band altogether)
Meddle
Animals
The Wall [First added to this chart: 11/14/2023]
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Wish you were here
The Piper at the gates of dawn (Syd Barret's beast, almost a different band altogether)
Meddle
Animals
The Wall [First added to this chart: 11/14/2023]
Year of Release:
1973
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60,265
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The queen is dead
Hatful of hollow
The Smiths
Meat is murder
Strangeways here we come [First added to this chart: 11/16/2023]
Hatful of hollow
The Smiths
Meat is murder
Strangeways here we come [First added to this chart: 11/16/2023]
Year of Release:
1986
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34,040
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Quadrophenia
Tommy
Who's next
Sell out [First added to this chart: 10/17/2022]
Tommy
Who's next
Sell out [First added to this chart: 10/17/2022]
Year of Release:
1973
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7,064
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LZ3
LZ(4)
LZ2
Houses of the holy
LZ1 [First added to this chart: 11/14/2023]
LZ(4)
LZ2
Houses of the holy
LZ1 [First added to this chart: 11/14/2023]
Year of Release:
1970
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8,042
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Red
In the court of the Crimson King [First added to this chart: 11/14/2023]
In the court of the Crimson King [First added to this chart: 11/14/2023]
Year of Release:
1974
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10,241
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Ziggy
Hunky dory [First added to this chart: 11/14/2023]
Hunky dory [First added to this chart: 11/14/2023]
Year of Release:
1972
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43,613
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Ok computer
Kid A
In rainbows
Amnesiac [First added to this chart: 11/14/2023]
Kid A
In rainbows
Amnesiac [First added to this chart: 11/14/2023]
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1997
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63,879
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[First added to this chart: 11/16/2023]
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1974
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4,054
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 9 | 9% | |
| 1960s | 23 | 23% | |
| 1970s | 27 | 27% | |
| 1980s | 15 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 14 | 14% | |
| 2000s | 3 | 3% | |
| 2010s | 7 | 7% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 1% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Neutral Milk Hotel | 1 | 1% | |
| Ramones | 1 | 1% | |
| U2 | 1 | 1% | |
| The Beatles | 1 | 1% | |
| Nina Simone | 1 | 1% | |
| Sumo | 1 | 1% | |
| Billie Holiday | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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55 | 55% | |
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21 | 21% | |
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9 | 9% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 15th to 16th The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths |
| Down 1 from 16th to 17th Quadrophenia by The Who |
| Down 1 from 17th to 18th Billie Holiday Sings (1950) by Billie Holiday |
| New entries |
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| Loveless by My Bloody Valentine |
| Leavers |
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| The Animals by The Animals |
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