Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by mv3k

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• Chart updated: 01/23/2024 19:15
• (Created: 04/17/2022 20:57).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Wish You Were Here 

 Pink Floyd

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All-time masterpiece and my favourite record by them, stunningly beautiful, evoking feelings of sadness and melancholy and at the same time calmness. It's hard to describe what it means to me and every second of it is absolutely excellent
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 10.0
Fav tracks: Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Welcome To The Machine, Have A Cigar, Wish You Were Here [First added to this chart: 04/17/2022]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

2,913 charts

Rank Score:

50,762

Rank in 1975:

1

Rank in 1970s:

2

Overall Rank:

8

Average Rating:

 91 (3,946 votes)

Comments:

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The Queen Is Dead 

 The Smiths

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This album manages to perfectly capture feelings of loneliness and despair predicting the worst elements of living in 21st century, while also giving hope, many brilliant lines and it is also amazing musically, this is probably the most important album for me
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.8
Fav tracks: The Queen Is Dead, Frankly Mr. Shankly, I Know It's Over, Cemetary Gates, Bigmouth Strikes Again, The Boy With The Thorn In His Side, There Is A Light That Never Goes Out [First added to this chart: 01/28/2023]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

2,425 charts

Rank Score:

39,101

Rank in 1986:

1

Rank in 1980s:

1

Overall Rank:

17

Average Rating:

 88 (2,836 votes)

Comments:

264

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The Dark Side Of The Moon 

 Pink Floyd

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Otherwordly beautiful, larger than life experience. For me this album transcends the essence of life and death and deserves its status of one of the absolutely greatest of all time
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.9
Fav tracks: Breathe, Time, The Great Gig In The Sky, Money, Us And Them, Brain Damage [First added to this chart: 04/17/2022]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,043 charts

Rank Score:

71,161

Rank in 1973:

1

Rank in 1970s:

1

Overall Rank:

2

Average Rating:

 92 (5,203 votes)

Comments:

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Disintegration 

 The Cure

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Magical, mysterious, ethereal and hauntingly beautiful album and most certainly the best by this band, production is perfect and with its lyrics it creates unique atmosphere
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.8
Fav tracks: Pictures Of You, Lovesong, Lullaby, Fascination Street, Prayers For Rain, The Same Deep Water As You, Disintegration, Untitled [First added to this chart: 06/15/2023]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,761 charts

Rank Score:

27,773

Rank in 1989:

2

Rank in 1980s:

4

Overall Rank:

32

Average Rating:

 86 (1,966 votes)

Comments:

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Pet Sounds 

 The Beach Boys

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Probably the most beautiful album ever recorded, every single track oozes with emotions by using these perfect vocal harmonies and so many instruments
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.8
Fav tracks: Wouldn't It Be Nice, Don't Talk, I Know There's An Answer, Sloop John B, God Only Knows, Here Today, I Just Wasn't Made For These Times [First added to this chart: 04/17/2022]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,779 charts

Rank Score:

45,081

Rank in 1966:

2

Rank in 1960s:

5

Overall Rank:

11

Average Rating:

 88 (3,194 votes)

Comments:

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Revolver 

 The Beatles

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This is a great showcase of human creativity and especially their talent as a band. Songs here are so versatile and at the same time so incredibly good, experiments work and I love all small details in instrumentals
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.6
Fav tracks: Eleanor Rigby, I'm Only Sleeping, Love You To, She Said She Said, And Your Bird Can Sing, For No One, Tomorrow Never Knows [First added to this chart: 04/17/2022]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,479 charts

Rank Score:

56,944

Rank in 1966:

1

Rank in 1960s:

2

Overall Rank:

4

Average Rating:

 91 (4,474 votes)

Comments:

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Abbey Road 

 The Beatles

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This album is just so huge and ambitious yet so simple, a lot of gorgeous songs and even weaker ones weirdly fit here, great album to finish the story of this wonderful band
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.5
Fav tracks: Come Together, Something, i Want You, Here Comes The Sun, You Never Give Me Your Money, She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End [First added to this chart: 04/17/2022]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,629 charts

Rank Score:

65,427

Rank in 1969:

1

Rank in 1960s:

1

Overall Rank:

3

Average Rating:

 92 (4,509 votes)

Comments:

466

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Paranoid 

 Black Sabbath

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Probably the best heavy metal album ever (or at least in my opinion). It has everything heavy and catchy riffs, important and great lyrics about dark topics like war, nuclear disaster or mental illness
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.6
Fav tracks: War Pigs, Paranoid, Iron Man, Electric Funeral, Fairies Wear Boots [First added to this chart: 04/17/2022]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,645 charts

Rank Score:

19,379

Rank in 1970:

1

Rank in 1970s:

18

Overall Rank:

56

Average Rating:

 86 (2,030 votes)

Comments:

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In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) 

 King Crimson

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Amazing album, so ahead of its time, very beutiful and heavy at the same time, their best project by far, there is almost no weak points
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.6
Fav tracks: 21st Century Schizoid Man, I Talk To The Wind, Epitaph, The Court Of The Crimson King [First added to this chart: 04/17/2022]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,985 charts

Rank Score:

31,593

Rank in 1969:

2

Rank in 1960s:

7

Overall Rank:

25

Average Rating:

 89 (2,349 votes)

Comments:

219

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Animals 

 Pink Floyd

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Probably their darkest record comparing people and their actions to animals with very good writing and excellent playing
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.6
Fav tracks: Dogs, Pigs, Sheep [First added to this chart: 05/21/2022]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,711 charts

Rank Score:

25,572

Rank in 1977:

2

Rank in 1970s:

8

Overall Rank:

36

Average Rating:

 88 (2,723 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	2	2%
1960s	21	21%
1970s	46	46%
1980s	28	28%
1990s	3	3%
2000s	0	0%
2010s	0	0%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
The Beatles	6	6%
Led Zeppelin	6	6%
Pink Floyd	5	5%
David Bowie	5	5%
Bob Dylan	4	4%
The Smiths	4	4%
Miles Davis	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	63	63%
	31	31%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

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Up 30 from 61st to 31st Master Of Reality by Black Sabbath

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Down 1 from 31st to 32nd Bitches Brew by Miles Davis
Down 1 from 32nd to 33rd Machine Head by Deep Purple
Down 1 from 33rd to 34th Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

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90/100	03/21/2024 19:50	MadhattanJack	156	84/100
90/100	03/01/2024 01:08	mrmcrook	394	92/100
100/100	01/05/2024 19:27	Larcx13	1,092	86/100
80/100	10/06/2023 21:07	Johnnyo	2,014	80/100
95/100	09/21/2023 01:03	Brandon8	40	88/100

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90/100

From mrmcrook 03/01/2024 01:08

Like the notes. Personal perspective is always good.

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80/100

From Johnnyo 10/06/2023 21:09

Good chart as far as it goes but as the last 30 years or so are not deemed worthy of inclusion I have to score accordingly. Still a good chart though

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From EyeKanFly 09/20/2023 20:23

There's some really great albums here, but I feel like you're missing out by not having anything from later than 1993. We have 16 albums in common, surely there's some albums from the past 30 years which you'd consider great enough for your top 100, no?

If I were looking at this as a "best albums from 1965 to 1993" (with 3 from pre-1965), then I'm inclined to agree that this is fantastic! But looking at it as a best albums ever, then I can't help but feel like it's lacking

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90/100

From Tamthebam 09/20/2023 12:17

Really great chart full of good albums and you cant go wrong with multiple albums from Beatles Bowie Zeppelin and the Floyd.

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90/100

From bobnickmad 02/25/2023 20:37

Lots of great choices even if I'm not the biggest fan of The Smiths in the world.

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80/100

From Moondance 01/18/2023 21:40

This looks very much like the chart I would make (with a few notable exceptions) if I allowed multiple albums per artists and stopped at 1986.
It will be interesting to see what post '86 albums make the cut ~ and more significantly, what pre '86 albums get the flick!
As a general comment, you might like to broaden your journey through modern music by taking a trip to countries south of the Equator.

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Rating:  

100/100

From IlMala 09/29/2022 15:14

43 (!) in common!

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95/100

From leniad 05/13/2022 05:59

good as of year 1977

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95/100

From Goliath 05/07/2022 12:29

26 in common, the classics are in there as they should be!

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