Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by mv3k 
i'm currently rebuilding this chart and also channging rating system, more details about that in my decade charts.
- Chart updated: 06/02/2024 09:15
- (Created: 04/17/2022 20:57).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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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]
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
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43,494
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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]
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]
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1986
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32,664
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This album is absolutely gorgeous in every second of it, you can feel all theemotions flowing through you, while the you drown in the waves created by it
Score: 9.9
Avg. tr. rating: 15 Step, Nude, Weird Fishes/Arpeggi, All I Need, Reckoner, House Of Cards, Jigsaw Falling Into Place, Videotape [First added to this chart: 06/01/2024]
Score: 9.9
Avg. tr. rating: 15 Step, Nude, Weird Fishes/Arpeggi, All I Need, Reckoner, House Of Cards, Jigsaw Falling Into Place, Videotape [First added to this chart: 06/01/2024]
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2007
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42,003
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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]
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]
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1973
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58,298
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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]
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]
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1989
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26,030
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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]
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]
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1966
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37,559
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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]
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
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48,131
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Absolutely amazing dream pop/shoegaze album, you can immerse your soul in the sound of it, this is how beautiful and soothing it is
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.6
Fav tracks: Alison, Machine Gun, 40 Days, Souvlaki Space Station, When The Sun Hits, Dagger [First added to this chart: 09/01/2023]
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.6
Fav tracks: Alison, Machine Gun, 40 Days, Souvlaki Space Station, When The Sun Hits, Dagger [First added to this chart: 09/01/2023]
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1993
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10,564
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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]
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
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55,619
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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]
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
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27,555
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 17 | 17% | |
| 1970s | 32 | 32% | |
| 1980s | 22 | 22% | |
| 1990s | 26 | 26% | |
| 2000s | 1 | 1% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| The Beatles | 6 | 6% | |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 4% | |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4% | |
| The Smiths | 4 | 4% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 4% | |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 3% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 20 from 71st to 51stThe Bends by Radiohead |
| Up 12 from 84th to 72ndGrace by Jeff Buckley |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 51st to 52ndLondon Calling by The Clash |
| Down 1 from 52nd to 53rdLaughing Stock by Talk Talk |
| Down 1 from 53rd to 54thBitches Brew by Miles Davis |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 09/21/2025 21:25 |  sssvnnn | 2,876 | 83/100 | |
| 03/21/2025 10:40 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,089 | 85/100 | |
| 01/27/2025 16:58 | DrewHamster | 314 | 79/100 | |
| 12/18/2024 10:03 |  doombringer | 16 | 88/100 | |
| 03/21/2024 19:50 |  MadhattanJack | 306 | 86/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 3% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 89.5/100, a mean average of 89.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.2/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 10.1.
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From doombringer 12/18/2024 10:06 | #306560
doombringer 12/18/2024 10:06 | #306560
A very diverse chart... Metal ; Jazz ; Hip-Hop ; Prog-Rock . Exactly my style . Over 50 of these albums are also in my own collection . Well done !
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From mrmcrook 03/01/2024 01:08 | #302309
Like the notes. Personal perspective is always good.
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From Johnnyo 10/06/2023 21:09 | #299382
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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EyeKanFly 09/20/2023 20:23 | #299187
EyeKanFly 09/20/2023 20:23 | #299187
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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Tamthebam 09/20/2023 12:17 | #299179
Tamthebam 09/20/2023 12:17 | #299179
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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From bobnickmad 02/25/2023 20:37 | #294445
Lots of great choices even if I'm not the biggest fan of The Smiths in the world.
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From Moondance 01/18/2023 21:40 | #293051
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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IlMala 09/29/2022 15:14 | #290051
IlMala 09/29/2022 15:14 | #290051
43 (!) in common!
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From leniad 05/13/2022 05:59 | #285265
good as of year 1977
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Goliath 05/07/2022 12:29 | #285081
Goliath 05/07/2022 12:29 | #285081
26 in common, the classics are in there as they should be!
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