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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On this album he perfected what he started the same year on his previous album, it is also the ultimate and best folk rock album, I love surrealistic lyrics and the images he paints here with his words
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.7
Fav tracks: Like A Rolling Stone, Tombstone Blues, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Highway 61 Revisited, Desolation Row [First added to this chart: 04/17/2022]
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.7
Fav tracks: Like A Rolling Stone, Tombstone Blues, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Highway 61 Revisited, Desolation Row [First added to this chart: 04/17/2022]
Year of Release:
1965
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27,269
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It feels like his most personal album with melodies and lyrics creating together such a beautiful thing that it's hard to describe it
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.5
Fav tracks: Tangled Up In Blue, Simple Twist Of Fate, Idiot Wind, You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go, Shelter From The Storm [First added to this chart: 04/17/2022]
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.5
Fav tracks: Tangled Up In Blue, Simple Twist Of Fate, Idiot Wind, You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go, Shelter From The Storm [First added to this chart: 04/17/2022]
Year of Release:
1975
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20,771
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Lyrical masterpiece, not every track is perfect, but this is a start of the greatest period of his career in terms of sound and surreal lyrics
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.4
Fav tracks: It's Alright Ma I'm Only Bleeding, Love Minus Zero, Maggie's Farm, Mr. Tambourine Man, Subterranean Homesick Blues [First added to this chart: 04/17/2022]
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.4
Fav tracks: It's Alright Ma I'm Only Bleeding, Love Minus Zero, Maggie's Farm, Mr. Tambourine Man, Subterranean Homesick Blues [First added to this chart: 04/17/2022]
Year of Release:
1965
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11,830
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Probably my favorite Dylan sound and incredibly consistent for its length, I love lyrics combined with instrumentals here that much that I can't fully describe it
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.1
Fav tracks: Visions Of Johanna, One Of Us Must Know, I Want You, Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again, Just Like A Woman [First added to this chart: 04/17/2022]
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.1
Fav tracks: Visions Of Johanna, One Of Us Must Know, I Want You, Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again, Just Like A Woman [First added to this chart: 04/17/2022]
Year of Release:
1966
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24,968
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 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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| ! | 09/21/2025 21:25 |  sssvnnn | 2,865 | 83/100 |
| ! | 03/21/2025 10:40 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/27/2025 16:58 | DrewHamster | 317 | 79/100 |
| ! | 12/18/2024 10:03 |  doombringer | 15 | 88/100 |
| ! | 03/21/2024 19:50 |  MadhattanJack | 266 | 85/100 |
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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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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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