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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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]
Year of Release:
1986
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33,875
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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]
Year of Release:
1989
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26,156
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Wonderfully beautiful art-pop in the first half and wild, inventive music in second create together one of the biggest masterpieces in music history
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.5
Fav tracks: Running Up That Hill, Hounds Of Love, The Big Sky, Cloudbusting, Jig Of Life, The Morning Fog [First added to this chart: 01/20/2023]
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.5
Fav tracks: Running Up That Hill, Hounds Of Love, The Big Sky, Cloudbusting, Jig Of Life, The Morning Fog [First added to this chart: 01/20/2023]
Year of Release:
1985
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18,103
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Simply incredible heavy metal album, every single track is as good as it can be, so we don't have weak links here, they all deliver strong message with amazing thrash metal sound
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.6
Fav tracks: Fight Fire With Fire, Ride The Lightning, For Whom The Bell Tolls, Fade To Black, Trapped Under Ice, The Call Of Ktulu [First added to this chart: 12/17/2022]
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.6
Fav tracks: Fight Fire With Fire, Ride The Lightning, For Whom The Bell Tolls, Fade To Black, Trapped Under Ice, The Call Of Ktulu [First added to this chart: 12/17/2022]
Year of Release:
1984
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9,196
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Noisy, alternative record that's so consistent, entertaining, innovative and beautiful is a rare thing, but this one is definitely one of them
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.6
Fav tracks: Teen Age Riot, Silver Rocket, The Sprawl, 'Cross The Breeze, Candle, Kissability, Hyperstation [First added to this chart: 06/16/2023]
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.6
Fav tracks: Teen Age Riot, Silver Rocket, The Sprawl, 'Cross The Breeze, Candle, Kissability, Hyperstation [First added to this chart: 06/16/2023]
Year of Release:
1988
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15,616
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Amazingly inventive album, it sounds so ahead of its time it's unbelievable, I also love how it slowly decreases tempo from energetic opening tracks to very slow ending
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.6
Fav tracks: Born Under Punches, Crosseyed And Painless, The Great Curve, Once In A Lifetime, Houses In Motion [First added to this chart: 09/10/2022]
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.6
Fav tracks: Born Under Punches, Crosseyed And Painless, The Great Curve, Once In A Lifetime, Houses In Motion [First added to this chart: 09/10/2022]
Year of Release:
1980
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27,581
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One of the strongest positions in their catalogue, full of bold statements about society that are as relevant today as they were in mid 80s
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.4
Fav tracks: The Headmaster Ritual, I Want The One I Can't Have, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore, Well I Wonder, Barbarism Begins At Home [First added to this chart: 01/20/2023]
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.4
Fav tracks: The Headmaster Ritual, I Want The One I Can't Have, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore, Well I Wonder, Barbarism Begins At Home [First added to this chart: 01/20/2023]
Year of Release:
1985
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6,366
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Amazing thrash metal album with very heavy sound and lyricism throughout
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.4
Fav tracks: Battery, Master Of Puppets, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Disposable Heroes, Orion [First added to this chart: 01/28/2023]
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.4
Fav tracks: Battery, Master Of Puppets, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Disposable Heroes, Orion [First added to this chart: 01/28/2023]
Year of Release:
1986
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12,493
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Great, massively influential and wild album, a lot of songs are really well thought-out in terms of writing and sound
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.4
Fav tracks: Debaser, Wave Of Mutilation, Here Comes Your Man, Monkey Gone To Heaven, Crackity Jones, Hey, Gouge Away [First added to this chart: 06/16/2023]
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.4
Fav tracks: Debaser, Wave Of Mutilation, Here Comes Your Man, Monkey Gone To Heaven, Crackity Jones, Hey, Gouge Away [First added to this chart: 06/16/2023]
Year of Release:
1989
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31,586
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This album has very unique apocalyptic sound and simply moves goth rock sound to another level, haunting and depressive like nothing else
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.3
Fav tracks: One Hundred Years, The Fihurehead, A Strange Day, Cold, The Hanging Garden [First added to this chart: 10/24/2022]
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.3
Fav tracks: One Hundred Years, The Fihurehead, A Strange Day, Cold, The Hanging Garden [First added to this chart: 10/24/2022]
Year of Release:
1982
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5,838
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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% | |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4% | |
| The Smiths | 4 | 4% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 4% | |
| Bob Dylan | 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 | 2,865 | 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 | 264 | 85/100 |
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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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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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