Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
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Chart updated: 09/03/2016 19:15
(Created: 08/31/2012 05:13).
Chart size: 50 albums.

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OK Computer

Radiohead

Best tracks: Airbag, Paranoid Android, Subterranean Homesick Alien, Let Down, Karma Police, Climbing Up the Walls, No Surprises, Lucky, The Tourist [First added to this chart: 08/30/2012]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

4,466 charts

Rank Score:

59,740

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Best tracks: The Rainbow, I Believe in You, Wealth [First added to this chart: 04/11/2013]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

934 charts

Rank Score:

10,202

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Overall Rank:

125

Average Rating:

84 (1,019 votes)

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The Bends

Radiohead

Best track: Planet Telex, The Bends, Fake Plastic Trees, Bones, Just, Bullet Proof..I Wish I Was, Black Star, Street Spirit (Fade Out) [First added to this chart: 08/30/2012]

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

2,692 charts

Rank Score:

27,508

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Average Rating:

87 (3,963 votes)

Comments:

317

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Kid A

Radiohead

Best tracks: Everything in Its Right Place, Kid A, The National Anthem, How to Disappear Completely, Optimistic, Idioteque, Morning Bell, Motion Picture Soundtrack w/Genchildren (hidden track). [First added to this chart: 08/30/2012]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

3,239 charts

Rank Score:

39,226

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Best track: Cherry-Coloured Funk [First added to this chart: 02/19/2015]

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

855 charts

Rank Score:

9,405

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Overall Rank:

142

Average Rating:

84 (879 votes)

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Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

Best tracks: In the Light, Down by the Seaside, Ten Years Gone, Night Flight, Sick Again [First added to this chart: 08/30/2012]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,377 charts

Rank Score:

11,780

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Overall Rank:

102

Average Rating:

85 (2,079 votes)

Comments:

138

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Closer

Joy Division

Best tracks: Atrocity Exhibition, A Means to an End, Heart and Soul, Twenty Four Hours, The Eternal, Decades. [First added to this chart: 08/30/2012]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,520 charts

Rank Score:

14,509

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Best tracks: Plainsong, Pictures of You, Lovesong, Lullaby, Fascination Street, Prayers for Rain, Disintegration, Homesick, Untitled [First added to this chart: 08/30/2012]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,860 charts

Rank Score:

25,557

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Average Rating:

86 (2,088 votes)

Comments:

153

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The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

Best tracks: Yes, She is Suffering, Archives of Pain, 4st 7lb, Faster, This is Yesterday, The Intense Humming of Evil [First added to this chart: 08/30/2012]

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

464 charts

Rank Score:

3,392

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Overall Rank:

509

Average Rating:

78 (631 votes)

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Tinderbox

Siouxsie And The Banshees

Best track: Cities in Dust [First added to this chart: 02/19/2015]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

131 charts

Rank Score:

371

Rank in 1986:

Rank in 1980s:

581

Overall Rank:

3,968

Average Rating:

78 (151 votes)

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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	0	0%
1970s	9	18%
1980s	24	48%
1990s	10	20%
2000s	2	4%
2010s	5	10%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%

The Cure	4	8%
New Order	3	6%
Radiohead	3	6%
Brian Eno	2	4%
Joy Division	2	4%
U2	2	4%
Talk Talk	2	4%
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Country	Albums	%

	36	72%
	9	18%
	2	4%
	1	2%
	1	2%
	1	2%

Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 57 from 99th to 42nd Nowhere by Ride
Up 24 from 62nd to 38th Low by David Bowie
Up 11 from 61st to 50th Thursday Afternoon by Brian Eno

New entries
Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin
This Year's Model by Elvis Costello
Bloom by Beach House
Days by Real Estate
Seventeen Seconds by The Cure
Republic by New Order
The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
This Is Hardcore by Pulp
Die Mensch·Maschine by Kraftwerk

Leavers
Laughing Stock by Talk Talk
Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks by Brian Eno With Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno
Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers
Singles Going Steady by Buzzcocks
Animals by Pink Floyd
In Rainbows by Radiohead
Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths
Nevermind by Nirvana
Hearts Of Oak by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Automatic For The People by R.E.M.
This Nation's Saving Grace by The Fall
White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground
Without You I'm Nothing by Placebo
Hail To The Thief by Radiohead
Monster by R.E.M.
The Suburbs by Arcade Fire
The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles
The Psychedelic Furs by The Psychedelic Furs
Who's Next by The Who
Pink Flag by Wire
"Heroes" by David Bowie
Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin
Berlin by Lou Reed
The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico
Movement by New Order
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon
After The Gold Rush by Neil Young
Faith by The Cure
Graceland by Paul Simon
Meddle by Pink Floyd
The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours by Manic Street Preachers
Roxy Music by Roxy Music
Reckoning by R.E.M.
Three Imaginary Boys by The Cure
Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces
Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies
War by U2
Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins
Yuck by Yuck
A Bell Is A Cup ... Until It Is Struck by Wire
Dog Man Star by Suede
Different Class by Pulp
Face To Face by The Kinks
Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished by Avey Tare & Panda Bear
Third by Portishead
Sister by Sonic Youth
In Utero by Nirvana
Definitely Maybe by Oasis
Blur by Blur
In The City by The Jam
Close To The Edge by Yes
Illmatic by Nas
Experience by The Prodigy
Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
Marquee Moon by Television

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