Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by JamesCollier 
- Chart updated: 09/03/2016 19:15
- (Created: 08/31/2012 05:13).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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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]
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1997
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63,618
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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
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10,211
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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]
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1995
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29,051
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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]
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2000
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42,305
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Best track: Cherry-Coloured Funk
[First added to this chart: 02/19/2015]
Year of Release:
1990
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9,709
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Best tracks: In the Light, Down by the Seaside, Ten Years Gone, Night Flight, Sick Again
[First added to this chart: 08/30/2012]
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1975
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12,152
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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
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15,231
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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
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26,075
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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
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3,614
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Best track: Cities in Dust
[First added to this chart: 02/19/2015]
Year of Release:
1986
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329
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Total albums: 50. Page 1 of 5
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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 | % | |
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| The Cure | 4 | 8% | |
| New Order | 3 | 6% | |
| Radiohead | 3 | 6% | |
| Talk Talk | 2 | 4% | |
| Cocteau Twins | 2 | 4% | |
| David Bowie | 2 | 4% | |
| Joy Division | 2 | 4% | |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| 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 |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 01/18/2017 23:33 | Seab | 2,005 | 93/100 |
| ! | 09/09/2016 22:17 | TheSmiths82-87 | 1,831 | 83/100 |
| ! | 09/09/2016 18:41 | Oid | 12 | 85/100 |
| ! | 09/09/2016 17:34 | WayneMC | 53 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2015 16:56 |  serpico | 155 | 80/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 86.0/100, a mean average of 86.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.1/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 6.6.
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From Oid 09/09/2016 18:41 | #174623
cyoar
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From WayneMC 09/09/2016 17:36 | #174619
I own 46 of these so I can't complain about the quality, however there isn't too much variety.
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Davy 12/31/2015 09:50 | #155412
Davy 12/31/2015 09:50 | #155412
Nothing to complain about, great list :D
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From Kuzh69 04/30/2015 04:14 | #140558
Outstanding chart !!! With some depeche mode, would be a 100.
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From NamibiaStarr 04/01/2015 14:29 | #138514
good chart
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DeusExMackia 03/11/2015 19:10 | #136572
DeusExMackia 03/11/2015 19:10 | #136572
Nice for something a bit different.
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From replacementlevel 09/02/2013 05:29 | #85008
Very British, very nice.
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SingingPeasant96 07/01/2013 09:59 | #80154
SingingPeasant96 07/01/2013 09:59 | #80154
Very good list
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joedec 06/21/2013 10:22 | #79543
joedec 06/21/2013 10:22 | #79543
Awesome list.
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From Boo69 04/10/2013 15:39 | #72347
Looks like your still discovering music and I imagine your chart will change alot in the future. But for now it's a very good chart. I would recommend King Crimson if you like Pink Floyd, and Magazine due to you having Radiohead, Joy Division and Television in your chart.
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