Ranking the years in music ~ 1960-2023 by Moondance 
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In this chart I have ranked each year between 1960 - 2022 based on my assessment of the overall quality of albums released in each of those 63 years.
Each year will be represented by my #1 album for the relevant year.
Not surprisingly, my lifetime interest in the songwriting talent of Bob Dylan will be highlighted in this chart - for any year that Dylan released a studio album of original songs was always filled with great expectation for me - and he has released over 40 such albums between 1962 - 2021.
- Chart updated: 10/08/2023 04:45
- (Created: 12/27/2022 22:22).
- Chart size: 51 albums.
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1970 ~ my favourite year in music; with X albums featuring in my greatest 100 of all time.
[First added to this chart: 12/27/2022]
Year of Release:
1970
Appears in:
Rank Score:
9,316
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Average Rating:
Comments:
74
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1971 ~ my second favourite year of music (just pipped out by 1970); with 10 albums from this year included in my greatest 100 chart - this is more than any other year, but the quality of albums outside of the top 20 or so dwindled in quality much quicker than in 1970
[First added to this chart: 12/27/2022]
Year of Release:
1971
Appears in:
Rank Score:
44,308
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1973
[First added to this chart: 12/27/2022]
Year of Release:
1973
Appears in:
Rank Score:
71,191
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1972 ~
[First added to this chart: 01/01/2023]
Year of Release:
1972
Appears in:
Rank Score:
13,195
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Average Rating:
Comments:
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1975 ~ this year has my 2nd & 3rd best albums of all time - Dylan's 'Blood On The Tracks' & Springsteen's 'Born To Run'. I was very blessed to be able to 'be there' when these classics (for me) dropped into the music scene.
[First added to this chart: 01/02/2023]
Year of Release:
1975
Appears in:
Rank Score:
23,577
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Comments:
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1978 ~
[First added to this chart: 01/04/2023]
Year of Release:
1978
Appears in:
Rank Score:
700
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Comments:
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1974 ~
[First added to this chart: 01/02/2023]
Year of Release:
1974
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,908
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Average Rating:
Comments:
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1976 ~
[First added to this chart: 01/02/2023]
Year of Release:
1976
Appears in:
Rank Score:
695
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Comments:
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1977~
[First added to this chart: 01/03/2023]
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1979 ~ the lowest ranking year of the 70's - despite that, the year ranks higher than any other years outside of the 70's.
[First added to this chart: 01/04/2023]
Year of Release:
1979
Appears in:
Rank Score:
458
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Total albums: 51. Page 1 of 6
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Ranking the years in music ~ 1960-2023 composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 10 | 20% | |
| 1970s | 10 | 20% | |
| 1980s | 10 | 20% | |
| 1990s | 10 | 20% | |
| 2000s | 10 | 20% | |
| 2010s | 1 | 2% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Bob Dylan | 11 | 22% | |
| Moby | 2 | 4% | |
| Dire Straits | 2 | 4% | |
| Richard Thompson | 2 | 4% | |
| Van Morrison | 2 | 4% | |
| The Living End | 2 | 4% | |
| Cherry Ghost | 2 | 4% | |
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Ranking the years in music ~ 1960-2023 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 22nd to 23rd Shoebox Full Of Secrets by Andy Pawlak |
| Down 1 from 23rd to 24th Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits |
| Down 1 from 24th to 25th Graceland by Paul Simon |
| New entries |
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From matterhornrider 04/02/2023 14:34
Great idea for a chart, many of my favorites here and the 1970s was clearly the best decade for Albums.
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