Top 36 Greatest Music Albums
by 
Ilolahti 
I mostly buy my music on vinyl. These charts consist of my cds. As you can see, there are many compilations. The reason being as Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson nicely put it: a few years ago, I found myself mostly buying other artists' best-of albums to get the cream of the crop on one disc or, perhaps, to get a flavour of a band with whom I was only partially familiar.
- Chart updated: 11/27/2025 13:15
- (Created: 02/11/2023 11:44).
- Chart size: 36 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 10/01/2025]
Year of Release:
1978
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3,233
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[First added to this chart: 11/02/2025]
Year of Release:
1970
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1,234
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[First added to this chart: 10/19/2025]
Year of Release:
1970
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999
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[First added to this chart: 10/07/2025]
Year of Release:
1976
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4,088
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[First added to this chart: 11/02/2025]
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1975
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377
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[First added to this chart: 03/26/2023]
Year of Release:
1970
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18,824
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[First added to this chart: 11/27/2025]
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[First added to this chart: 11/24/2025]
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[First added to this chart: 11/02/2025]
Year of Release:
1973
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10,600
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[First added to this chart: 10/21/2025]
Total albums: 36. Page 1 of 4
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Top 36 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 11 | 31% | |
| 1980s | 4 | 11% | |
| 1990s | 5 | 14% | |
| 2000s | 12 | 33% | |
| 2010s | 4 | 11% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Kate Bush | 4 | 11% | |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 3 | 8% | |
| 22-Pistepirkko | 2 | 6% | |
| Genesis | 2 | 6% | |
| Black Sabbath | 2 | 6% | |
| Don Huonot | 1 | 3% | |
| Scarlett Johansson | 1 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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19 | 53% | |
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6 | 17% | |
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5 | 14% | |
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2 | 6% | |
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1 | 3% | |
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1 | 3% | |
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1 | 3% | |
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Top 36 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 16th to 17th Ghost Stories by Coldplay |
| Down 1 from 17th to 18th Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
| Down 1 from 18th to 19th Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush |
| New entries |
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| Anywhere I Lay My Head by Scarlett Johansson |
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From Ilolahti 11/25/2025 14:46 | #311829
Ilolahti 11/25/2025 14:46 | #311829
johnd6213 wrote 'crap list'. He is right. By the time he wrote it, I have just begun, having listed my cds from A to Da. More to come ...
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From sssvnnn 10/27/2025 09:36 | #311488
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go on
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From johnd6213 10/06/2025 14:19 | #311236
crap list
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