Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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Top 100 (between 1960 and 2012)

• Chart updated: 06/30/2025 19:45
• (Created: 09/30/2012 20:19).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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1. (4) 3

Los Angeles 

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[First added to this chart: 03/12/2013]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

333 charts

Rank Score:

1,649

Rank in 1980:

25

Rank in 1980s:

163

Overall Rank:

1,055

Average Rating:

 77 (351 votes)

Comments:

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2. (3) 1

#1 Record 

 Big Star

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[First added to this chart: 12/18/2021]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

544 charts

Rank Score:

4,046

Rank in 1972:

12

Rank in 1970s:

102

Overall Rank:

421

Average Rating:

 82 (652 votes)

Comments:

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3. (11) 8

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Surfer Rosa 

 Pixies

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[First added to this chart: 09/30/2012]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

1,310 charts

Rank Score:

12,175

Rank in 1988:

2

Rank in 1980s:

13

Overall Rank:

105

Average Rating:

 84 (1,867 votes)

Comments:

112

4. (9) 5

Tim 

 The Replacements

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[First added to this chart: 12/18/2021]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

509 charts

Rank Score:

3,911

Rank in 1985:

8

Rank in 1980s:

63

Overall Rank:

441

Average Rating:

 81 (566 votes)

Comments:

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5. (12) 7

Abbey Road 

 The Beatles

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[First added to this chart: 12/18/2021]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,726 charts

Rank Score:

58,067

Rank in 1969:

1

Rank in 1960s:

1

Overall Rank:

3

Average Rating:

 92 (4,622 votes)

Comments:

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6. (2) 4

Marquee Moon 

 Television

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[First added to this chart: 09/30/2012]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,798 charts

Rank Score:

20,367

Rank in 1977:

3

Rank in 1970s:

12

Overall Rank:

44

Average Rating:

 86 (1,891 votes)

Comments:

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7. (6) 1

Paranoid 

 Black Sabbath

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[First added to this chart: 12/18/2021]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,728 charts

Rank Score:

18,974

Rank in 1970:

1

Rank in 1970s:

16

Overall Rank:

50

Average Rating:

 86 (2,099 votes)

Comments:

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The La's 

 The La's

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[First added to this chart: 03/12/2013]

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

405 charts

Rank Score:

2,589

Rank in 1990:

10

Rank in 1990s:

118

Overall Rank:

674

Average Rating:

 77 (477 votes)

Comments:

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Elephant 

 The White Stripes

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[First added to this chart: 09/30/2012]

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

1,492 charts

Rank Score:

11,389

Rank in 2003:

1

Rank in 2000s:

13

Overall Rank:

116

Average Rating:

 83 (2,136 votes)

Comments:

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10. (14) 4

Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables 

 Dead Kennedys

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[First added to this chart: 03/12/2013]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

689 charts

Rank Score:

4,714

Rank in 1980:

5

Rank in 1980s:

48

Overall Rank:

359

Average Rating:

 80 (759 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	15	15%
1970s	34	34%
1980s	20	20%
1990s	14	14%
2000s	11	11%
2010s	6	6%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
The Beatles	4	4%
Pixies	2	2%
Daft Punk	2	2%
The Replacements	2	2%
The Kinks	2	2%
The Smashing Pumpkins	2	2%
Pink Floyd	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	56	56%
	29	29%
	7	7%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 72 from 95th to 23rd Streethawk: A Seduction by Destroyer
Up 71 from 99th to 28th Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols by Sex Pistols
Up 59 from 75th to 16th John Prine by John Prine

Biggest fallers
Down 71 from 16th to 87th Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
Down 59 from 34th to 93rd Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire by The Kinks
Down 54 from 35th to 89th Forever Changes by Love

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100/100	07/02/2025 09:20	SomethingSpecial	1,108	85/100
85/100	11/30/2023 11:41	Moondance	476	85/100
90/100	04/20/2023 07:21	ssteve	207	92/100
80/100	04/19/2023 21:06	Johnnyo	2,528	80/100
80/100	04/19/2023 08:19	Tamthebam	632	85/100

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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 87.1/100, a mean average of 87.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.8/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 6.4.

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From melisandre 04/19/2023 09:44

Some interesting similarities to my own chart. Sparks, Television Personalities, Magnetic Fields. Good stuff.

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From Decurso 11/10/2014 14:58

Pretty different. Lots of 70s stuff, but necessarily the usual picks from that decade. Can't argue with much here.

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From jhuik 08/31/2013 17:26

I have to say, you got me with your top ten. Lots in common so I should check out your slight differences from my taste. Cheers!

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85/100

From ProfessorSquid 03/13/2013 13:35

Nice. I like what you ended up doing with the full 100.

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From ProfessorSquid 10/10/2012 20:23

Thanks for the rating. Good chart here. I'll be interested to see what you do with the full 100.

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From Defago 10/06/2012 15:57

70s all the way!

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