Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by HPumphrey 
Personal Favourite albums. Subject to changes. Order may not be entirely accurate, turns out ranking something so subjective is hard.
- Chart updated: 10/23/2023 23:15
- (Created: 07/31/2023 18:25).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Whole lotta great riffs and solos in this album but there is a great deal of variety of songs. Track for track I love this album but it also flows incredibly well orbiting this very hard rock riff centric sound as its sort of theme (I guess).
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1969
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20,920
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I used to be able to recite this entire album off-by-heart but times change. Love the entire album. Great to follow the narrative but this albums guitar solos are (to me atleast) under rated. A lot of hidden gems in there as well. The 'smaller' songs on the album are all subtly brilliant.
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1979
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More Pink Floyd! I mean come on. This albums great. 5 stella tracks. Took me a while to get into this one but a lot of the best albums take time for you to properly appreciate.
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1975
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More Pink Floyd!! Again, come on. Its TDSOTM. I really didn't understand this (my first pink floyd) album at first. But after about 9 months, this album hit me like a tonne of bricks. Pitch black, full volume, eyes closed -> Goosebumps. Excellent selection of songs that flow beautifly together.
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1973
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60,088
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This album is so bluesy and rocky and so very heavy and I love it. The shorter, to the point riff heavy songs, the longer heavy blues songs and the all time epic songs with a few nice quiter yet still so heavy songs. All good stuff
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1969
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More Led Zeppelin! Just a series of epic tracks. Great variety encapsulating most of what can be classic rock. Probably the quintessential classic rock album.
All time hard rock song, Heavy as hell rock and roll song, Epic folk song, Stairway, Bringing in the keyboard epic, not actually the biggest fan of this one, absolutley beautiful folk song, probably the most epic song I've ever heard in all its bluesy goodness [First added to this chart: 07/31/2023]
All time hard rock song, Heavy as hell rock and roll song, Epic folk song, Stairway, Bringing in the keyboard epic, not actually the biggest fan of this one, absolutley beautiful folk song, probably the most epic song I've ever heard in all its bluesy goodness [First added to this chart: 07/31/2023]
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1971
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38,613
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This album is a lot to me. Has been a go to background album for me, a shut up and listen to album and a sing along to the whole-album album. It's great. Joanna lyrics are so concise and articulate but also so unique. Haven't heard anyone who writes lyrics like this. Also I really like the musical composition
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2006
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8,558
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This album is so heavy. It's like a masterpiece by a mad genius. So many instruments, so many notes in the chaos yet it feels if a single note was out of place the whole illusion would be over and it would all fall apart. Mastercrafted and performed
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1963
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12,969
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Cygnus X-1 part 2 may not be as good a 2112 (song) but is right up there imo and the rest of this album is also great. La Villa Strangiato top 10 favourite songs (off the top of my head).
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1978
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For some reason this was the beatles album I rarely listened to as a child but 'rediscovered' it later in life and I just think its great. George Harrison shows his potential paying off and Paul and John seem to have evolved to new heights as well demostrating some of if not there best songs up to that point.
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1966
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1970s | 44 | 44% | |
| 1980s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1990s | 5 | 5% | |
| 2000s | 13 | 13% | |
| 2010s | 6 | 6% | |
| 2020s | 4 | 4% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| The Beatles | 7 | 7% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 6 | 6% | |
| Pink Floyd | 5 | 5% | |
| Radiohead | 5 | 5% | |
| Neil Young | 4 | 4% | |
| Black Sabbath | 4 | 4% | |
| Joanna Newsom | 4 | 4% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 57 from 96th to 39th For The First Time by Black Country, New Road |
| Up 55 from 97th to 42nd All Things Must Pass by George Harrison |
| Up 38 from 86th to 48th Kid A by Radiohead |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 48 from 49th to 97th Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| Down 36 from 58th to 94th Pastel Blues by Nina Simone |
| Down 26 from 57th to 83rd Tapestry by Carole King |
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