Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by Guran 
- Chart updated: 03/29/2018 22:45
- (Created: 10/16/2008 23:51).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1970s | 49 | 49% | |
| 1980s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1990s | 9 | 9% | |
| 2000s | 13 | 13% | |
| 2010s | 5 | 5% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Pink Floyd | 5 | 5% | |
| Van Morrison | 4 | 4% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 4% | |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 3% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
| Nick Drake | 3 | 3% | |
| Rush | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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55 | 55% | |
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28 | 28% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 98 from 100th to 2ndYou Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 2nd to 3rdWish You Were Here by Pink Floyd |
| Down 1 from 3rd to 4thAqualung by Jethro Tull |
| Down 1 from 4th to 5thLed Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
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m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 03/24/2025 10:02 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 06/28/2020 10:00 |  Goliath | 351 | 86/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2019 14:19 |  bertrandu | 110 | 88/100 |
| ! | 08/17/2018 00:55 | Reppu1976 | 133 | 88/100 |
| ! | 05/08/2018 21:48 |  LedZep | 1,105 | 84/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 81.2/100, a mean average of 79.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.4/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 13.7.
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LedZep 05/08/2018 21:50 | #214449
Great chart man! Try other Cohen albums, You Want It Darker is brilliant but not his best :)
simply great ... and very surprising chart !!
AAL2014 10/02/2015 16:32 | #150826
Excellent choice for chart of the day! Love a lot of the picks (the Stevie Wonder, So, Selling England, Red picks included), and I love the placement for WYWH. Excellent.
HoldenM 10/02/2015 15:39 | #150824
Excellent chart.
Oselju 10/02/2015 14:01 | #150819
Well, I don't know what thinking about your chart.
Some choices are interesting (Tom McRae, Solomon Burke...).
But I can't admit Billie Holiday after Madeleine Peyroux !
Not possible for me.
Sorry
I like this chart. It has some unique albums like Springsteen's We Shall Overcome or Midlake's The Courage of others, and many prog rock acts I like. However, I don't agree with LZ III so high. Please include some comments on your choices.
Good chart. Aqualung!
Applerill 05/02/2015 18:17 | #140719
Stop Hayden on Who's Masquerade. Haters gonna hate, but that stuff's great.
Martinborras 11/20/2014 18:13 | #127527
Nice chart!
sssvnnn 10/26/2014 13:24 | #125428
All right.
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