Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by BurndenAce 
- Chart updated: 01/13/2026 21:15
- (Created: 10/09/2023 17:41).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Immovable from #1
[First added to this chart: 10/09/2023]
Year of Release:
1966
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37,747
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Perfect from Start to Finish
[First added to this chart: 10/09/2023]
Year of Release:
1971
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18,856
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Radiohead's best album. Fight me In Rainbows fans.
[First added to this chart: 10/09/2023]
Year of Release:
1997
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62,075
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Interchangeable with Abbey Road
[First added to this chart: 10/09/2023]
Year of Release:
1966
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48,247
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Greatest band of all time, and yet the sum total of their output is more valuable than any individual album
[First added to this chart: 10/09/2023]
Year of Release:
1969
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55,797
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This would be #1 if it was released
[First added to this chart: 08/28/2024]
Year of Release:
2011
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5,738
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Terrifyingly Good
[First added to this chart: 10/09/2023]
Year of Release:
1989
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22,416
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Just a smidge better than Dark Side
[First added to this chart: 10/09/2023]
Year of Release:
1975
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43,706
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Remove Any Colour You Like and it goes up one
[First added to this chart: 10/09/2023]
Year of Release:
1973
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58,604
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Everyone sleeps on how good this is, for a debut it's incredibly consistent
[First added to this chart: 10/09/2023]
Year of Release:
1980
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2,088
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 18 | 18% | |
| 1970s | 34 | 34% | |
| 1980s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1990s | 13 | 13% | |
| 2000s | 9 | 9% | |
| 2010s | 6 | 6% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 1% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 6 | 6% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 4% | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 4 | 4% | |
| U2 | 4 | 4% | |
| Talking Heads | 3 | 3% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 3% | |
| Queen | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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47 | 47% | |
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36 | 36% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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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 |
|---|
| Up 35 from 78th to 43rdFresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys |
| Up 29 from 73rd to 44thSpeaking In Tongues by Talking Heads |
| Up 27 from 95th to 68thMidnight Marauders by A Tribe Called Quest |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 45 from 27th to 72ndAstral Weeks by Van Morrison |
| Down 43 from 38th to 81stA Day At The Races by Queen |
| Down 35 from 53rd to 88thMarquee Moon by Television |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 11/13/2025 18:51 | matterhornrider | 98 | 93/100 | |
| 03/20/2025 11:03 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,089 | 85/100 | |
| 11/27/2024 21:07 | mattmaster | 1 | 95/100 | |
| 10/23/2024 18:28 | C0NB9NN | 20 | 85/100 |
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From mattmaster 11/27/2024 21:07 | #306312
Got to album 3. Guess you gotta drop the gloves ?!!! Granted I do need to listen to OK computer again.
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From C0NB9NN 10/23/2024 18:28 | #305743
Really nice chart man. Love the top picks and agree on a lot of your other ones. If I could recommend I’d say go with the early rock and rollers. Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, and Little Richard never seem to disappoint me.
25 albums in common at time of post.
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