Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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spigelwii 
December 2025 update.
- Chart updated: 11/10/2025 21:45
- (Created: 12/08/2023 02:34).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 12/12/2023]
Year of Release:
1974
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1,132
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[First added to this chart: 12/12/2023]
Year of Release:
2002
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17,161
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[First added to this chart: 05/13/2024]
Year of Release:
1979
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25,162
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[First added to this chart: 12/12/2023]
Year of Release:
1980
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27,545
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[First added to this chart: 03/16/2024]
Year of Release:
1998
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32,874
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[First added to this chart: 12/31/2023]
Year of Release:
1972
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43,428
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[First added to this chart: 12/12/2023]
Year of Release:
2016
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Rank Score:
2,687
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[First added to this chart: 12/12/2023]
Year of Release:
1976
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Rank Score:
1,761
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[First added to this chart: 12/12/2023]
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[First added to this chart: 03/16/2024]
Year of Release:
1997
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3,128
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1970s | 34 | 34% | |
| 1980s | 15 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2000s | 13 | 13% | |
| 2010s | 16 | 16% | |
| 2020s | 7 | 7% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Blue Öyster Cult | 6 | 6% | |
| Talking Heads | 5 | 5% | |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 5 | 5% | |
| Steely Dan | 5 | 5% | |
| White Denim | 5 | 5% | |
| Spoon | 5 | 5% | |
| Ween | 4 | 4% | |
| Show all | |||
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 15 from 76th to 61st Murder Of The Universe by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard |
| Up 15 from 74th to 59th Ruby Vroom by Soul Coughing |
| Up 14 from 100th to 86th The Symbol Remains by Blue Öyster Cult |
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 7 from 86th to 93rd Welcome To My Nightmare by Alice Cooper |
| Down 6 from 85th to 91st Gaucho by Steely Dan |
| Down 6 from 88th to 94th Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett |
| New entries |
|---|
| Heartattack And Vine by Tom Waits |
| A Love Supreme by John Coltrane |
| Veni Vidi Vicious by The Hives |
| Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive by Joe Jackson |
| Leavers |
|---|
| Is This It by The Strokes |
| Summerteeth by Wilco |
| Machine Head by Deep Purple |
| Being There by Wilco |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 01/28/2025 11:28 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 08/04/2024 05:41 | mianfei | 168 | 62/100 |
| ! | 05/26/2024 22:33 |  sssvnnn | 2,865 | 83/100 |
| ! | 04/05/2024 02:01 |  RoundTheBend | 372 | 92/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2024 15:02 | baz1860 | 1 | 100/100 |
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From mianfei 08/04/2024 05:42 | #304646
A difficult list to make anything of because there are relatively few artists — even if some are either worthwhile or at the very least interesting or not typical of this site — and no notes, yet the list is not like run-of-the-mill lists here or on other musical websites.
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From RoundTheBend 04/05/2024 02:04 | #302864
RoundTheBend 04/05/2024 02:04 | #302864
"White and Nerdy" - Weird Al
In all seriousness, dig your Phish, KG&LW, Talking Heads, Ween, and Elvis Costello love. Kinda quirky, but so am I.
I would wonder what you think about Grateful Dead's '72 album, etc. considering they were a different kind of jam quirky.
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