Top 20 Greatest Music Albums
by kazomike

This is a work in progress. I hope to have 100 albums. I only put the first that came to my head.

• Chart updated: 04/06/2010 12:47
• (Created: 10/26/2008 20:05).
• Chart size: 20 albums.

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The entries in this chart have a zero rank score because the chart has not been updated within the last ten years (points from overall charts are decayed over a ten year period).

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1.

Thriller 

 Michael Jackson

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Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

1,634 charts

Rank Score:

16,244

Rank in 1982:

1

Rank in 1980s:

8

Overall Rank:

71

Average Rating:

 82 (2,159 votes)

Comments:

162

2.

Off The Wall 

 Michael Jackson

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

733 charts

Rank Score:

4,994

Rank in 1979:

5

Rank in 1970s:

86

Overall Rank:

345

Average Rating:

 79 (1,046 votes)

Comments:

56

3.

Songs In The Key Of Life 

 Stevie Wonder

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Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

1,298 charts

Rank Score:

15,894

Rank in 1976:

1

Rank in 1970s:

21

Overall Rank:

74

Average Rating:

 85 (1,363 votes)

Comments:

90

4.

Innervisions 

 Stevie Wonder

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Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

1,216 charts

Rank Score:

12,742

Rank in 1973:

2

Rank in 1970s:

25

Overall Rank:

95

Average Rating:

 85 (1,326 votes)

Comments:

79

5.

Talking Book 

 Stevie Wonder

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

543 charts

Rank Score:

2,941

Rank in 1972:

16

Rank in 1970s:

134

Overall Rank:

584

Average Rating:

 81 (678 votes)

Comments:

24

6.

Hotter Than July 

 Stevie Wonder

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

176 charts

Rank Score:

550

Rank in 1980:

55

Rank in 1980s:

427

Overall Rank:

2,803

Average Rating:

 74 (234 votes)

Comments:

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7.

Synchronicity 

 The Police

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Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

814 charts

Rank Score:

5,583

Rank in 1983:

4

Rank in 1980s:

42

Overall Rank:

307

Average Rating:

 79 (1,047 votes)

Comments:

80

8.

What's Going On 

 Marvin Gaye

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,637 charts

Rank Score:

19,281

Rank in 1971:

4

Rank in 1970s:

15

Overall Rank:

49

Average Rating:

 85 (1,947 votes)

Comments:

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9.

Raise! 

 Earth, Wind & Fire

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Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

153

Rank in 1981:

138

Rank in 1980s:

1,181

Overall Rank:

8,092

Average Rating:

 69 (40 votes)

Comments:

0

10.

The Essential Earth, Wind And Fire 
Compilation

 Earth, Wind & Fire

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Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

5 charts

Rank Score:

2

Rank in 2002:

2,260

Rank in 2000s:

24,158

Average Rating:

 78 (10 votes)

Comments:

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Top 20 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	1	5%
1970s	6	30%
1980s	9	45%
1990s	2	10%
2000s	2	10%
2010s	0	0%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Stevie Wonder	4	20%
Michael Jackson	2	10%
Earth, Wind & Fire	2	10%
Prince And The Revolution	1	5%
Prince	1	5%
Pink Floyd	1	5%
Public Enemy	1	5%
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Country	Albums	%
	14	70%
	3	15%
	1	5%
	1	5%
	1	5%

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Rating	Date updated	Member	Chart ratings	Avg. chart rating
95/100	10/19/2015 01:59	dangerous30	27	50/100
85/100	04/11/2015 17:30	calsper	646	71/100
65/100	08/21/2010 22:50	haleyyew	270	71/100
95/100	07/06/2009 21:47	SAISON33	38	65/100
50/100	05/16/2009 13:15	Detroit Rock Cit	72	69/100

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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 66.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.0/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 29.5.

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95/100

From dangerous30 10/19/2015 02:00

Exceleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenttttt!!!!!!! The best albums in the history!!!!

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85/100

From calsper 04/11/2015 18:04

Great chart!

A bit unvaried I think but a great pop/funk/disco guy you seem as! =)

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From SAISON33 07/07/2009 04:47

great list!!

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50/100

From Detroit Rock Citizen 05/16/2009 20:15

nice R&B dominated chart. my low score is based on the fact that you included two Greatest hits albums. how about That's The Way Of The World and Burnin' instead?

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From telefunker 03/17/2009 05:38

Quality. Just suffers a bit of a dip with the Prince though imo.

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30/100

From maxxy 11/03/2008 02:08

I guess stevie wonder's pretty good, too. But I still don't understand why michael jackson is #1 and 2

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From maxxy 11/03/2008 02:01

nation of millions-good
what's goin on-good
michael jackson, kanye west-not so good

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100/100

From 1234567890 11/02/2008 13:30

FINALLY! a list thats mostly black, (insert sigh of relief here).

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