Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by C0NB9NN 
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- Chart updated: 07/19/2025 10:15
- (Created: 04/20/2024 03:29).
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Best Tracks: Fuck Tha Police, Express Yourself, Straight Outta Compton, Dopeman, Gangsta Gangsta
[First added to this chart: 06/18/2025]
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1988
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3,454
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One of the most human and heartbreaking albums I have ever heard. Such a behind the curtain look into the heart of America.
Best Tracks: Highway Patrolman, Atlantic City, State Trooper, Johnny 99 [First added to this chart: 05/03/2025]
Best Tracks: Highway Patrolman, Atlantic City, State Trooper, Johnny 99 [First added to this chart: 05/03/2025]
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1982
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5,795
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…and the heat goes on, and the heat goes on!…
The lyrics, instrumentation, and vocal harmony are just so good. A superior album produced by the one and only Brian Eno. Those first 4 songs are possibly the best single side of an album ever. Rhythmic, catchy, kicking, paranoid, introspective.
Best Tracks: Once In A Lifetime, Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On), The Overload, Crosseyed And Painless [First added to this chart: 11/06/2024]
The lyrics, instrumentation, and vocal harmony are just so good. A superior album produced by the one and only Brian Eno. Those first 4 songs are possibly the best single side of an album ever. Rhythmic, catchy, kicking, paranoid, introspective.
Best Tracks: Once In A Lifetime, Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On), The Overload, Crosseyed And Painless [First added to this chart: 11/06/2024]
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1980
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28,493
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80’s cult album? Forgotten #1 hit? I don’t know I wasn’t born. But this album slaps.
Best Tracks: This Is The One, I Am The Resurrection, I Wanna Be Adored, She Bangs The Drums [First added to this chart: 06/05/2024]
Best Tracks: This Is The One, I Am The Resurrection, I Wanna Be Adored, She Bangs The Drums [First added to this chart: 06/05/2024]
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1989
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23,741
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The stupidest, loudest, most ridiculous hip-hop album. And I'm all for it.
Best Tracks: Fight For Your Right, No Sleep Till Brooklyn, Girls, Paul Revere, Brass Monkey [First added to this chart: 01/21/2025]
Best Tracks: Fight For Your Right, No Sleep Till Brooklyn, Girls, Paul Revere, Brass Monkey [First added to this chart: 01/21/2025]
Year of Release:
1986
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3,361
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Best Tracks: Lovesong, Fascination Street, Pictures Of You
[First added to this chart: 06/05/2024]
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1989
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Better than Purple Rain. Fight Me
1999, Little Red Corvette, Delirious, Lady Cab Driver, Let's Pretend We're Married, D.M.S.R. [First added to this chart: 06/18/2025]
1999, Little Red Corvette, Delirious, Lady Cab Driver, Let's Pretend We're Married, D.M.S.R. [First added to this chart: 06/18/2025]
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1982
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The guitar that shaped it all
Best Tracks: Johnny B. Goode, Maybellene, You Can't Catch Me, Rock And Roll Music, Roll Over Beethoven, Carol, Memphis, Tennesee, Bye Bye Johnny, No Particular Place To Go, Nadine, Brown Eyed Handsome Man [First added to this chart: 06/18/2025]
Best Tracks: Johnny B. Goode, Maybellene, You Can't Catch Me, Rock And Roll Music, Roll Over Beethoven, Carol, Memphis, Tennesee, Bye Bye Johnny, No Particular Place To Go, Nadine, Brown Eyed Handsome Man [First added to this chart: 06/18/2025]
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1982
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Best Tracks: Louder Than A Bomb, Don't Believe The Hype
[First added to this chart: 06/18/2025]
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1988
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The birth of modern pop music. If only it was always this good.
Best Tracks: Billie Jean, Thriller, Beat It, Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ [First added to this chart: 05/24/2024]
Best Tracks: Billie Jean, Thriller, Beat It, Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ [First added to this chart: 05/24/2024]
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1982
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 4 | 4% | |
| 1960s | 23 | 23% | |
| 1970s | 31 | 31% | |
| 1980s | 12 | 12% | |
| 1990s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2000s | 5 | 5% | |
| 2010s | 5 | 5% | |
| 2020s | 2 | 2% |
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| David Bowie | 3 | 3% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 3% | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 2% | |
| Van Morrison | 2 | 2% | |
| Miles Davis | 2 | 2% | |
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| 90/100 | 10/24/2024 20:54 | BurndenAce | | 70/100 |
| 90/100 | 10/05/2024 19:09 | Johnnyo | | 80/100 |
| 100/100 | 09/10/2024 16:43 |  Larcx13 | | 86/100 |
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From Johnnyo 10/05/2024 19:10
Have to agree with larex13. You’re musical tastes are way more developed than mine were at your age. This is a great chart.
Keep discovering and learning. It’s a great journey
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From Larcx13 09/10/2024 16:50
Larcx13 09/10/2024 16:50
For someone relatively new to music, you know more than I ever did at 18. If I can offer any advice, vary the genres you listen to without prejudice, and look into music outside of the US/UK. Also, certain albums may take a few listens at the right time to hit home. Enjoy your discovery.
Cheers.
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