Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
by mattmaster 
- Chart updated: 05/13/2025 13:15
- (Created: 10/18/2024 01:18).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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All 9 parts of Shine are beautiful.
[First added to this chart: 11/24/2024]
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1975
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44,600
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First Dylan album I listened too and I was hooked. Double album be damned, his best nonetheless.
[First added to this chart: 11/24/2024]
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1966
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24,963
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... And pop music was never the same.
[First added to this chart: 11/24/2024]
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1966
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38,763
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[First added to this chart: 05/13/2025]
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1979
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4,706
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God Daaammmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!! Name a more gorgeous album.
[First added to this chart: 11/24/2024]
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1971
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18,954
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My personal favourite of theirs.
[First added to this chart: 11/24/2024]
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1969
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57,074
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Sing about me always brings me to tears.
[First added to this chart: 11/29/2024]
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2012
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22,355
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Pop banger front to back. No bad songs, FIGHT ME!!!!!!!!!
[First added to this chart: 11/24/2024]
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1977
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30,727
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WTF IS THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!! For better or worse nothing will ever sounds like this, but my god thank the heavens they made it.
[First added to this chart: 11/24/2024]
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1989
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22,940
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Kinda Hypocritical that I always complain that double albums are too long then put three in my top ten. But IDK man even the filler on this album bops.
[First added to this chart: 11/24/2024]
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1979
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Total albums: 40. Page 1 of 4
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 7 | 18% | |
| 1970s | 20 | 50% | |
| 1980s | 7 | 18% | |
| 1990s | 2 | 5% | |
| 2000s | 2 | 5% | |
| 2010s | 2 | 5% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| David Bowie | 3 | 8% | |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse | 2 | 5% | |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 5% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 5% | |
| The Beatles | 2 | 5% | |
| Elton John | 1 | 3% | |
| Jefferson Airplane | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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| ! | 10/02/2025 19:47 | Johnnyo | 2,567 | 80/100 |
| ! | 02/04/2025 10:34 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2024 04:17 | BurndenAce | 5 | 74/100 |
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From Johnnyo 10/02/2025 19:47 | #311173
Excellent chart.
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Pet Sounds is two places too low ??
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