Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
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- Chart updated: 04/06/2010 12:48
- (Created: 11/17/2008 07:08).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 2 | 5% | |
| 1980s | 12 | 30% | |
| 1990s | 15 | 38% | |
| 2000s | 11 | 28% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Prince | 26 | 65% | |
| Sonic Youth | 3 | 8% | |
| Butthole Surfers | 2 | 5% | |
| Nine Inch Nails | 1 | 3% | |
| Loreena McKennitt | 1 | 3% | |
| Tori Amos | 1 | 3% | |
| A Tribe Called Quest | 1 | 3% | |
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| ! | 03/22/2019 03:21 | NSPE | 349 | 77/100 |
| ! | 04/11/2015 17:41 |  calsper | 646 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/22/2015 01:04 |  Anti | 355 | 87/100 |
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Hayden“Anyhoo, if there's one BEAer who deserves a hug these days, it's this hero: Damn :lol: The inclusion of Phife just makes it harder. But yeah... still shocked by this. At least we had an explanation for Bowie's death. Prince's still seems surreal.”
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cestuneblague TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/23/2016 17:45 | #164353
cestuneblague TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/23/2016 17:45 | #164353
This dude/dudette is a hero, I don't think a single BEAer could be in any greater mourning than L&P at this time. My deepest sympathies, I think only they could pick the appropiate Prince song as a farewell (and as evident here, there is a bounty to choose from).
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alelsupreme 04/22/2016 16:26 | #164279
alelsupreme 04/22/2016 16:26 | #164279
someone put this dude on suicide watch fr
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Facetious 05/28/2012 10:47 | #43128
Facetious 05/28/2012 10:47 | #43128
And I thought the guy with more than ten Prince albums on his chart was insane.
By the way, this chart rules for having Butthole Surfers on it, and not just that, their two best albums too! Some other good stuff also here, including all of Prince's good albums of course.
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ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/31/2011 11:32 | #26869
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/31/2011 11:32 | #26869
really funny, but I do like Prince, my fav is his first album, "For you".
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