Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
neilgee 
- Chart updated: 01/01/2025 11:15
- (Created: 11/09/2012 13:46).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 9 | 9% | |
| 1970s | 50 | 50% | |
| 1980s | 31 | 31% | |
| 1990s | 5 | 5% | |
| 2000s | 3 | 3% | |
| 2010s | 2 | 2% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Elvis Costello | 4 | 4% | |
| The Beatles | 4 | 4% | |
| Elvis Costello And The Attractions | 3 | 3% | |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 3 | 3% | |
| The Smiths | 3 | 3% | |
| David Bowie | 2 | 2% | |
| Marvin Gaye | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 100th to 99th Skylarking by XTC |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 99th to 100th Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John |
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90/100  | 05/18/2025 20:44 |  MadhattanJack | | 85/100 |
85/100 | 05/18/2025 20:13 | BorderFreeAndrew | | 81/100 |
85/100 | 01/25/2025 14:17 |  SomethingSpecial | | 85/100 |
 95/100 | 06/22/2024 06:38 |  Tamthebam | | 85/100 |
| 100/100 | 06/21/2024 14:43 | BraddlesHendo | | 91/100 |
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Nice to see a healthy amount of the classic soul, funk, and RnB that rarely makes it onto other BEA user charts.
Really like this chart. Perhaps a few too many compilations for me but that not a complaint simply an observation. Overall, a really good chart
EyeKanFly 09/05/2021 23:47
Quality chart, need to check out some of those reggae/ska/rocksteady/dub albums. 8 Elvis Costello albums seems a bit much to me, but hey, some of them are great! I haven't heard his collab with the Roots, should probably check that out.
Huge Peter Gabriel fan
good to see some recognition
StefanR10 05/23/2020 14:39
I like your chart, it has Stevie Wonder with FFF. And i like that you put Peter Gabriel at Number 1 you have some of the artists that i have on the list. Jimi Hendrix and Lou Reed, Elvis Costello. Maybe Elvis on this list would make it also good. But nice that you have The Beatles here too.
ForegroundNoise 01/29/2019 09:23
Wow, your notes for your no.1 pick are gorgeous; I've never seen that Peter Gabriel album so high n someone's chart, you've given me a strong case to go check it out.
That said, I think there's a little too much focus on the 70s/80s. Having Morrissey and Elvis Costello topping the 2010s feels like a nostalgia trip, I think it's a little unfair to suggest that no-one this decade has been able to top those artists recording well past their songwriting prime ...
Julelios 12/05/2018 14:40
Wow ! Excellent choices !
nocturnaldelight 09/11/2018 21:50
Interesting collection with a lot of different music styles from the 70s and 80s. I see some some of my favorite artists and a lot of other stuff to broaden my horizon.
Dankel 07/29/2018 09:09
Very eclectic mix - some real gems here
NowhereMan 11/12/2017 12:17
Love the adoration for Dexy's... and for Beatles debut!
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