Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by NathanTen 
This list is essentially my choices from 2011, frozen in time. I'm happy enough with it, but it's still a little too stiff and guilty of ancestor-worship. Since then I've seriously overhauled my list (on another music site I have a top 350 up with titles ranging chronologically from Washington Phillips, Ella Fitzgerald, and Chuck Berry to Bad as Me by Tom Waits and Kendrick Lamar. I look forward to getting the next level status and being able to expand and switch around titles as I see fit.
Albums that easily could have made the chart, in no particular order: Pink Moon, Remain in Light, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Call Me, Thriller, Odelay, Sticky Fingers, Stories from the City Stories from the Sea, The Who Sell Out, Pretzel Logic, Achtung Baby, Elvis Presley, Bringing It All Back Home, Kala, Paul's Boutique, A Love Supreme, Raising Hell, Electro-Shock Blues, The Bends, Houses of the Holy, The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, Illinois, Dirty Mind, Surfer Rosa, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Born to Run, The Queen is Dead, The Low End Theory, Slanted and Enchanted
- Chart updated: 06/30/2013 05:12
- (Created: 11/25/2008 12:18).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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1966
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1966
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1973
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2,480
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1960
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3,878
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1972
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1979
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1969
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1961
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1972
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1987
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Total albums: 50. Page 1 of 5
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 19 | 38% | |
| 1970s | 13 | 26% | |
| 1980s | 6 | 12% | |
| 1990s | 4 | 8% | |
| 2000s | 7 | 14% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 5 | 10% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 6% | |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 6% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 6% | |
| U2 | 2 | 4% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 2 | 4% | |
| Radiohead | 2 | 4% | |
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BestEverAlbums 12/05/2013 09:00 in Chart of the day (#780): By NathanTen
BestEverAlbums 12/05/2013 09:00 in Chart of the day (#780): By NathanTen“Today's chart of the day Top 50 Greatest Music Albums by NathanTen () 1. Revolver by The Beatles (1966) 2. Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan (1966) 3. Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye (1973) 4. Sketches Of Spain by Miles Davis (1960) 5. Exile On Main St. by The Rolling Stones (1972) 6. London Calling by…”
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BestEverAlbums 06/04/2013 08:00 in Chart of the day (#599): By NathanTen“Today's chart of the day Top 50 Greatest Music Albums by NathanTen () 1. Revolver by The Beatles (1966) 2. Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan (1966) 3. Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye (1973) 4. Sketches Of Spain by Miles Davis (1960) 5. Exile On Main St. by The Rolling Stones (1972) 6. London Calling by…”
View forum post →From BestEverAlbums 06/30/2012 08:01 in Chart of the day (#261): By NathanTen
BestEverAlbums 06/30/2012 08:01 in Chart of the day (#261): By NathanTen“Today's chart of the day Top 50 Greatest Music Albums by NathanTen () 1. Revolver by The Beatles (1966) 2. Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan (1966) 3. Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye (1973) 4. Sketches Of Spain by Miles Davis (1960) 5. Exile on Main St. by The Rolling Stones (1972) 6. London Calling by…”
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Freddie55 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/03/2010 17:50 | #8053
Freddie55 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/03/2010 17:50 | #8053
If I was shipwrecked on a desert isle with your top 50 list of recordings I would be happy with the collection. I would also be happy substituting selections with most the albums you list in your notes. However, if I could choose the 50 albumns to be shipwrecked with I wouldn't take 5 Beatles albums. As great as they are I rarely listen to Beatles today. Do you? I would want more variety and more current music. Still you have great selections :)
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Patman360 06/30/2013 00:36 | #80092
Patman360 06/30/2013 00:36 | #80092
I like this chart, it really reminds of me what my chart was like when I first arrived here (Minus the hip hop albums), gives me good nostalgic vibes. 11 albums in common isn't bad at all, props on Graceland aswell, needs more love around these parts. Looking forward to seeing a full 100.
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EyeKanFly 06/04/2013 19:26 | #78084
EyeKanFly 06/04/2013 19:26 | #78084
My only problem with this chart is that it's dominated by 60s/70s music. Almost half the albums are from the 60s. They are all great albums though, just not a ton of chronological variety.
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1234567890 05/28/2009 11:14 | #4452
1234567890 05/28/2009 11:14 | #4452
Ill have to digest this one a little. Alot of rock albums, but definately more variety than most lists.
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abstrusegoose 03/05/2010 09:53 | #9633
I got told I look punk yesterday and I don't know how to take it.
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