Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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- Chart updated: 01/03/2024 16:15
- (Created: 11/20/2012 04:22).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 06/02/2013]
Year of Release:
1971
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700
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[First added to this chart: 12/16/2012]
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[First added to this chart: 04/27/2013]
Year of Release:
2000
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891
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[First added to this chart: 01/14/2016]
Year of Release:
1973
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595
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[First added to this chart: 04/04/2013]
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[First added to this chart: 10/21/2020]
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[First added to this chart: 11/22/2012]
Year of Release:
1988
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10,285
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[First added to this chart: 09/25/2014]
Year of Release:
1971
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1,713
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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2013]
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[First added to this chart: 07/21/2015]
Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 3 | 3% | |
| 1970s | 24 | 24% | |
| 1980s | 15 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 28 | 28% | |
| 2000s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 10 | 10% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Loscil | 1 | 1% | |
| Raekwon | 1 | 1% | |
| Fiona Apple | 1 | 1% | |
| Talk Talk | 1 | 1% | |
| Svartsinn | 1 | 1% | |
| The National | 1 | 1% | |
| Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Africa '70 | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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41 | 41% | |
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12 | 12% | |
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10 | 10% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 4 from 94th to 90th Sunset Mission by Bohren & Der Club Of Gore |
| Up 3 from 91st to 88th Heavy Mental by Killah Priest |
| Up 2 from 89th to 87th Spiderland by Slint |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 9 from 85th to 94th Good High by Brick |
| Down 4 from 87th to 91st Bark Your Head Off, Dog by Hop Along |
| Down 3 from 90th to 93rd Pale Ravine by Deaf Center |
| New entries |
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| The Lioness by Songs: Ohia |
| When The Pawn... by Fiona Apple |
| Leavers |
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| World Of Echo by Arthur Russell |
| Urban Sax by Urban Sax |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 03/07/2025 13:35 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,106 | 85/100 |
| ! | 06/27/2024 16:23 | Johnnyo | 2,546 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/28/2024 22:26 | Moondance | 476 | 85/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2023 04:55 | mianfei | 168 | 62/100 |
| ! | 08/21/2023 14:33 | Weepingguitarman | 43 | 95/100 |
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cestuneblague 06/16/2024 21:12 | #303983
cestuneblague 06/16/2024 21:12 | #303983
This is like Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals
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From Moondance 03/28/2024 22:26 | #302726
We have no albums in common & only one artist in common - I really like charts like this - they get me out of my musical safety zone & remind me that there is so much more to explore.
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From mianfei 08/22/2023 05:00 | #298789
I really could not imagine seeing a chart like this one!
It is completely (well, almost completely) unlike anything else I have seen here or anywhere else. There are similarities with Scaruffi, but I should not make too much of that because quite a number of my own best albums were largely or entirely discovered via that very source.
The range of albums is quite wide — even if many would probably not appeal to me — and there are a lot of vey unfamiliar selections which I always like to see. All in all this is one of the best charts I have seen here.
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From Johnnyo 08/21/2023 08:42 | #298769
Excellent chart
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dougotto 06/17/2014 01:53 | #114609
dougotto 06/17/2014 01:53 | #114609
im gonna be coming back to this. i really love that there are so many albums here ive heard good things about but dont know much about at all, especially popol vuh at #1
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From mightyram 06/16/2014 21:26 | #114590
I have no ides what some of this stuff is and I feel like I would not really like some of it, but I really love this chart- I like the broad tastes, ages, styles and the words. Great.
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btener11 06/16/2014 19:16 | #114580
btener11 06/16/2014 19:16 | #114580
legendary!
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From 
Kaiser 06/16/2014 18:55 | #114579
Kaiser 06/16/2014 18:55 | #114579
One of the better charts I have ever seen in this site. Love the comments.
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craola 06/16/2014 15:56 | #114571
craola 06/16/2014 15:56 | #114571
Nice, balanced chart. Lots of stuff to check out here, particularly from Germany.
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Antonio-Pedro 06/16/2014 10:49 | #114566
Antonio-Pedro 06/16/2014 10:49 | #114566
Sorry I took a long time to realize that I hadn't posted on this chart (what a shame past Antonio).. Anyway How I said it's amazing, so much things to discover here and the diversity that You put here is fantastic,Like...I still need to listen to Popol Vuh... someday, I also loved the notes (descriptions?) for each album, Some more emtive than others, and some more funny, anyway they are great to spend some time reading or just discover how you love these albums, some one different of the others, but all tied together,amazing chart Nech
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