Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
by MisterJimmy 
- Chart updated: 11/25/2012 22:12
- (Created: 11/25/2012 21:18).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 11/25/2012]
Year of Release:
1966
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49,332
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[First added to this chart: 11/25/2012]
Year of Release:
1968
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37,084
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[First added to this chart: 11/25/2012]
Year of Release:
1969
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57,018
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Are You Experienced may have more well known songs, but this is the album where Jimi was really allowed to let loose in the studio. His finest creation.
[First added to this chart: 11/25/2012]
Year of Release:
1968
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17,338
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Yes I love Born to Run, but his album is more musically adventurous and in its own way, more epic. A West Side Story-style presentation of New York as it was in the early '70s.
[First added to this chart: 11/25/2012]
Year of Release:
1973
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2,877
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[First added to this chart: 11/25/2012]
Year of Release:
1972
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19,628
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Tommy may have been the album that introduced the rock opera, but this is the album that perfected it. Pete Townsend has been on record as saying he will never be able to top this.
[First added to this chart: 11/25/2012]
Year of Release:
1973
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7,009
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There are many Chuck Berry compilations, but this one, to me, is the best. Every song you ever need to understand Chuck Berry- and by extension, all of rock and roll- is on this record.
Year of Release:
1982
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549
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A record that has been neglected in the wake of Exile on Main Street, but an absolute essential. One of the only Stones albums with absolutely no weak tracks.
[First added to this chart: 11/25/2012]
Year of Release:
1971
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16,850
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1975
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20,690
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 15 | 38% | |
| 1970s | 18 | 45% | |
| 1980s | 2 | 5% | |
| 1990s | 2 | 5% | |
| 2000s | 3 | 8% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| The Beatles | 6 | 15% | |
| Bob Dylan | 5 | 13% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 3 | 8% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 8% | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 2 | 5% | |
| The Who | 2 | 5% | |
| The Clash | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 8th to 9thSticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones |
| Down 1 from 9th to 10thBlood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan |
| Down 1 from 10th to 11thRubber Soul by The Beatles |
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