1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
by AledJames 
Currently listening to one album from the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book a day. These are my favourites (or just all of them until I get to 100 albums)
- Chart updated: 3 days ago
- (Created: 09/11/2025 20:31).
- Chart size: 77 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 10/13/2025]
Year of Release:
1967
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Rank Score:
9,805
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Comments:
44
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[First added to this chart: 09/15/2025]
Year of Release:
1969
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Rank Score:
58,367
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[First added to this chart: 09/21/2025]
Year of Release:
1965
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Rank Score:
27,294
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[First added to this chart: 09/19/2025]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
3,474
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[First added to this chart: 10/19/2025]
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[First added to this chart: 09/15/2025]
Year of Release:
1964
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Rank Score:
4,396
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[First added to this chart: 10/19/2025]
Year of Release:
1969
Appears in:
Rank Score:
17,187
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[First added to this chart: 09/15/2025]
Year of Release:
1969
Appears in:
Rank Score:
6,832
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[First added to this chart: 09/15/2025]
Total albums: 12. Page 1 of 2
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1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 2 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 12 | 16% | |
| 1970s | 19 | 25% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 22 | 29% | |
| 2000s | 11 | 14% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Who | 3 | 4% | |
| Supergrass | 2 | 3% | |
| The Beatles | 2 | 3% | |
| Beck | 2 | 3% | |
| Black Sabbath | 1 | 1% | |
| The Afghan Whigs | 1 | 1% | |
| Leonard Cohen | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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36 | 47% | |
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29 | 38% | |
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4 | 5% | |
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3 | 4% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 7 from 69th to 76th Frampton Comes Alive! by Peter Frampton |
| Down 7 from 70th to 77th They Were Wrong, So We Drowned by Liars |
| Down 6 from 66th to 72nd Guero by Beck |
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