Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by Exist-en-ciel 
Favorite songs overall:
• Sinnerman - Nina Simone (1965)
• Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield (1970)
• One of These Days - Pink Floyd (1971)
• Supper's Ready - Genesis (1972)
• The Cinema Show - Genesis (1973)
• Comme un sage - Harmonium (1976)
• La Villa Strangiato - Rush (1978)
• Disorder - Joy Division (1979)
• Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads (1980)
• Lorelei - Cocteau Twins (1984)
• Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order (1986)
• It's Alright - Pet Shop Boys (1988)
• Like a Prayer - Madonna (1989)
• Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack (1991)
• Digging in the Dirt - Peter Gabriel (1992)
• Xtal - Aphex Twin (1992)
• Building Steam With a Grain of Salt - DJ Shadow (1996)
• Teardrop - Massive Attack (1998)
• Unison - Björk (2001)
• J'erre - Dumas (2003)
• Someone Great - LCD Soundsystem (2007)
• Christmas Unicorn - Sufjan Stevens (2012)
• Afterlife - Arcade Fire (2013)
• Now or Never Now - Metric (2018)
• Death & Romance - Magdalena Bay (2024)
- Chart updated: 30 hours ago
- (Created: 12/10/2025 07:58).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Art Rock
[First added to this chart: 12/10/2025]
Year of Release:
2007
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42,768
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Progressive Rock
[First added to this chart: 03/09/2026]
Year of Release:
1975
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44,161
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Progressive Rock
[First added to this chart: 12/10/2025]
Year of Release:
1969
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27,909
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Conscious Hip Hop
[First added to this chart: 12/10/2025]
Year of Release:
2012
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21,992
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Shoegaze
[First added to this chart: 12/10/2025]
Year of Release:
1991
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27,993
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New Wave
[First added to this chart: 12/10/2025]
Year of Release:
1980
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27,418
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Art Pop
[First added to this chart: 12/10/2025]
Year of Release:
2001
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9,383
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Avant-Garde Jazz
[First added to this chart: 12/10/2025]
Year of Release:
1963
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12,812
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Gothic Rock
[First added to this chart: 12/10/2025]
Year of Release:
1989
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26,199
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Spiritual Jazz
[First added to this chart: 12/10/2025]
Year of Release:
1965
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15,517
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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 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1970s | 22 | 22% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1990s | 20 | 20% | |
| 2000s | 15 | 15% | |
| 2010s | 13 | 13% | |
| 2020s | 7 | 7% |
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| Massive Attack | 2 | 2% | |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 2% | |
| Cocteau Twins | 2 | 2% | |
| Genesis | 2 | 2% | |
| Sufjan Stevens | 2 | 2% | |
| Harmonium | 1 | 1% | |
| Weyes Blood | 1 | 1% | |
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36 | 36% | |
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36 | 36% | |
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12 | 12% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 01/13/2026 11:40 | mianfei | 172 | 62/100 | |
| 01/07/2026 13:58 |  LedZep | 1,103 | 84/100 | |
| 12/15/2025 09:17 |  Tamthebam | 651 | 85/100 | |
| 12/13/2025 02:15 |  awesomness425 | 248 | 91/100 |
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From mianfei 01/13/2026 11:42 | #312592
This is a very interesting chart even without any notes — which does leave it missing a little.
Nevertheless, looking at the list does make me more than a little impressed at what I see. There are a few artists I need to spend some time listening to, and a number like Low and Robbie Bǎsho whom I do like but do not make my list. More significantly, the list has the diversity I really do crave.
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From awesomness425 12/13/2025 02:17 | #312118
awesomness425 12/13/2025 02:17 | #312118
lots of stuff on here i need to check out. You just took me having the highest ranked score on Gorecki a day after I updated my chart after two years lol
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