Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by dcovingt

The first 5 include my favorite from each decade; the second 5 are my second favorite from each decade and so on. Every 5 albums are sorted by my favorite.... So Pet Sounds is my favorite album from the 60s and I like it best of all my favorite albums. Spiderland is my second favorite from the 90s and I like it best of all my second favorite albums from each decade... does this make any sense? I think this is what Libertarian Coffee was suggesting, I think.

• Chart updated: 08/07/2010 12:33
• (Created: 12/06/2008 15:08).
• Chart size: 50 albums.

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Pet Sounds 

 The Beach Boys

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[First added to this chart: 11/17/2009]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,857 charts

Rank Score:

39,178

Rank in 1966:

2

Rank in 1960s:

5

Overall Rank:

11

Average Rating:

 88 (3,277 votes)

Comments:

360

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OK Computer 

 Radiohead

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[First added to this chart: 11/17/2009]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

4,421 charts

Rank Score:

63,649

Rank in 1997:

1

Rank in 1990s:

1

Overall Rank:

1

Average Rating:

 92 (5,636 votes)

Comments:

855

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Doolittle 

 Pixies

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[First added to this chart: 11/17/2009]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,544 charts

Rank Score:

31,547

Rank in 1989:

1

Rank in 1980s:

2

Overall Rank:

18

Average Rating:

 88 (2,952 votes)

Comments:

293

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Unknown Pleasures 

 Joy Division

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[First added to this chart: 11/17/2009]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

1,985 charts

Rank Score:

21,832

Rank in 1979:

3

Rank in 1970s:

9

Overall Rank:

38

Average Rating:

 86 (2,337 votes)

Comments:

190

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Kid A 

 Radiohead

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[First added to this chart: 06/14/2010]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

3,214 charts

Rank Score:

42,324

Rank in 2000:

1

Rank in 2000s:

2

Overall Rank:

9

Average Rating:

 89 (4,462 votes)

Comments:

562

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Spiderland 

 Slint

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[First added to this chart: 11/17/2009]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,057 charts

Rank Score:

12,183

Rank in 1991:

4

Rank in 1990s:

20

Overall Rank:

102

Average Rating:

 84 (1,280 votes)

Comments:

123

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 

 The Beatles

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[First added to this chart: 11/17/2009]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,493 charts

Rank Score:

43,309

Rank in 1967:

1

Rank in 1960s:

3

Overall Rank:

8

Average Rating:

 90 (4,592 votes)

Comments:

491

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Madvillainy 

 Madvillain

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[First added to this chart: 11/17/2009]

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

1,074 charts

Rank Score:

14,302

Rank in 2004:

2

Rank in 2000s:

8

Overall Rank:

86

Average Rating:

 86 (1,215 votes)

Comments:

94

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What's Going On 

 Marvin Gaye

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[First added to this chart: 11/17/2009]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,638 charts

Rank Score:

18,956

Rank in 1971:

4

Rank in 1970s:

15

Overall Rank:

49

Average Rating:

 85 (1,951 votes)

Comments:

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Daydream Nation 

 Sonic Youth

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[First added to this chart: 11/17/2009]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

1,584 charts

Rank Score:

15,566

Rank in 1988:

1

Rank in 1980s:

10

Overall Rank:

75

Average Rating:

 84 (1,867 votes)

Comments:

147

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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition

Country	Albums	%
	29	58%
	14	28%
	3	6%
	2	4%
	1	2%
	1	2%

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From junodog4 03/11/2014 03:02 | #105925

Interesting way of organization!

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From covecove 07/16/2010 08:27 | #13561

I like your 70s and your 00s

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From yankees182 05/26/2010 08:03 | #12138

lotta good stuffs on heres

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From JeffN999 03/31/2010 09:12 | #10166

Interesting chart. I like the idea of decade based lists. I always find it hard to compare albums from different decades. Lots of good albums on this list.

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From dcovingt 03/24/2010 00:43 | #9998

haha, sorry mido, that was for a comment that i think was deleated from 0123456789.

and thanks!

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From Mido 03/18/2010 21:22 | #9932

Good balance, that's all

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From dcovingt 03/17/2010 13:50 | #9888

0123456789 i'm not sure what you're insinuating with that comment.

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From 1234567890 03/17/2010 05:02 | #9880

Gee, I wonder where they go that idea from...

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From Mido 03/17/2010 00:28 | #9877

Nice mix (10 for every decade)

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From CellarDoor 10/22/2009 19:03 | #6823

Especially for me.

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