Top 20 Greatest Music Albums
by murdock_james 
I was almost appalled to realise my apparent musical tunnel vision regarding Radiohead. Sitting down to compile my chart, I knew In Rainbows would be #1, The Bends would outrank OK Computer and that Kid A would not make an appearance. Little did I know I hold the three featured albums in such a high regard that only the generation defining What's the Story...? would stop them filling the Gold, Silver and Bronze positions.
Also, I was dismayed at the fact that John Martyn's Solid Air didn't even appear in the database, and it had been completely ignored by everyone, until slingsby came along and made my choice look not so exaggerated. Apologies also to Portishead's Dummy, bumped due to the fact that I believe MGMT's Oracular Spectacular will be more appreciated in a few years. I love it.
- Chart updated: 04/06/2010 12:48
- (Created: 01/07/2009 09:44).
- Chart size: 20 albums.
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2007
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1973
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1973
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Total albums: 20. Page 1 of 2
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Top 20 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 5 | 25% | |
| 1980s | 2 | 10% | |
| 1990s | 8 | 40% | |
| 2000s | 5 | 25% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Radiohead | 3 | 15% | |
| The Flaming Lips | 2 | 10% | |
| Metallica | 1 | 5% | |
| Pink Floyd | 1 | 5% | |
| Stereophonics | 1 | 5% | |
| John Martyn | 1 | 5% | |
| Supertramp | 1 | 5% | |
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