Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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Graeme2 
- Chart updated: 08/02/2025 19:15
- (Created: 01/21/2013 01:48).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 01/20/2013]
Year of Release:
1973
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12,559
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[First added to this chart: 01/20/2013]
Year of Release:
1989
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23,063
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[First added to this chart: 01/20/2013]
Year of Release:
1997
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63,676
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[First added to this chart: 01/20/2013]
Year of Release:
1988
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7,008
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[First added to this chart: 12/22/2015]
Year of Release:
2002
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3,398
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[First added to this chart: 11/28/2013]
Year of Release:
1995
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5,523
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[First added to this chart: 01/13/2021]
Year of Release:
1988
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5,106
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[First added to this chart: 01/20/2013]
Year of Release:
1972
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43,447
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[First added to this chart: 01/20/2013]
Year of Release:
1996
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9,225
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[First added to this chart: 12/02/2013]
Year of Release:
1990
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4,106
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 7 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 17 | 17% | |
| 1980s | 28 | 28% | |
| 1990s | 32 | 32% | |
| 2000s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2010s | 4 | 4% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Radiohead | 3 | 3% | |
| Metallica | 3 | 3% | |
| U2 | 2 | 2% | |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 2% | |
| Boards Of Canada | 2 | 2% | |
| Ride | 1 | 1% | |
| Beastie Boys | 1 | 1% | |
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49 | 49% | |
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37 | 37% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 4 from 66th to 62nd Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 61st to 63rd Marquee Moon by Television |
| Down 2 from 62nd to 64th Slanted And Enchanted by Pavement |
| Down 2 from 63rd to 65th Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain |
| New entries |
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| Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd |
| Leavers |
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| The Epic by Kamasi Washington |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 04/28/2025 23:20 | BorderFreeAndrew | 102 | 81/100 |
| ! | 03/06/2025 14:04 | DrewHamster | 317 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2025 14:18 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/15/2025 17:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 143 | 98/100 |
| ! | 09/27/2023 13:36 |  Tamthebam | 645 | 85/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 3% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 89.8/100, a mean average of 89.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.2/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 9.3.
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From BorderFreeAndrew 08/17/2024 21:22 | #304791
Interesting focus on 80's and 90's over the more revered decades, thus allowing a lot of worthy but less-remembered albums a chance for rediscovery. Also, whenever I see someone has a Nick Cave album on their list, I always have to check to see which one it is because Cave is one of only a handful of artists with such a consistently great catalogue that it could be almost any of them. In this case, your favorite is also mine (No More Shall We Part). Good taste!
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From Tamthebam 09/27/2023 13:40 | #299268
Tamthebam 09/27/2023 13:40 | #299268
Great chart, it would be good to hear what it is about these albums that made you pick them .
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From Moondance 09/27/2023 09:32 | #299266
Really enjoyed scrolling through this chart - great diversity that kept it interesting from 1 to 100.
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From Johnnyo 02/09/2023 19:16 | #293836
Excellent chart.
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buzzdainer 09/06/2022 22:04 | #289438
buzzdainer 09/06/2022 22:04 | #289438
Excellent chart! We share a love of Nirvana's Nevermind, which doesn't exactly make either of us that unique--except to say it's an album that I connected to on a very personal level as soon as it came out, and that still packs a punch whenever I hear it. Looking forward to checking out some of the selections on your list that are less familiar to me!
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From leniad 07/18/2022 04:38 | #287561
Low-Life at 28 is awesome, very good selections in a difficult task
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From leniad 08/29/2021 07:45 | #273015
greatttt
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From mrmcrook 02/03/2021 00:35 | #265622
Fantastic mix. Love the variety. Good to see 'Among the Living' in there.
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EyeKanFly 11/19/2020 17:54 | #261107
EyeKanFly 11/19/2020 17:54 | #261107
Really awesome chart top to bottom. The stuff I've listened to is great, the stuff I haven't seems unique.
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Larcx13 11/19/2020 09:12 | #261076
Larcx13 11/19/2020 09:12 | #261076
Really great selection! The variety is refreshing
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| Best Artists of the 1960s | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. The Velvet Underground | |
| 3. Jimi Hendrix | |
| 4. Bob Dylan | |
| 5. The Beach Boys | |
| 6. The Jimi Hendrix Experience | |
| 7. The Velvet Underground & Nico | |
| 8. The Doors | |
| 9. Led Zeppelin | |
| 10. The Rolling Stones | |
| 11. John Coltrane | |
| 12. King Crimson | |
| 13. Frank Zappa | |
| 14. The Kinks | |
| 15. Love | |
| 16. Neil Young | |
| 17. Charles Mingus | |
| 18. Van Morrison | |
| 19. Miles Davis | |
| 20. The Zombies |
