Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by Windowblinds 
Work in progress. Dont hate my terrible music choices too much.
- Chart updated: 04/05/2013 21:57
- (Created: 01/22/2013 08:23).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 01/21/2013]
Year of Release:
2003
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3,549
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[First added to this chart: 01/21/2013]
Year of Release:
1997
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63,588
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[First added to this chart: 01/21/2013]
Year of Release:
1966
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49,545
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[First added to this chart: 01/23/2013]
Year of Release:
1972
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43,391
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[First added to this chart: 01/21/2013]
Year of Release:
1998
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32,848
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[First added to this chart: 01/21/2013]
Year of Release:
1973
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60,023
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[First added to this chart: 01/21/2013]
Year of Release:
2005
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669
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[First added to this chart: 01/21/2013]
Year of Release:
1997
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6,565
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[First added to this chart: 01/21/2013]
Year of Release:
1992
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Rank Score:
6,641
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[First added to this chart: 01/21/2013]
Year of Release:
2002
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10,881
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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 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 9 | 9% | |
| 1970s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 6 | 6% | |
| 1990s | 30 | 30% | |
| 2000s | 38 | 38% | |
| 2010s | 1 | 1% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Mars Volta | 3 | 3% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 2 | 2% | |
| The Strokes | 2 | 2% | |
| Aphex Twin | 2 | 2% | |
| The Flaming Lips | 2 | 2% | |
| Neil Young | 2 | 2% | |
| Modest Mouse | 2 | 2% | |
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52 | 52% | |
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24 | 24% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 1 from 100th to 99th Blue Screen Life by Pinback |
| Up 1 from 99th to 98th ( ) [Svigaplatan] by Sigur Rós |
| Up 1 from 98th to 97th A Funk Odyssey by Jamiroquai |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 68 from 32nd to 100th Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet |
| New entries |
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| The Protomen by The Protomen |
| Leavers |
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| A Love Supreme by John Coltrane |
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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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| ! | 02/03/2022 10:24 |  Goliath | 351 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2016 21:23 | Seab | 2,005 | 93/100 |
| ! | 09/20/2016 23:02 |  travelful | 208 | 99/100 |
| ! | 10/01/2013 00:01 |  sssvnnn | 2,865 | 83/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2013 08:10 |  SingingPeasant96 | 780 | 83/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 13% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 87.4/100, a mean average of 89.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.0/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 8.9.
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From sssvnnn 10/01/2013 00:01 | #87293
sssvnnn 10/01/2013 00:01 | #87293
good
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From replacementlevel 08/27/2013 20:47 | #84639
Listening to the Mars Volta for the first time right now and stumbled upon this. I like a lot of your other choices. I'll be sure to give De-Loused another spin.
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MrFrogger 05/21/2013 03:22 | #76773
MrFrogger 05/21/2013 03:22 | #76773
This chart is really fucking good
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sageamagoo 04/24/2013 15:31 | #74357
sageamagoo 04/24/2013 15:31 | #74357
This is really, really good! I love The Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse, Sufjan Stevens, etc... you even have Fashion Nugget on here!
Oh, and F#A#∞ is so much better than Antennas.
I like your taste in music.
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junodog4 02/19/2013 03:49 | #65480
junodog4 02/19/2013 03:49 | #65480
Your choices aren't terrible at all...
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CellarDoor 01/22/2013 22:27 | #62530
CellarDoor 01/22/2013 22:27 | #62530
I'll only hate your #1 choice then ;)
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| Best Artists of the 2000s | |
|---|---|
| 1. Radiohead | |
| 2. Arcade Fire | |
| 3. The Strokes | |
| 4. Coldplay | |
| 5. Sufjan Stevens | |
| 6. Muse | |
| 7. Arctic Monkeys | |
| 8. Wilco | |
| 9. Animal Collective | |
| 10. The White Stripes | |
| 11. Kanye West | |
| 12. Phil Elverum | |
| 13. Interpol | |
| 14. Modest Mouse | |
| 15. Queens Of The Stone Age | |
| 16. Madvillain | |
| 17. LCD Soundsystem | |
| 18. Godspeed You! Black Emperor | |
| 19. The National | |
| 20. The Flaming Lips |
