Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by 
Mandro 
The 50 best album i own and i know...
And the best albums from the 00s: 1.Whatever People Say I Am (Arctic Monkeys; 2.Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Wilco); 3.Is This It (The Strokes); 4.Up The Bracket (The Libertines); 5.White Blood Cells (White Stripes); 6.Sound of Silver (LCD Soundsystem); 7.A Funk Odyssey (Jamiroquai); 8.Sea Changes (Beck); 9.Funeral (Arcade Fire); 10.Kid A (Radiohead)
- Chart updated: 05/11/2011 19:08
- (Created: 01/15/2009 22:11).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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1972
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18,164
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1965
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25,143
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1967
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40,189
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1969
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4,605
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1969
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16,296
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1966
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23,300
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1967
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37,098
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1969
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6,516
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1979
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28,899
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1985
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 17 | 34% | |
| 1970s | 20 | 40% | |
| 1980s | 9 | 18% | |
| 1990s | 3 | 6% | |
| 2000s | 1 | 2% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Rolling Stones | 4 | 8% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 6% | |
| The Velvet Underground | 2 | 4% | |
| The Smiths | 2 | 4% | |
| David Bowie | 2 | 4% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 4% | |
| Television | 1 | 2% | |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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Up 2 from 45th to 43rd |
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Down 4 from 34th to 38th |
Down 4 from 40th to 44th |
Down 3 from 38th to 41st |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 10/22/2021 17:17 |  sszwalbenest | 29 | 79/100 |
| ! | 11/27/2017 22:47 |  Dankel | 175 | 84/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2016 19:17 |  Applerill | 970 | 75/100 |
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BestEverAlbums 10/17/2011 07:00 in Chart of the day (#7): By Mandro
BestEverAlbums 10/17/2011 07:00 in Chart of the day (#7): By Mandro“Today's chart of the day Top 50 Greatest Music Albums by Mandro () 1. Exile on Main St. by The Rolling Stones (1972) 2. Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan (1965) 3. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles (1967) 4. Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire) by The Kinks…”
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Ledzedman 05/11/2011 04:26 | #21523
Ledzedman 05/11/2011 04:26 | #21523
About Arctic Monkeys, yes! It seems they've regressed since then. specially with their last album. and Mandro, I like your classical rock taste and your chart also would be one of my references about it!
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Dekk 05/10/2011 11:14 | #21382
You should definitely try In the Court of the Crimson King, that's a timeless classic and a masterpiece, and maybe Red. The other albums you should get only if you're a King Crimson fan.
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JeffN999 04/22/2011 00:25 | #20576
Can't argue with anything on this list. Tons of great albuma. It's heavily weighted to the 60s and 70s. Lots of great stuff in the last two decades as well (with few exceptions - we can mostly skip over the 80s I think). When it comes to the Kinks - I mostly just have 'the hits'. I may check out some of the actual albums given your high ranking of them. I'm a big fan of the Stones as well. Great choice for best album.
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sammac 06/05/2011 20:34 | #22730
Hello mandro. I just noticed your comment on my page from last month. Thanks about the comments about "bigging up" of undervalued albums. I'm a big fan of undervalued albums as you may have guessed :0). Talking of them I don't quite know what it's about but I do think that the wonderfully playful Smile is Brian Wilsons masterpiece and easily stands up against Pet Sounds as such. Then again, I'd have Pet Sounds too if it was a list of a hundred albums :0D.
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telefunker 08/26/2009 19:11 | #5884
telefunker 08/26/2009 19:11 | #5884
assuming my list is some kind of parody would be rather narrow-minded for a philosophy student, surely
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