Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
by Finn 
My incredibly subjective and always changing list of what albums I find are the "greatest of all time". Take it as you will!
List rules: No compilations (unless every song on it is unreleased until the compilation had been released), no live albums, no EPs... strictly full studio albums.
- Chart updated: 02/01/2013 14:47
- (Created: 02/01/2013 14:02).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 02/01/2013]
Year of Release:
1959
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21,873
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[First added to this chart: 02/01/2013]
Year of Release:
1996
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9,139
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[First added to this chart: 02/01/2013]
Year of Release:
1972
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17,227
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[First added to this chart: 02/01/2013]
Year of Release:
1991
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27,982
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Not yet listed on this site I guess... Forgotten bossa nova gem, highly recommend.
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[First added to this chart: 02/01/2013]
Year of Release:
1977
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6,311
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[First added to this chart: 02/01/2013]
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1967
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39,249
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[First added to this chart: 02/01/2013]
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1965
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15,531
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[First added to this chart: 02/01/2013]
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1971
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15,978
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[First added to this chart: 02/01/2013]
Year of Release:
1969
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12,385
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Total albums: 40. Page 1 of 4
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 3 | 8% | |
| 1960s | 10 | 25% | |
| 1970s | 10 | 25% | |
| 1980s | 3 | 8% | |
| 1990s | 6 | 15% | |
| 2000s | 7 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 1 | 3% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Nick Drake | 3 | 8% | |
| Radiohead | 3 | 8% | |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 2 | 5% | |
| The Beatles | 2 | 5% | |
| Cat Stevens | 1 | 3% | |
| Wilco | 1 | 3% | |
| Arcade Fire | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 1 from 5th to 6thExodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers |
| Down 1 from 6th to 7thThe Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico |
| Down 1 from 7th to 8thA Love Supreme by John Coltrane |
| New entries |
|---|
| Solo In Rio 1959 by Luiz Bonfá |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 01/19/2017 23:23 | Seab | 2,001 | 93/100 |
| ! | 07/29/2014 18:42 |  Antonio-Pedro | 562 | 90/100 |
| ! | 04/16/2013 10:02 | himself | 2 | 85/100 |
| ! | 02/01/2013 12:22 | davidhuret | 56 | 85/100 |
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From davidhuret 02/01/2013 12:22 | #63581
Fine and eclectic.
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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 |
