Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by KinkyAfro 
I wouldnt call this chart "best ever albums" as the site suggests, but this is quite simply my favourite albums. My chart has been put together based purely on what I enjoy listening to, no points for influence on other artists or importance at its time of release. It may be heavy with certain artists and genres, but they happen to be my favourite ones, I don't go for the one album per artist thing as I don't believe that gives an accurate account of your genuine favourites. The only rule I had was no greatest hits/best of, b-side collections or compilation albums.
I've put my favourite 3 tracks off each album on so if anyone hasn't heard anything on this chart they can listen to a taster of the album on youtube.
In the process of listening to all these again so positions will change.
- Chart updated: 08/31/2015 23:45
- (Created: 02/02/2013 01:39).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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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 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1970s | 21 | 21% | |
| 1980s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1990s | 32 | 32% | |
| 2000s | 24 | 24% | |
| 2010s | 5 | 5% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Rory Gallagher | 5 | 5% | |
| The Charlatans (UK) | 4 | 4% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 4 | 4% | |
| Manic Street Preachers | 3 | 3% | |
| R.E.M. | 3 | 3% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 3% | |
| Radiohead | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 4 from 87th to 83rd Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses |
| Up 2 from 69th to 67th Metallica by Metallica |
| Up 1 from 88th to 87th Tres Hombres by ZZ Top |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 3 from 85th to 88th Murmur by R.E.M. |
| Down 2 from 84th to 86th Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys |
| Down 1 from 2nd to 3rd Definitely Maybe by Oasis |
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85/100  | 03/20/2025 15:23 |  SomethingSpecial | | 85/100 |
80/100 | 11/06/2023 10:35 | DaaN | | 86/100 |
85/100 | 08/25/2020 09:10 |  Goliath | | 86/100 |
85/100 | 08/12/2020 13:47 |  zwiebel | | 86/100 |
90/100 | 02/05/2016 00:16 | BrageHaavik | | 91/100 |
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Goliath 08/25/2020 09:16
Great to see White Ladder and Word Gets Around in there, 16 in common with my chart.
Fav chart on this site!
15 albums in common.
mutley88 02/04/2016 10:28
Nice To See Rory Gallagher getting some well deserved love.
Deuce is definitely a contender for best album status
HoldenM 02/04/2016 09:29
Solid chart.
dihansse 12/20/2015 10:55
I really love this chart and the comments even if I don't agee with all the albums on it: maybe a bit too biased on britpop: but anyhow I am tempted to check out a lot of your favorites especially the Rory gallagher ones; l checked out the Irish Tour album and I really lovend it as well. Apart from the shredding guitar plating I think it is the Ray Manzanerek like organisatie that delivers the icing on the already fantastisch cake.
I also especially liked your funny comments on Metallica and am glad you appreciate them
Martinborras 10/02/2014 22:23
Good chart!
I love this chart
Great chart !
Good One
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