Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
Brandon8 
- Chart updated: 04/11/2025 18:45
- (Created: 02/06/2013 08:37).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Fav tracks - I’m Waiting For The Man, Heroin & Venus in Furs - Genres - Art Rock, Proto Punk, Experimental Rock
[First added to this chart: 02/05/2013]
Year of Release:
1967
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42,443
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Fav Tracks - Title track, With A Little Help From My Friends, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, Day In the Life - Genres - Rock, Pop, Psychedelia, Art Rock
[First added to this chart: 03/31/2013]
Year of Release:
1967
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46,377
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Fav Tracks - Rocks Off, Tumbling Dice, Happy, Shine A Light - Genre - Rock
[First added to this chart: 07/30/2013]
Year of Release:
1972
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21,011
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Fav Tracks - Like A Rolling Stone, Tombstone Blues & Ballad Of A Thin Man - Genres - Folk Rock, Rock
[First added to this chart: 05/11/2013]
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1965
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28,405
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Fav tracks - Purple Haze, Third Stone From The Sun & Are You Experienced? - Genres - Psychedelic Rock, Acid Rock, Hard Rock
[First added to this chart: 04/02/2013]
Year of Release:
1967
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22,892
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Fav Tracks - Moonage Daydream, Starman & Ziggy Stardust - Genre - Glam Rock
[First added to this chart: 02/05/2013]
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1972
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46,495
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Fav Tracks - Let’s Go Crazy, When Doves Cry & Purple Rain - Genres - Pop, Rock, R&B
[First added to this chart: 03/31/2013]
Year of Release:
1984
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16,384
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Fav Tracks - Smells Like Teen Spirit, Come As You Are & Lithium - Genre - Grunge
[First added to this chart: 02/18/2013]
Year of Release:
1991
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39,909
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Fav tracks - Break On Through (To The Other Side), Light My Fire & The End - Genres - Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock
[First added to this chart: 03/05/2013]
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1967
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27,709
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Fav Tracks - Alone Again Or, The Red Telephone & Live and Let Live - Genres -
Folk rock, psychedelic rock, orchestral pop, baroque pop, psychedelic pop [First added to this chart: 01/09/2022]
Folk rock, psychedelic rock, orchestral pop, baroque pop, psychedelic pop [First added to this chart: 01/09/2022]
Year of Release:
1967
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16,243
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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 | 24 | 24% | |
| 1970s | 37 | 37% | |
| 1980s | 20 | 20% | |
| 1990s | 16 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 2 | 2% | |
| 2010s | 1 | 1% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 4 | 4% | |
| David Bowie | 4 | 4% | |
| The Velvet Underground | 3 | 3% | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| Lou Reed | 3 | 3% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 3% | |
| Iggy Pop | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 15th to 14th Paranoid by Black Sabbath |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 7 from 66th to 73rd My War by Black Flag |
| Down 3 from 61st to 64th Berlin by Lou Reed |
| Down 1 from 14th to 15th Transformer by Lou Reed |
| New entries |
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 The Basement Tapesby Bob Dylan & The Band |
| Leavers |
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 The Downward Spiralby Nine Inch Nails |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
85/100 (from 72 votes)
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 85/100  | 01/31/2025 18:50 | SomethingSpecial | | 85/100 |
| 80/100 | 06/04/2024 14:42 | C0NB9NN | | 85/100 |
| 85/100 | 06/04/2024 13:44 | Johnnyo | | 80/100 |
| 95/100 | 04/15/2024 14:26 |  hoyquarlow | | 88/100 |
| 85/100 | 10/22/2023 09:35 |  MadhattanJack | | 85/100 |
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From C0NB9NN 06/04/2024 14:42
Good chart. I always like seeing Ziggy Stardust and Paranoid high up. Respectable number 1
26 albums in common
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85/100
From Johnnyo 06/04/2024 13:44
Very nice chart
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85/100
From MadhattanJack 10/22/2023 09:40
MadhattanJack 10/22/2023 09:40
Solid! Let nobody tell you you have bad or even mediocre taste in music. There's certainly nothing here I could reasonably argue with, though I suppose I could always go the unreasonable route and argue just for the sake of being irritating.
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85/100
From Moondance 10/21/2023 09:01
Very cool chart - for those of us who 'lived' the 70's, the albums of that era have stood the test of time. Like you, my chart is biased to the 70's. Although not in my top 100, I really got a kick out of seeing 'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere', 'Blind Faith' & 'Express' in your chart.
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100/100
From 
911Turbo 04/20/2020 00:47
911Turbo 04/20/2020 00:47
nice list.
lots of good variety.
seeing iggy pop in the top ten put a smile on my face. going to give it a spin- haven't listened to it for years.
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85/100
From 
DommeDamian 11/16/2018 11:13
DommeDamian 11/16/2018 11:13
A lot of stuff I don't like, but props that MMLP made it
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80/100
From 
ForegroundNoise 11/16/2018 09:28
ForegroundNoise 11/16/2018 09:28
Nice chart! though a little too heavy on alternative rock for my liking. Would love to see some notes on your favourite albums!
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85/100
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WildHorses 07/10/2018 15:27
WildHorses 07/10/2018 15:27
You, sir, you have taste.
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95/100
From 
CharlieBarley 11/30/2017 01:23
CharlieBarley 11/30/2017 01:23
nice to see Berlin, Bauhaus and Siouxsie among some of the more well known albums. Good number one. Good chart
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80/100
From platus 11/29/2017 15:32
Nice chart
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