Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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Brandon8 
- Chart updated: 09/06/2025 15:45
- (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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37,442
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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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40,519
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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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18,297
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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]
Year of Release:
1965
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25,258
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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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20,617
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Fav Tracks - Moonage Daydream, Starman & Ziggy Stardust - Genre - Glam Rock
[First added to this chart: 02/05/2013]
Year of Release:
1972
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40,746
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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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15,297
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8. (=)
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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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35,959
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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]
Year of Release:
1967
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25,581
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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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14,890
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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 | 23 | 23% | |
| 1970s | 38 | 38% | |
| 1980s | 20 | 20% | |
| 1990s | 16 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 2 | 2% | |
| 2010s | 1 | 1% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Velvet Underground | 4 | 4% | |
| The Beatles | 4 | 4% | |
| David Bowie | 4 | 4% | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| Lou Reed | 3 | 3% | |
| The Stooges | 3 | 3% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 3% | |
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| ! | 01/31/2025 18:50 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,089 | 86/100 |
| ! | 06/04/2024 14:42 | C0NB9NN | 20 | 85/100 |
| ! | 06/04/2024 13:44 | Johnnyo | 2,683 | 80/100 |
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BestEverAlbums 07/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5366): By Brandon8
BestEverAlbums 07/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5366): By Brandon8“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1967) 2. by (1967) 3. by (1972) 4. by (1965) 5. by (1967) 6. by (1972) 7. by (1984) 8. by (1967) 10. by by (1975) 12. by (1966) 13. by (1969) 14. (1970) 15. (1972) 16. by (1969) 17. by (1966) 18. by (1979) 19. by (1968) 21. by…”
View forum post →From BestEverAlbums 11/12/2025 09:00 in Chart of the day (#5129): By Brandon8
BestEverAlbums 11/12/2025 09:00 in Chart of the day (#5129): By Brandon8“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) 2. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles (1967) 3. Exile On Main St. by The Rolling Stones (1972) 4. Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan (1965) 5. Are…”
View forum post →From BestEverAlbums 12/12/2024 09:00 in Chart of the day (#4796): By Brandon8
BestEverAlbums 12/12/2024 09:00 in Chart of the day (#4796): By Brandon8“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Brandon8 () 1. The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) 2. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles (1967) 3. Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys (1966) 4. Forever Changes by Love (1967) 5. The Rise And Fall…”
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C0NB9NN 06/04/2024 14:42 | #303858
Good chart. I always like seeing Ziggy Stardust and Paranoid high up. Respectable number 1
26 albums in common (Edited)
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Johnnyo 06/04/2024 13:44 | #303856
Very nice chart (Edited)
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MadhattanJack 10/22/2023 09:40 | #299581
MadhattanJack 10/22/2023 09:40 | #299581
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. (Edited)
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Moondance 10/21/2023 09:01 | #299576
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. (Edited)
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911Turbo 04/20/2020 00:47 | #250255
911Turbo 04/20/2020 00:47 | #250255
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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