Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
Brandon8 
- Chart updated: 09/23/2023 05:15
- (Created: 02/06/2013 08:37).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Fav Tracks - God Only Knows, I Know There’s an Answer, I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times - Genres -
Progressive pop, chamber pop, psychedelic pop, art rock [First added to this chart: 02/05/2013]
Progressive pop, chamber pop, psychedelic pop, art rock [First added to this chart: 02/05/2013]
Year of Release:
1966
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45,117
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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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17,164
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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]
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1984
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16,455
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Fav Tracks - Walk On The Wild Side, Perfect Day & Satellite Of Love - Genre - Glam Rock
[First added to this chart: 02/05/2013]
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1972
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11,154
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Fav Tracks - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, Visions of Johanna, Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again- Genres - Folk rock, blues rock, country rock, rock and roll
[First added to this chart: 02/05/2013]
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1966
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27,841
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Fav Tracks - Debaser, Wave of Mutilation & Gouge Away - Genre - Alt Rock
[First added to this chart: 10/30/2015]
Year of Release:
1989
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37,451
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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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31,106
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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]
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1967
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24,274
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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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29,151
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Fav Tracks - Box of Rain, Friend of the Devil, Sugar Magnolia, Truckin’ - Genre - Country Rock, Folk Rock
[First added to this chart: 10/30/2015]
Year of Release:
1970
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5,213
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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 | 19 | 19% | |
| 1970s | 43 | 43% | |
| 1980s | 21 | 21% | |
| 1990s | 13 | 13% | |
| 2000s | 3 | 3% | |
| 2010s | 1 | 1% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| David Bowie | 5 | 5% | |
| Lou Reed | 4 | 4% | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| The Velvet Underground | 3 | 3% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 3% | |
| Pixies | 3 | 3% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
85/100 (from 69 votes)
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95/100  | 5 days ago |  hoyquarlow | | 88/100 |
85/100 | 10/22/2023 09:35 |  MadhattanJack | | 84/100 |
85/100 | 10/21/2023 08:58 | Moondance | | 84/100 |
 55/100 | 06/15/2023 17:48 |  Applerill | | 75/100 |
| 95/100 | 12/22/2021 14:38 |  Cytoma | | 90/100 |
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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
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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
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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
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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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90/100
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LedZep 11/29/2017 11:01
LedZep 11/29/2017 11:01
Nothing I can possibly dislike here
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90/100
From s8undgarden 05/26/2017 01:53
Very good taste in music, knows his Brit classics and a little grunge is always tasty. I was surprised not to see any prog other than Floyd. It especially seems like this fellow would dig King Crimson.
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| Best Artists of the 2000s | |
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| 1. Radiohead | |
| 2. Arcade Fire | |
| 3. The Strokes | |
| 4. Coldplay | |
| 5. Sufjan Stevens | |
| 6. Arctic Monkeys | |
| 7. Wilco | |
| 8. Muse | |
| 9. Animal Collective | |
| 10. The White Stripes | |
| 11. Kanye West | |
| 12. Phil Elverum | |
| 13. Interpol | |
| 14. Modest Mouse | |
| 15. Queens Of The Stone Age | |
| 16. Madvillain | |
| 17. Godspeed You! Black Emperor | |
| 18. LCD Soundsystem | |
| 19. The National | |
| 20. The Flaming Lips |