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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40,006
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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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43,286
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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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19,746
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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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27,374
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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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21,580
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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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43,524
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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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37,827
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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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26,864
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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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15,430
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Fav Tracks - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I -V), Welcome To The Machine & Wish You Were Here - Genres - Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Experimental Rock
[First added to this chart: 02/18/2013]
Year of Release:
1975
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44,772
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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 fallers |
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| Down 1 from 29th to 30th Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction |
| Down 1 from 30th to 31st Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses |
| Down 1 from 31st to 32nd Sign "O" The Times by Prince |
| New entries |
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| Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division |
| Leavers |
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| Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 01/31/2025 18:50 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,105 | 85/100 |
| ! | 06/04/2024 14:42 | C0NB9NN | 20 | 85/100 |
| ! | 06/04/2024 13:44 | Johnnyo | 2,556 | 80/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2024 14:26 |  hoyquarlow | 34 | 88/100 |
| ! | 10/22/2023 09:35 |  MadhattanJack | 257 | 85/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 85.0/100, a mean average of 83.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.9/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 13.8.
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From 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
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From Johnnyo 06/04/2024 13:44 | #303856
Very nice chart
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From 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.
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From 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.
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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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DommeDamian 11/16/2018 11:13 | #225001
DommeDamian 11/16/2018 11:13 | #225001
A lot of stuff I don't like, but props that MMLP made it
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ForegroundNoise 11/16/2018 09:28 | #224999
ForegroundNoise 11/16/2018 09:28 | #224999
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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WildHorses 07/10/2018 15:27 | #218015
WildHorses 07/10/2018 15:27 | #218015
You, sir, you have taste.
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CharlieBarley 11/30/2017 01:23 | #202351
CharlieBarley 11/30/2017 01:23 | #202351
nice to see Berlin, Bauhaus and Siouxsie among some of the more well known albums. Good number one. Good chart
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From platus 11/29/2017 15:32 | #202310
Nice chart
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| Best Ever Artists | |
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| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. Radiohead | |
| 3. Pink Floyd | |
| 4. David Bowie | |
| 5. Bob Dylan | |
| 6. Led Zeppelin | |
| 7. The Rolling Stones | |
| 8. Arcade Fire | |
| 9. Nirvana | |
| 10. Neil Young | |
| 11. The Velvet Underground | |
| 12. Kendrick Lamar | |
| 13. Miles Davis | |
| 14. The Smiths | |
| 15. The Beach Boys | |
| 16. R.E.M. | |
| 17. Kanye West | |
| 18. Pixies | |
| 19. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 20. Jimi Hendrix |
