Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by VikaGatling

This chart is very personal. I do not fancy gathering some most influential or most important or whichever items to the list.

There is no "one album for artist" rule, because I really like those placed into my chart. Maybe later it will expand, so I have some place to put the new interesting things. Sorry for now.

• Chart updated: 02/25/2024 18:45
• (Created: 02/22/2013 17:51).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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The Dark Side Of The Moon 

 Pink Floyd

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The most consistent music album I've ever heard. Sounds terrific.

Run, rabbit run, and you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking.

Must be listened in whole. [First added to this chart: 02/22/2013]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,125 charts

Rank Score:

61,049

Rank in 1973:

1

Rank in 1970s:

1

Overall Rank:

2

Average Rating:

 92 (5,330 votes)

Comments:

592

2. (=)

OK Computer 

 Radiohead

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I've changed my mind about this one. I disliked it after the first listen. But a fewer times after I understood: it describes what I felt like in my teens and I should have listened to it then, the album would have been inspiring and helpful at that time. It sounds adorable. I still can't agree with its very first position in the overall chart: Dark Side is better.

Must-hear: from start to the end [First added to this chart: 11/29/2013]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

4,411 charts

Rank Score:

64,664

Rank in 1997:

1

Rank in 1990s:

1

Overall Rank:

1

Average Rating:

 92 (5,631 votes)

Comments:

853

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Abbey Road 

 The Beatles

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I like only the first half of the album, but it is just epic! Almost every song is genious.

Must-hear:
- 6. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
- 1. Come Together
- 2. Something
- 8. Because
- 4. Oh! Darling
- 7. Here Comes The Sun

Funny:
- 3. Maxwell's Silver Hammer
- 5. Octopus's Garden [First added to this chart: 03/18/2013]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,723 charts

Rank Score:

57,790

Rank in 1969:

1

Rank in 1960s:

1

Overall Rank:

3

Average Rating:

 92 (4,621 votes)

Comments:

476

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Ultra 

 Depeche Mode

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Depressive, hard, dark sound. It's what you need when life came to dead end.
I've been listening to Depeche Mode since early childhood - my uncle was their devoted fan and had a collection of copied tapes.

Must-hear:
- 1. Barrel Of a Gun
- 3. Home
- 6. Useless
- 10. The Bottom Line

Cool:
- the rest of the album [First added to this chart: 03/08/2013]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

196 charts

Rank Score:

1,327

Rank in 1997:

26

Rank in 1990s:

239

Overall Rank:

1,294

Average Rating:

 76 (322 votes)

Comments:

11

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Algiers 

 Calexico

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Music from the desert. Mariachi + folk-rock. Melancholic. Latino dancing rhythms. Almost perfect album.

Must-hear songs:
- 6. Algiers
- 3. Sinner in the Sea
- 4. Fortune Teller

Good:
- all the rest [First added to this chart: 03/06/2013]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

260

Rank in 2012:

101

Rank in 2010s:

965

Overall Rank:

5,221

Average Rating:

 74 (57 votes)

Comments:

2

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Sometime Anywhere 

 The Church

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Some other world to fly away with no returning back... They say, that this totally sick album was created using Heroin. Could be true, anyway, I'm very fond of it.

Must-hear: [First added to this chart: 12/04/2013]

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

100

Rank in 1994:

204

Rank in 1990s:

1,892

Overall Rank:

11,598

Average Rating:

 71 (23 votes)

Comments:

0

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Revolver 

 The Beatles

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The next best thing by the Beatles. Taxman is one of the most exciting songs ever, Eleanor is adorable, almost all the rest are very good. Tomorrow Never Knows is brainbursting, one of my all-time favorites.
By the way, I don't get the hype about Sgt Pepper and I'm glad that people nowadays start preferring Revolver.
If this chart had no end, I'd include also Please Please Me and Let it Be (and maybe The White one). They all have been in the chart while it was closed to the public. But we must choose the best, mustn't we? Anyway, 3 is more then enough =)

Must-hear:
- 1. Taxman
- 2. Eleanor Rigby
- 5. Here, There and Everywhere
- 6. Yellow Submarine
- 10. For No One
- 14. Tomorrow Never Knows

Pretty good:
- the rest [First added to this chart: 08/26/2014]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,575 charts

Rank Score:

50,050

Rank in 1966:

1

Rank in 1960s:

2

Overall Rank:

4

Average Rating:

 91 (4,581 votes)

Comments:

486

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All Things Must Pass 

 George Harrison

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IMHO, the best double album and the best solo album among the Beatles' ex-members. It is romantic and funny and a bit sad but also very cozy in some strange way, and it brings peace and joy into my life.

Must-hear:
- 1. I'd Have You Anytime
- 2. My Sweet Lord
- 4. Isn't It A Pity
- 5. What Is Life
- 9. Run Of The Mill
- 10 (1). Beware Of Darkness
- 11 (2). Apple Scruffs
- 12 (3). Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)
- 13 (4). Awaiting On You All
- 16 (7). Art Of Dying

Nice:
- the rest [First added to this chart: 11/15/2013]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,225 charts

Rank Score:

12,361

Rank in 1970:

3

Rank in 1970s:

27

Overall Rank:

101

Average Rating:

 85 (1,313 votes)

Comments:

116

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Close To The Edge 

 Yes

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My favourite progressive epic song of all times is Close to the Edge. I love it's every sound. The second song on the album is slightly worse, and the third one I don't like at all. So, where to place it within the chart? As high as possible, of course!

Must-immediately-hear-if-still-haven't:
- 1. Close to the Edge [First added to this chart: 10/15/2013]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,193 charts

Rank Score:

13,984

Rank in 1972:

4

Rank in 1970s:

24

Overall Rank:

87

Average Rating:

 85 (1,472 votes)

Comments:

119

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Genesis Revisited II 

 Steve Hackett

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Brilliant re-edit of a number of Genesis' best songs. Great work. Let it be the one and only compilation/remix album in this chart. [First added to this chart: 02/22/2013]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

19 charts

Rank Score:

232

Rank in 2012:

113

Rank in 2010s:

1,079

Overall Rank:

5,724

Average Rating:

 76 (26 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	11	11%
1970s	31	31%
1980s	14	14%
1990s	17	17%
2000s	13	13%
2010s	13	13%
2020s	1	1%

Artist	Albums	%
Camel	3	3%
The Beatles	3	3%
The Alan Parsons Project	2	2%
Jethro Tull	2	2%
АукцЫон [Auktyon]	2	2%
Marillion	2	2%
Yes	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	58	58%
	14	14%
	5	5%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	2	2%
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 2 from 84th to 82nd Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

Biggest fallers
Down 2 from 81st to 83rd Wildhoney by Tiamat
Down 2 from 82nd to 84th Freudiana by The Alan Parsons Project
Down 2 from 83rd to 85th Aja by Steely Dan

New entries
Treasure by Cocteau Twins

Leavers
The Angel And The Dark River by My Dying Bride

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From slatsheit 03/30/2025 21:05

Very cool list! We have a fair number in common, and others you include would be in my top 500. There are a couple I don't like, but everyone's tastes are different, and it's always interesting. I enjoy your commentaries as well!

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