Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by emptysquares

After around 50 years of listening, these are some of my favourites so far (I kept it to a max of 4 albums per artist - man that was hard!)

• Chart updated: 05/12/2024 19:15
• (Created: 06/29/2018 17:01).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Animals 

 Pink Floyd

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Roger Waters paints a dark dystopian landscape of life in 1970's Britain where a ruthless "dog eat dog" culture exists in order to control and subdue the general populous ruled by a greedy & corrupt political elite.
Aaah....those were the days.
But we can make Britain great again.....let's take back control!!
Baaaa…..Baaaa... [First added to this chart: 06/29/2018]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,713 charts

Rank Score:

25,587

Rank in 1977:

2

Rank in 1970s:

8

Overall Rank:

36

Average Rating:

 88 (2,726 votes)

Comments:

198

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In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) 

 King Crimson

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Greg Lake's voice heralds an entire era of edgy symphonic prog rock that would go on to bore girllfriends and annoy rock "journalists" for many years to come. [First added to this chart: 06/29/2018]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,990 charts

Rank Score:

31,711

Rank in 1969:

2

Rank in 1960s:

7

Overall Rank:

25

Average Rating:

 89 (2,353 votes)

Comments:

219

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Hunky Dory 

 David Bowie

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Mr.Jones gives a lesson in the art of song-writing accompanied by Mr.Wakeman on his Joanna and also Mr.Ronson performing with his martian arachnid associates. [First added to this chart: 06/29/2018]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,800 charts

Rank Score:

21,907

Rank in 1971:

3

Rank in 1970s:

13

Overall Rank:

46

Average Rating:

 87 (2,378 votes)

Comments:

159

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The Beatles (The White Album) 

 The Beatles

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The one where that nice Mr. McCartney invites us all to "do it in the road", young Georgie plays with his little piggies whilst that nasty Mr. Lennon sings about his filthy "warm gun".

Don't you just love the sixties???


Number nine...….number nine...…number nine...… [First added to this chart: 06/29/2018]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

2,869 charts

Rank Score:

43,210

Rank in 1968:

1

Rank in 1960s:

6

Overall Rank:

13

Average Rating:

 89 (3,733 votes)

Comments:

337

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Let England Shake 

 PJ Harvey

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[First added to this chart: 06/29/2018]

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

717 charts

Rank Score:

6,304

Rank in 2011:

4

Rank in 2010s:

36

Overall Rank:

280

Average Rating:

 80 (936 votes)

Comments:

59

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Rain Dogs 

 Tom Waits

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Just 'alf a bitter for me thanks Tom pet. [First added to this chart: 06/29/2018]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

1,117 charts

Rank Score:

13,050

Rank in 1985:

2

Rank in 1980s:

14

Overall Rank:

109

Average Rating:

 84 (1,308 votes)

Comments:

85

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My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts 

 Brian Eno & David Byrne

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[First added to this chart: 06/29/2018]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

369 charts

Rank Score:

2,792

Rank in 1981:

5

Rank in 1980s:

100

Overall Rank:

639

Average Rating:

 77 (418 votes)

Comments:

32

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The Dark Side Of The Moon 

 Pink Floyd

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Roger Waters writes about some fundamental topics that people thought and worried about in the 1970's including religion, class, ageing, wealth, sanity and death.
A modern updating of the concept for the 21st century is set to also include additional songs about the challenges of taking a good selfie, lack of 5G coverage and videos of cute animals doing the sweetest things. [First added to this chart: 06/29/2018]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,042 charts

Rank Score:

70,915

Rank in 1973:

1

Rank in 1970s:

1

Overall Rank:

2

Average Rating:

 92 (5,210 votes)

Comments:

582

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John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band 

 John Lennon

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The troubled ex-Beatle shares unedited intimate thoughts and feelings for our entertainment and amusement. [First added to this chart: 06/29/2018]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,071 charts

Rank Score:

10,412

Rank in 1970:

5

Rank in 1970s:

37

Overall Rank:

145

Average Rating:

 83 (1,381 votes)

Comments:

128

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OK Computer 

 Radiohead

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You too are a pig in a cage on anti-biotics [First added to this chart: 06/29/2018]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

4,339 charts

Rank Score:

76,379

Rank in 1997:

1

Rank in 1990s:

1

Overall Rank:

1

Average Rating:

 92 (5,506 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	3	3%
1960s	16	16%
1970s	30	30%
1980s	17	17%
1990s	11	11%
2000s	15	15%
2010s	8	8%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
The Beatles	5	5%
Pink Floyd	4	4%
Radiohead	3	3%
Steven Wilson	3	3%
King Crimson	3	3%
Kate Bush	3	3%
The Mars Volta	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	64	64%
	23	23%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 9 from 38th to 29th Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols by Sex Pistols
Up 7 from 98th to 91st 50 Words For Snow by Kate Bush
Up 7 from 66th to 59th Grace by Jeff Buckley

Biggest fallers
Down 20 from 27th to 47th Graceland by Paul Simon
Down 5 from 91st to 96th An Awesome Wave by alt-J
Down 3 from 33rd to 36th Origin Of Symmetry by Muse

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100/100	03/20/2024 21:30	sssvnnn	2,829	83/100
95/100	02/15/2024 20:58	mrmcrook	398	92/100
90/100	06/14/2023 12:45	Johnnyo	2,016	80/100
95/100	10/15/2022 23:23	KineticEchoes02	111	88/100
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From mrmcrook 02/15/2024 20:57

Nice picks. Great notes. Entertaining

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From Johnnyo 06/14/2023 12:45

Love this chart and the comments.

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From Moondance 10/15/2022 21:05

Loved the commentary - so much truth from so few lines. As for the chart - yeah, it's alright. Major reservation is no Aussie albums ~ folks may think we are the lucky country, but we got the same issues (childhood innocence, the solar system, ADHD, an ex-Aussie named Rolf) as anywhere else in the world ~ and some decent singers & bands to expose the truth about these life-altering subjects.

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From RioBravo 07/14/2020 15:29

Didn't mean to piss you off, dude. You've got a good chart and the funniest commentary I've seen around here.

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From gussteivi 11/14/2019 20:15

Nice chart, the comments I enjoyed the most were the ones I didn't understand.

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From Purplepash 07/05/2018 07:34

Great comments that made me laugh quite a few times. Some great selections too!!

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From LedZep 07/04/2018 20:19

Lol gotta love these top 5s. Haven't watched the Classic Who, but absolutely love the 10 series. Smith - Tennant - Capaldi - Ecclestone (only 1 season that's why last, Hurt is great but only 1 episode, and the rest are brilliant and tend to change places). Also Maradona - Messi - Pele - others. "Franco" meaning Zola, Baresi or Guillermo Franco? The chart itself is great, Animals and Crimson's debut are both in my top 10, and the whole thing is a very interesting read.

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