Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
CharlieBarley 
Welcome one, welcome all. These are some of my favourite albums of all time. Each album means something to me, even the relatively new ones. Just over half of them I discovered in the period of the early 1990s when I was aged 15-20, although not all of those albums are 90's albums. That was when I got into music in a big way, as many teenagers do. Then current music and many classic albums. And my personal discovery of music is ongoing. For me, music is a form of connection with something greater, of solace, of self-expression and a way of channelling feelings. There are many memories here. And new ones are still being created. I have tried to make this chart represent periods from many different stages in my life also. It is subject to change as I remember other albums I like or as I discover new, or even older albums. Enjoy!
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- (Created: 08/06/2016 19:37).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Classic album. He interprets a song well and he has a great voice. He has lots of good albums but this is my favourite.
[First added to this chart: 05/05/2024]
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1970
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A terrific album. Just sublime.
[First added to this chart: 05/01/2021]
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1992
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I love Michelle Zauner's music. This is a great album. Her lyrics and her music are terrific. When this album came out I felt like it was a breath of fresh air. It still is.
[First added to this chart: 04/03/2023]
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2021
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Great to see Justine Frischmann and her band showing the boys how it can be done. A cracking album. And still very fresh to my ears.
[First added to this chart: 01/26/2018]
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1995
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Bauhaus' compilation album 1979-83 was a teenage bedroom album favourite, introduced to me by a school friend at the same time as the Ramones. Later I got a box set of their albums. I knew this one then. Another good album is 'In The Flat Field'. I feel like their albums have aged well. And I love the clip of them performing their stand-alone single Bela Lugosi's Dead, in the film The Hunger. That track is not on any album.
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Sublime album. Rock opera extraordinaire. Inspired to include this after seeing it on another member's chart. Like him, we were introduced to it at school. We even had song sheets to sing along to. It blew my ten-year old mind. Still have to read the book. I love the talent on here. Richard Burton's mellifluous narration, Phil Lynott, Julie Covington, Justin Hayward, David Essex, the cream of British and Irish talent. And good old Jeff at the helm. It's an exciting listen, even now all these years and 100 listens later.
[First added to this chart: 02/24/2022]
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1978
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In 1997, in my final year of University, I got a free CD with Q music magazine. And it had 2 songs on it which hadn't yet charted. One was Blur's Song 2, which went on to become famous. I remember jumping round my student room to that two-minute wonder. The other was Broken Heart by Spiritualized. Now here was a sad song I could identify with. Deeply sad and yet so wonderful. I played it over and over and just wallowed in its sweet sorrow and sad wonderfulness. Later purchased the album which was designed to be like a big medicine box with the CD inside being the tablet, with directions to play it twice a day to relieve symptoms. Genius. The whole album is marvellous
[First added to this chart: 10/18/2016]
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1997
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A cracking album. Some incredible songs. Richard Ashcroft has a great voice and a unique gift for songwriting. This album has aged well I feel. And even though I have played it a lot of times it doesn't get old.
[First added to this chart: 11/12/2016]
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1997
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Amazing album from the mighty John Denver. Annie's song, Back Home Again, Grandma's Feather Bed, This Old Guitar. It just has hit after hit after hit. And it's down-home, heartwarming stuff. If you don't like this you got no soul, I reckon. I love it.
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Oh man. Should I choose this one or The Bee Gees Greatest Hits? I'll have to go for this one. I have loved it most of my life and many of the songs have been with me all my life. It's so iconic and catchy and the Brothers Gibb are just masters at songwriting, never mind the amazing melodies and hooks. Also I have to have an album which represents my love of disco music. Okay -popular disco music. And this is the epitome of that. Plus the film is freakin' awesome too, and so dark underneath all those disco lights. Even though every song is not perfect, and it's cheesy as hell, I can't help loving it to death. Plus the cheese is part of its appeal. Point me towards the nearest disco!
[First added to this chart: 10/08/2017]
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1977
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 3 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 12 | 12% | |
| 1970s | 34 | 34% | |
| 1980s | 16 | 16% | |
| 1990s | 24 | 24% | |
| 2000s | 4 | 4% | |
| 2010s | 3 | 3% | |
| 2020s | 4 | 4% |
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| David Bowie | 3 | 3% | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| Radiohead | 2 | 2% | |
| Stevie Wonder | 2 | 2% | |
| Various Artists | 2 | 2% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 2% | |
| U2 | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 21 from 41st to 20th The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses |
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| Down 1 from 20th to 21st Automatic For The People by R.E.M. |
| Down 1 from 21st to 22nd Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush |
| Down 1 from 22nd to 23rd Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers |
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| 100/100 | 01/31/2024 20:26 | Moondance | | 85/100 |
| 95/100 | 01/19/2024 20:48 |  dihansse | | 84/100 |
| 95/100 | 06/21/2023 09:05 | KineticEchoes02 | | 88/100 |
| 95/100 | 06/18/2023 00:57 | StreakyNuno | | 85/100 |
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From CharlieBarley 05/13/2024 17:05
CharlieBarley 05/13/2024 17:05
Hey RTB! HOW You doing Bud?!
Good to see you on here.
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100/100
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RoundTheBend 05/13/2024 05:14
RoundTheBend 05/13/2024 05:14
Great new chart mate! Good to see you still active.
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From CharlieBarley 05/05/2024 06:14
CharlieBarley 05/05/2024 06:14
Thanks MHR!
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95/100
From matterhornrider 05/05/2024 02:17
Nice Top 100, with diversity in Music genres and covering so many decades. I loved your commentary as well. Cheers
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From CharlieBarley 01/31/2024 21:00
CharlieBarley 01/31/2024 21:00
Thanks Moondance.
Nice comment. I do try and be honest about my tastes.
I will have to check your chart out, see if I have read it.
Have a good day Bud.
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100/100
From Moondance 01/31/2024 20:27
There is so much to like about this chart. The intro is spot on - how music is a connection to something greater in one's life (& that's why certain albums, often dismissed by the masses, can find a home in someone's greatest 100 chart). Your chart speaks honestly (no peer pressure) and it is the kind of chart I like to spend time with and will read from no.1 to no.100. Definitely one of my favourite charts on this site. Nicely put together CB - could very well be my first 100!
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From CharlieBarley 01/20/2024 01:41
CharlieBarley 01/20/2024 01:41
I know! It was a good discovery
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95/100
From dihansse 01/19/2024 20:48
dihansse 01/19/2024 20:48
Funny that you discovered Out Of Time on Belgian radio ;)
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From CharlieBarley 06/18/2023 10:27
CharlieBarley 06/18/2023 10:27
Thanks SN!
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95/100
From StreakyNuno 06/18/2023 01:01
Great chart, good to see wywh in top 3
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