100 Greatest Albums Ever by Q (2006) 
Q was a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. These are their best albums of all time. Q is a music and entertainment magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. In 2006, Q compiled their definitive list of the 100 Best Albums Of All Time.
(Official website: https://www.qthemusic.com)
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100 Greatest Albums Ever composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 15 | 15% | |
| 1970s | 25 | 25% | |
| 1980s | 15 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 32 | 32% | |
| 2000s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 4% | |
| U2 | 3 | 3% | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 3% | |
| Nirvana | 3 | 3% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 3% | |
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Year charts
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q Albums of the Year 2019 | Q | 2019 year chart | 2019 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2018 | Q | 2018 year chart | 2018 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2017 | Q | 2017 year chart | 2017 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2016 | Q | 2016 year chart | 2016 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2015 | Q | 2015 year chart | 2015 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2014 | Q | 2014 year chart | 2014 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2013 | Q | 2013 year chart | 2013 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2011 | Q | 2011 year chart | 2011 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2010 | Q | 2010 year chart | 2010 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2009 | Q | 2009 year chart | 2009 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2008 | Q | 2008 year chart | 2008 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2007 | Q | 2007 year chart | 2007 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2006 | Q | 2006 year chart | 2006 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2005 | Q | 2005 year chart | 2005 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2004 | Q | 2004 year chart | 2004 | |
| Q Albums of the Year 2003 | Q | 2003 year chart | 2003 | |
Decade charts
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
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| The 100 Greatest Albums Of The '90s | Q | 1990s decade chart | 2015 | |
| 50 Best Albums of the '70s | Q | 1970s decade chart | 1998 | |
Overall charts
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
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| Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | Q | 1997 | | |
| 100 Greatest Albums Ever | Q | 2006 | | |
| 100 Greatest Albums Ever | Q | 2003 | |
[Q was founded in 1986 and disbanded in 2020.]
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100/100  | 10/26/2023 08:34 |  RevolverCB72 | | 84/100 |
10/100 | 03/28/2022 18:44 |  flamingyesdept | | 84/100 |
95/100 | 06/04/2021 01:49 |  Skroskznik | | 92/100 |
75/100 | 12/11/2020 07:55 |  pjohnsongolf | | 89/100 |
80/100 | 11/24/2020 21:53 | sampins | | 84/100 |
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RevolverCB72 10/26/2023 08:35
Great list, a throw back to the year it was voted by the Q readers.
flamingyesdept 03/28/2022 18:44
Two Oasis albums in the top 10?? Jeeeesus
This list is just like any readers’ list. It is clear that, even if most magazine readers get over purely pop fads, they still ignore much of what goes on outside of commercial and public radio.
Even so, there are a lot of awful pop fads here, like Travis, the Verve, Coldplay and Blur who could easily have been replaced by much more listenable and original bands from either the 1990s themselves or to expand beyond the staple ‘Kind of Blue’ in the jazz field.
desh79 09/04/2018 14:27
Not a *terrible* list, just terribly uneven. Which is usually what happens when you let the general public vote on something like this; not saying this is a bad thing or a good thing. It just is.
Goliath 05/21/2018 10:00
This chart is the result of voting so there will be some 'awkwardness'. I agree a properly balanced chart is unlikely to have the top two places by the same artist, (like my chart). My chart is not balanced in any way. A chart voted for by the general public cannot be spread evenly across artist/decades etc.
excellent list
Don't see the point in regurgitating someone else's chart so despite a lot of good entries, has to be scored very low I'm afraid.
LedZep 04/04/2017 09:32
Very narrow minded, you just can't be taken seriously if you put 2 albums by the same artist as top 2 albums ever. Also some terrible choices imo
Great list! Nothing solely for popularity! *cough, cough Billboard *cough
People say Q is a less stereotyped magazine than the other big rock journals, but this list does not show it at all.
The same defects of focus on UK bands and neglect of such post-punk trends as hardcore, industrial, thrash metal, rap, dream pop, post-rock are as evident as in any other major-magazine list.
More than that, there are no true surprises among the pre-punk selections, and little jazz apart from the "big five" (and of those only Davis).
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