Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by wizardalien 
Eligible albums: 574
My Top 100 (no live albums or greatest hits albums)
Albums must be listened to twice to be rated and considered for the chart
Albums ranked by:
1) Average track rating (tracks rated 50 to 100 in intervals of 5)
2) Trimmed average track rating (removing best and worst song)
3) Best track rating
4) 2nd best track rating
and so on...
Track ratings logic:
100 - flawless, could be in my top 20 easily
95 - in the conversation for top 100
90 - not quite top 100 material, but pretty damn good
85 - too good for 80, but definitely not 5 stars
80 - can't remove this song from my itunes
75 - wouldn't skip if it came up on shuffle
70 - would probably skip if it came up on shuffle, but still decent
65 - there is a redeeming quality about the track but I'd always skip if it came up on shuffle
60 - I get nothing from listening to this track, not unpleasant but it's filler
55 - actually annoying or difficult to listen to
50 - the absolute worst
My overall average track rating is 76.1 currently
- Chart updated: 05/08/2024 15:45
- (Created: 12/21/2021 20:20).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Average rating: 90.42
Trimmed average: 90.50
Top rated tracks: Planet Telex, Just, High and Dry (all 95) [First added to this chart: 12/23/2021]
Trimmed average: 90.50
Top rated tracks: Planet Telex, Just, High and Dry (all 95) [First added to this chart: 12/23/2021]
Year of Release:
1995
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33,128
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Average rating: 88.89
Trimmed average: 89.29
Top rated tracks: The Headmaster Ritual, Well I Wonder, Barbarism Begins at Home (all 95) [First added to this chart: 12/23/2021]
Trimmed average: 89.29
Top rated tracks: The Headmaster Ritual, Well I Wonder, Barbarism Begins at Home (all 95) [First added to this chart: 12/23/2021]
Year of Release:
1985
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6,845
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Average rating: 88.50
Trimmed average: 89.38
Top rated tracks: Weird Fishes, 15 Step, Bodysnatchers, Reckoner, Jigsaw Falling Into Place, All I Need (95) [First added to this chart: 12/23/2021]
Trimmed average: 89.38
Top rated tracks: Weird Fishes, 15 Step, Bodysnatchers, Reckoner, Jigsaw Falling Into Place, All I Need (95) [First added to this chart: 12/23/2021]
Year of Release:
2007
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51,041
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Average rating: 88.18
Trimmed average: 88.33
Top rated tracks: Even Flow, Black, Jeremy, Release (90) [First added to this chart: 12/23/2021]
Trimmed average: 88.33
Top rated tracks: Even Flow, Black, Jeremy, Release (90) [First added to this chart: 12/23/2021]
Year of Release:
1991
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20,163
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Average rating: 87.92
Trimmed average: 89.00
Top rated tracks: Karma Police, Airbag, Paranoid Android, Climbing up the walls, No Surprises, Let Down (all 95) [First added to this chart: 12/23/2021]
Trimmed average: 89.00
Top rated tracks: Karma Police, Airbag, Paranoid Android, Climbing up the walls, No Surprises, Let Down (all 95) [First added to this chart: 12/23/2021]
Year of Release:
1997
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76,542
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Average rating: 87.50
Trimmed average: 88.75
Top rated tracks: The Boy with the Thorn in his Side, There is a light, Some girls are bigger than others (all 100) [First added to this chart: 12/23/2021]
Trimmed average: 88.75
Top rated tracks: The Boy with the Thorn in his Side, There is a light, Some girls are bigger than others (all 100) [First added to this chart: 12/23/2021]
Year of Release:
1986
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38,827
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Average rating: 87.50
Trimmed average: 87.00
Top rated tracks: Sound of Muzak (100), Trains, The Creator has a Mastertape (both 95) [First added to this chart: 12/23/2021]
Trimmed average: 87.00
Top rated tracks: Sound of Muzak (100), Trains, The Creator has a Mastertape (both 95) [First added to this chart: 12/23/2021]
Year of Release:
2002
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3,651
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Average rating: 87.50
Trimmed average: 86.88
Top rated tracks: Blue Blood (100), Black Gold (95) [First added to this chart: 12/23/2021]
Trimmed average: 86.88
Top rated tracks: Blue Blood (100), Black Gold (95) [First added to this chart: 12/23/2021]
Year of Release:
2010
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1,313
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Average rating: 86.82
Trimmed average: 87.22
Top rated tracks: One Day Like This, Friend of Ours (all 100), Mirrorball, Grounds for Divorce (95) [First added to this chart: 12/23/2021]
Trimmed average: 87.22
Top rated tracks: One Day Like This, Friend of Ours (all 100), Mirrorball, Grounds for Divorce (95) [First added to this chart: 12/23/2021]
Year of Release:
2008
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3,377
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Average rating: 86.82
Trimmed average: 86.67
Top rated tracks: Inhaler (95), My Number, Everytime, Late Night, Milk/Black Spiders, Providence (all 90) [First added to this chart: 12/23/2021]
Trimmed average: 86.67
Top rated tracks: Inhaler (95), My Number, Everytime, Late Night, Milk/Black Spiders, Providence (all 90) [First added to this chart: 12/23/2021]
Year of Release:
2013
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767
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1970s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1980s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1990s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2000s | 39 | 39% | |
| 2010s | 25 | 25% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 1% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Foals | 6 | 6% | |
| Radiohead | 6 | 6% | |
| Elbow | 5 | 5% | |
| U2 | 4 | 4% | |
| The Smiths | 3 | 3% | |
| Everything Everything | 3 | 3% | |
| Arctic Monkeys | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 100th to 99th Wasting Light by Foo Fighters |
| Up 1 from 99th to 98th Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin |
| Up 1 from 98th to 97th Fallen by Evanescence |
| New entries |
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 The Hour Of Bewilderbeastby Badly Drawn Boy |
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84/100 (from 8 votes)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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 90/100  | 04/06/2024 21:00 | jrbaker | | 70/100 |
| 80/100 | 07/01/2023 22:06 | Johnnyo | | 80/100 |
| 75/100 | 03/12/2023 20:55 |  MadhattanJack | | 84/100 |
| 60/100 | 03/03/2023 01:05 |  AvalancheGrips | | 89/100 |
| 85/100 | 04/09/2022 10:54 |  Goliath | | 86/100 |
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From Johnnyo 07/01/2023 22:07
Very nice chart. Could do with a tad more earlier stuff but that’s not a criticism, simply an observation. Overall, I like it
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