Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by platus 
- Chart updated: 10/31/2022 13:15
- (Created: 04/18/2013 12:51).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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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 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1970s | 51 | 51% | |
| 1980s | 23 | 23% | |
| 1990s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2000s | 4 | 4% | |
| 2010s | 2 | 2% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Kevin Ayers | 1 | 1% | |
| J.J. Cale | 1 | 1% | |
| Thin Lizzy | 1 | 1% | |
| Tom Waits | 1 | 1% | |
| Nirvana | 1 | 1% | |
| R.E.M. | 1 | 1% | |
| Matching Mole | 1 | 1% | |
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42 | 42% | |
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41 | 41% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 11 from 68th to 57th Grasshopper by J.J. Cale |
| Up 7 from 69th to 62nd Back In Black by AC/DC |
| Up 5 from 87th to 82nd Tea For The Tillerman by Cat Stevens |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 20 from 52nd to 72nd Let England Shake by PJ Harvey |
| Down 12 from 57th to 69th Them Crooked Vultures by Them Crooked Vultures |
| Down 10 from 66th to 76th Songs To Remember by Scritti Politti |
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 95/100  | 10/26/2022 13:50 |  sssvnnn | | 83/100 |
| 80/100 | 04/04/2021 01:26 | RioBravo | | 84/100 |
| 100/100 | 02/17/2021 06:01 |  pjohnsongolf | | 89/100 |
| 85/100 | 04/24/2020 02:08 | HotZappsBoogaloo | | 81/100 |
| 85/100 | 02/21/2020 10:01 | Steppenwolf666 | | 89/100 |
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An eclectic mix for sure. Nice to see Kevin Ayers in the top 30, his first four solo albums are essential listening.
rockinsteve 11/03/2018 01:13
Fantastic and eclectic mix! I've never heard your #1 pick by Robert Wyatt, but I've read some good things about it. I'm definitely going to give it a listen. Thanks for the fine list.
ForegroundNoise 11/02/2018 14:06
Some really nice picks, would love to see some notes though!!
Great list
With 16 albums and 20 artists in common our tastes do overlap quite a bit. I\'m admittedly biased, but no Canadian albums? Here\'s a list to get you started looking into that omission: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Top_100_Canadian_Albums\r\n... with the proviso that this list is quite Toronto-centric and does short shrift on the great music from our east and west coasts...\r\n
DommeDamian 11/23/2017 06:37
A little too much rock that I ain't interested in, but definitely filled up with classics too. Excellent to see The White Album in da top 10.
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I like this a lot. It's very 1970s heavy, but that's my favourite decade too.
bobbyb5 05/31/2017 09:26
So great to see stuff like Nina Hagen Band, Boz Scaggs,Ry Cooder, Devo besides all the usual suspects. I'm always shocked at how uniform and limited and conventional the taste is of so many people here. I could tell you're a very independent music listener. You don't need anyone to tell you what's good and what's not. Heh heh. That's what I like to see.
Kalos 05/31/2017 08:22
Great!
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