Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by daCritic

• Chart updated: 08/18/2022 10:45
• (Created: 11/14/2010 08:21).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Pet Sounds 

 The Beach Boys

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[First added to this chart: 11/14/2010]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,810 charts

Rank Score:

43,236

Rank in 1966:

2

Rank in 1960s:

5

Overall Rank:

11

Average Rating:

 88 (3,228 votes)

Comments:

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The Dark Side Of The Moon 

 Pink Floyd

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More for content, really. It was not extremely innovative or influential, per say, but its just the best sounding album ever. [First added to this chart: 11/14/2010]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,087 charts

Rank Score:

68,145

Rank in 1973:

1

Rank in 1970s:

1

Overall Rank:

2

Average Rating:

 92 (5,261 votes)

Comments:

585

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Highway 61 Revisited 

 Bob Dylan

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[First added to this chart: 11/14/2010]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,332 charts

Rank Score:

29,670

Rank in 1965:

1

Rank in 1960s:

8

Overall Rank:

27

Average Rating:

 89 (2,773 votes)

Comments:

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Kind Of Blue 

 Miles Davis

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[First added to this chart: 11/14/2010]

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

1,622 charts

Rank Score:

24,266

Rank in 1959:

1

Rank in 1950s:

1

Overall Rank:

37

Average Rating:

 89 (2,242 votes)

Comments:

168

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Are You Experienced 

 The Jimi Hendrix Experience

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Changed the guitar... [First added to this chart: 11/14/2010]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,179 charts

Rank Score:

23,551

Rank in 1967:

4

Rank in 1960s:

12

Overall Rank:

39

Average Rating:

 87 (2,448 votes)

Comments:

169

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Illmatic 

 Nas

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In the 50s, this was the fastest, heaviest, loudest, and naughtiest music out there. Those theories that elvis stole from black artists and never wrote a song are just myths. [First added to this chart: 10/17/2020]

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,335 charts

Rank Score:

17,963

Rank in 1994:

2

Rank in 1990s:

12

Overall Rank:

65

Average Rating:

 86 (1,554 votes)

Comments:

110

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Doggystyle 

 Snoop Dogg

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[First added to this chart: 10/17/2020]

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

394 charts

Rank Score:

2,480

Rank in 1993:

12

Rank in 1990s:

127

Overall Rank:

719

Average Rating:

 78 (486 votes)

Comments:

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Free Jazz 

 Ornette Coleman Double Quartet

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[First added to this chart: 10/17/2020]

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

165 charts

Rank Score:

989

Rank in 1961:

4

Rank in 1960s:

167

Overall Rank:

1,710

Average Rating:

 78 (192 votes)

Comments:

4

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Remain In Light 

 Talking Heads

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[First added to this chart: 11/14/2010]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,998 charts

Rank Score:

29,901

Rank in 1980:

1

Rank in 1980s:

3

Overall Rank:

26

Average Rating:

 87 (2,252 votes)

Comments:

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The Velvet Underground & Nico 

 The Velvet Underground & Nico

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Threw progressive rock into a whole new ball park! [First added to this chart: 11/14/2010]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,007 charts

Rank Score:

44,120

Rank in 1967:

2

Rank in 1960s:

4

Overall Rank:

10

Average Rating:

 89 (3,487 votes)

Comments:

353

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	7	7%
1960s	17	17%
1970s	27	27%
1980s	11	11%
1990s	20	20%
2000s	13	13%
2010s	5	5%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
The Who	2	2%
Marvin Gaye	2	2%
Pink Floyd	2	2%
David Bowie	2	2%
Godspeed You! Black Emperor	2	2%
Bob Dylan	2	2%
Kendrick Lamar	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	66	66%
	24	24%
	5	5%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%
	1	1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest fallers
Down 4 from 89th to 93rd Damaged by Black Flag
Down 3 from 91st to 94th In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
Down 2 from 90th to 92nd Electric Warrior by T. Rex

New entries
Rain Dogs by Tom Waits
This Year's Model by Elvis Costello
Weezer (Blue Album) by Weezer

Leavers
Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Igor by Tyler, The Creator
Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

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80/100	08/18/2023 20:29	Johnnyo	2,127	80/100
85/100	08/18/2023 16:13	Tamthebam	598	85/100
80/100	08/18/2023 09:07	Moondance	463	85/100
80/100	11/12/2022 22:45	Rm12398	99	89/100
100/100	11/12/2022 11:43	BraddlesHendo	496	91/100

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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 85.4/100, a mean average of 84.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.3/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 12.3.

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80/100

From Johnnyo 08/18/2023 20:30

Good chart and Would have been a higher score if there were a few more “newer albums”. Good chart non the less

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80/100

From Moondance 11/12/2022 20:46

cool chart

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95/100

From leniad 08/30/2021 04:48

good one

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80/100

From ForegroundNoise 08/19/2019 10:59

Definitely some nice picks, but a little too 60s orientated for my liking ...

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85/100

From gidgidi 08/19/2019 10:05

Good chart.

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Rating:  

45/100

From Kaiser 08/11/2016 10:43

No risks.

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95/100

From bluesbrew82 08/06/2015 21:46

Phil Ochs and Zappa/Freak Out!, weird and weirder. Love it!

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85/100

From 5thbeatle 05/05/2012 16:59

Good start, love to check it out again when it hits 100.

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75/100

From junodog4 05/05/2012 15:52

Impressive chart - but only 25% from the last 30 years?

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85/100

From album guru joe 05/05/2012 10:54

brillant chart...very cool :)

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