Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
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With production credits (because producers are important, too). Also track listings, label info and short reviews written by yours truly. I hope this chart is helpful, entertaining, and at least interesting.
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- (Created: 06/01/2012 04:29).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1969-APPLE
Produced By GEORGE MARTIN
1. Come Together
2. Something
3. Maxwell's Silver Hammer
4. Oh! Darling
5. Octopus's Garden
6. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
7. Here Comes The Sun
8. Because
9. You Never Give Me Your Money
10. Sun King
11. Mean Mr. Mustard
12. Polythene Pam
13. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
14. Golden Slumbers
15. Carry That Weight
16. The End
17. Her Majesty
Abbey Road was the last album recorded by The Beatles, although it was released before Let It Be. The album shows that the group was back on the same page, yet seriously divided. The first half is a normal song cycle to appease John Lennon, while the second half is bits and pieces as Paul McCartney wanted to do. The album is still amazing. Every track is golden, the production spotless, and even the continuous song flow on the second half is flawless. George Harrison is in full swing as a writer here with his two contributions being among his best as a Beatle. Even the Ringo song is good. A powerful, timeless work. This album cemented The Beatles place in history, and is still better today than most records made since.
The breakup was soon to come. McCartney tried to follow in the same vein as Abbey Road, but never matched it. If you look at this as The Beatles final album, then there couldn't be a better way to go out. An absolute classic. [First added to this chart: 05/31/2012]
Produced By GEORGE MARTIN
1. Come Together
2. Something
3. Maxwell's Silver Hammer
4. Oh! Darling
5. Octopus's Garden
6. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
7. Here Comes The Sun
8. Because
9. You Never Give Me Your Money
10. Sun King
11. Mean Mr. Mustard
12. Polythene Pam
13. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
14. Golden Slumbers
15. Carry That Weight
16. The End
17. Her Majesty
Abbey Road was the last album recorded by The Beatles, although it was released before Let It Be. The album shows that the group was back on the same page, yet seriously divided. The first half is a normal song cycle to appease John Lennon, while the second half is bits and pieces as Paul McCartney wanted to do. The album is still amazing. Every track is golden, the production spotless, and even the continuous song flow on the second half is flawless. George Harrison is in full swing as a writer here with his two contributions being among his best as a Beatle. Even the Ringo song is good. A powerful, timeless work. This album cemented The Beatles place in history, and is still better today than most records made since.
The breakup was soon to come. McCartney tried to follow in the same vein as Abbey Road, but never matched it. If you look at this as The Beatles final album, then there couldn't be a better way to go out. An absolute classic. [First added to this chart: 05/31/2012]
Year of Release:
1969
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62,551
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1965-EMI
Produced By GEORGE MARTIN
1. Drive My Car
2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
3. You Won't See Me
4. Nowhere Man
5. Think For Yourself
6. The Word
7. Michelle
8. What Goes On
9. Girl
10. I'm Looking Through You
11. In My Life
12. Wait
13. If I Needed Someone
14. Run For Your Life
On their sixth album, The Beatles began to expand their horizons. Able to record for the first time without having a tour to worry about, the band introduced sitars and other instruments into the mix. Lyrically, the band was still growing, and George Harrison was beginning to become a serious writer for the band as well with 2 songs included here. There is simply not a weak track, not even the Ringo vocal on "What Goes On", which features a nice country sound. Several classic hits came from here, including McCartney's "Michelle" and Lennon's "Girl".
Rubber Soul was innovative at the time, and still sounds great today. It was just the beginning of the progression they would go through over the next 5 years. A classic. [First added to this chart: 05/31/2012]
Produced By GEORGE MARTIN
1. Drive My Car
2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
3. You Won't See Me
4. Nowhere Man
5. Think For Yourself
6. The Word
7. Michelle
8. What Goes On
9. Girl
10. I'm Looking Through You
11. In My Life
12. Wait
13. If I Needed Someone
14. Run For Your Life
On their sixth album, The Beatles began to expand their horizons. Able to record for the first time without having a tour to worry about, the band introduced sitars and other instruments into the mix. Lyrically, the band was still growing, and George Harrison was beginning to become a serious writer for the band as well with 2 songs included here. There is simply not a weak track, not even the Ringo vocal on "What Goes On", which features a nice country sound. Several classic hits came from here, including McCartney's "Michelle" and Lennon's "Girl".
Rubber Soul was innovative at the time, and still sounds great today. It was just the beginning of the progression they would go through over the next 5 years. A classic. [First added to this chart: 05/31/2012]
Year of Release:
1965
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29,451
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1968-APPLE
Produced By GEORGE MARTIN
1. Back In The U.S.S.R.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
9. Martha My Dear
10. I'm So Tired
11. Blackbird
12. Piggies
13. Rocky Raccoon
14. Don't Pass Me By
15. Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
16. I Will
17. Julia
1. Birthday
2. Yer Blues
3. Mother Nature's Son
4. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
5. Sexy Sadie
6. Helter Skelter
7. Long, Long, Long
8. Revolution 1
9. Honey Pie
10. Savoy Truffle
11. Cry Baby Cry
12. Revolution 9
13. Good Night
This is where the breakup of The Beatles began. This is also still a highly listenable and fascinating album. The band began working apart from each other here, becoming mostly solo artists using the other members as sidemen. The results? Some of the most compelling music of their career. "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" and "Revolution 1" from Lennon, "Back In The U.S.S.R." from McCartney, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" from Harrison are just some of the individual highlights, and even Ringo gets a song in "Don't Pass Me By". It's hard to tell sometimes who is playing what, or even who was included on recordings, but The Beatles prove that even under the circumstances, they were still capable of a work this good.
2 years after the release of this, The Beatles were done. It has remained their most talked about album, and for many, their greatest work. Understandably so. 1968? Still sounds like it could have been done a month ago. That's how good it is. [First added to this chart: 05/31/2012]
Produced By GEORGE MARTIN
1. Back In The U.S.S.R.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
9. Martha My Dear
10. I'm So Tired
11. Blackbird
12. Piggies
13. Rocky Raccoon
14. Don't Pass Me By
15. Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
16. I Will
17. Julia
1. Birthday
2. Yer Blues
3. Mother Nature's Son
4. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
5. Sexy Sadie
6. Helter Skelter
7. Long, Long, Long
8. Revolution 1
9. Honey Pie
10. Savoy Truffle
11. Cry Baby Cry
12. Revolution 9
13. Good Night
This is where the breakup of The Beatles began. This is also still a highly listenable and fascinating album. The band began working apart from each other here, becoming mostly solo artists using the other members as sidemen. The results? Some of the most compelling music of their career. "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" and "Revolution 1" from Lennon, "Back In The U.S.S.R." from McCartney, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" from Harrison are just some of the individual highlights, and even Ringo gets a song in "Don't Pass Me By". It's hard to tell sometimes who is playing what, or even who was included on recordings, but The Beatles prove that even under the circumstances, they were still capable of a work this good.
2 years after the release of this, The Beatles were done. It has remained their most talked about album, and for many, their greatest work. Understandably so. 1968? Still sounds like it could have been done a month ago. That's how good it is. [First added to this chart: 05/31/2012]
Year of Release:
1968
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Rank Score:
41,044
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1966-PARLOPHONE
Produced By GEORGE MARTIN
1. Taxman
2. Eleanor Rigby
3. I'm Only Sleeping
4. Love You To
5. Here, There And Everywhere
6. Yellow Submarine
7. She Said She Said
8. Good Day Sunshine
9. And Your Bird Can Sing
10. For No One
11. Doctor Robert
12. I Want to Tell You
13. Got To Get You Into My Life
14. Tomorrow Never Knows
The album in between Rubber Soul and Sgt. Pepper, Revolver is maybe the best album of all time...certainly in the conversation. Following the more folk feel of Rubber Soul, Revolver gets louder and rocks harder, and introduces more of the studio innovations that the band was getting into. It's also a landmark album as far as songwriting goes...no one had ever heard anything from a rock band like "Eleanor Rigby" or "Tomorrow Never Knows" anywhere before. Highly influential, expertly entertaining, maybe the band's best work.
George Harrison flexes his songwriting with three songs, while Lennon and McCartney trade some of their best work. Even the Ringo vocal on "Yellow Submarine" works. This was a band that could do no wrong, and Revolver is right in the middle of that period. This is a classic, no brainer, must own. A masterpiece. [First added to this chart: 05/31/2012]
Produced By GEORGE MARTIN
1. Taxman
2. Eleanor Rigby
3. I'm Only Sleeping
4. Love You To
5. Here, There And Everywhere
6. Yellow Submarine
7. She Said She Said
8. Good Day Sunshine
9. And Your Bird Can Sing
10. For No One
11. Doctor Robert
12. I Want to Tell You
13. Got To Get You Into My Life
14. Tomorrow Never Knows
The album in between Rubber Soul and Sgt. Pepper, Revolver is maybe the best album of all time...certainly in the conversation. Following the more folk feel of Rubber Soul, Revolver gets louder and rocks harder, and introduces more of the studio innovations that the band was getting into. It's also a landmark album as far as songwriting goes...no one had ever heard anything from a rock band like "Eleanor Rigby" or "Tomorrow Never Knows" anywhere before. Highly influential, expertly entertaining, maybe the band's best work.
George Harrison flexes his songwriting with three songs, while Lennon and McCartney trade some of their best work. Even the Ringo vocal on "Yellow Submarine" works. This was a band that could do no wrong, and Revolver is right in the middle of that period. This is a classic, no brainer, must own. A masterpiece. [First added to this chart: 05/31/2012]
Year of Release:
1966
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54,683
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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 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1970s | 22 | 22% | |
| 1980s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1990s | 29 | 29% | |
| 2000s | 21 | 21% | |
| 2010s | 3 | 3% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Beatles | 4 | 4% | |
| Drive-By Truckers | 3 | 3% | |
| The Band | 3 | 3% | |
| Lucero | 2 | 2% | |
| Tom Petty | 2 | 2% | |
| Whiskeytown | 2 | 2% | |
| The Jayhawks | 2 | 2% | |
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| Down 1 from 95th to 96th Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan |
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| Leavers |
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CassidyInc 03/29/2024 22:06
CassidyInc 03/29/2024 22:06
Neat chart, but the write ups and historical perspective you've included for many of these albums make it something special. I had a good chuckle when I finally arrived to Loveless, the album I was most excited to hear your thoughts on, and there was nothing there!
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From Moondance 03/06/2023 07:40
What I found most intriguing is where you actually argue in your comments why an album isn't that great - which is an unusual way to create a greatest 100 chart. A bit too US-orientated for my liking and too many so-so bands. Good to see one album each from Australia & New Zealand.
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95/100
From samora 10/25/2022 14:15
Great chart, with impressive comments; very inspirational!
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90/100
From leniad 07/12/2022 00:28
would appreciate more variety from coutries, genres
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85/100
From Albumlover6789 02/03/2022 23:20
Lots of new music to discover here
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rockbluesfolkjaz 10/19/2021 18:18
rockbluesfolkjaz 10/19/2021 18:18
There's a lot of excellent choices here. Many of which I'll be listening to as well. Thanks for this list!
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95/100
From Johnnyo 07/18/2021 16:41
Stunning chart. I own 83 of the albums in your chart so it's inevitable that I'm going to love it. Also love the notes. Great addition.
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100/100
From henrygreen0203 05/04/2021 18:55
Nothing but great records here!
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100/100
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KitchenSink 01/19/2021 23:03
KitchenSink 01/19/2021 23:03
perfect soundtrack to being the only guy left in the rural middle-of-nowhere bar at 4AM (this may sound backhanded but I assure you it's high praise)
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100/100
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Mercury 01/14/2021 02:55
Mercury 01/14/2021 02:55
Still Crazy (good) after all these years.
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