Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Tamthebam

I love all types of music it doesn't matter to me if the artist is considered "cool" or not. I've been collecting music for over 50 years and these are the albums I've listened to the most. I love to try and listen to everything an artist has recorded. I love music to enhance my moods I like albums that give an atmosphere/a theme, whether that is in Soul/ R n B, country, folk, jazz, indie, rock or "easy listening" or pop music. My favourite decade is the 70's. Its 2024 and I just realised that the majority of my chart is female ! This was not a conscious decision it just happened

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• (Created: 06/14/2012 18:49).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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"Heroes" 

 David Bowie

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The trilogy of Berlin albums (Low Heroes & Lodger) are the best set of concept albums ever recorded, by anyone. Low & Heroes were released in 1977 within 8 months of each other. Heroes is my favourite of these three it is rougher round the edges than Low, Side 2 (tracks 6-10) create an atmosphere that could be the soundtrack of a horror movie an amazing sound that is deeper than anything on Low and on top of that there is the title track and the forgotten classic Beauty & The Beast. [First added to this chart: 07/27/2012]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

871 charts

Rank Score:

6,377

Rank in 1977:

9

Rank in 1970s:

66

Overall Rank:

268

Average Rating:

 83 (1,472 votes)

Comments:

80

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1. Outside 

 David Bowie

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This to me sounds like the 4th chapter in the Low, heroes, Lodger era. That's not too surprising as Brian Eno is back on board as a writer and creator. The album should be listened to as a whole and to make it more cohesive I would skip the spoken tracks (5,10,15 & 18). There is an apocalyptic feel about the album similar to the Diamond Dogs project. It has an atmosphere and needs to be listened to 3 or 4 times for it all to sink in. A classic album from the 90's. [First added to this chart: 07/27/2012]

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

183 charts

Rank Score:

828

Rank in 1995:

42

Rank in 1990s:

360

Overall Rank:

2,007

Average Rating:

 75 (363 votes)

Comments:

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The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars 

 David Bowie

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A break thru album this is the album that brought Bowie to a wider audience. The first 4 tracks are legendary especially Starman & Moonage Daydream, it then tails of a little before hitting you with the last 3 tracks Ziggy, Suffragette City & Rock n Roll Suicide. It is regarded as his best album rightly so, it is just not my favourite. [First added to this chart: 08/18/2013]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

2,988 charts

Rank Score:

46,601

Rank in 1972:

1

Rank in 1970s:

3

Overall Rank:

7

Average Rating:

 90 (3,513 votes)

Comments:

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Aladdin Sane 

 David Bowie

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This was the first Bowie album I owned and still to this day a favourite. It was labelled as the "Ziggy Goes To America " album as the sound and atmosphere created was heavier and darker than anything he had done before. I unlike so many others like his reworking of Lets Spend The Night Together it fits this album. There are so many classic Bowie tracks here all of Side 1 (1-5) and Time ,The Jean Genie & Lady Grinning Soul make this a Classic must have album. [First added to this chart: 06/14/2012]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

793 charts

Rank Score:

5,594

Rank in 1973:

9

Rank in 1970s:

77

Overall Rank:

311

Average Rating:

 82 (1,306 votes)

Comments:

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★ [Blackstar] 

 David Bowie

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[First added to this chart: 06/11/2016]

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

1,247 charts

Rank Score:

12,489

Rank in 2016:

3

Rank in 2010s:

9

Overall Rank:

107

Average Rating:

 86 (1,641 votes)

Comments:

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Hunky Dory 

 David Bowie

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Another great Bowie album from the 70's (1971) this was the album before Ziggy and contains the standards Life On Mars, Changes & Oh You Pretty Things. But the album is more than that it shows Bowie progressing as a singer & songwriter Quicksand & The Bewlay Brothers are brilliant tracks and along with Queen Bitch & Andy Warhol make this a must have album. [First added to this chart: 06/14/2012]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,845 charts

Rank Score:

20,587

Rank in 1971:

3

Rank in 1970s:

14

Overall Rank:

46

Average Rating:

 87 (2,424 votes)

Comments:

159

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Scary Monsters 

 David Bowie

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The best album released in 1980 was appropriately by Bowie the most prolific artist of the 70's. The first 6 tracks are brilliant and then the album tails off, Kingdom Come is the low point and It's No Game Pt.2 is not a patch on Pt.1. Overall though it is a great album and would be the end of Bowie's run of diverse and relevant albums until Outside in 1995. [First added to this chart: 12/25/2014]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

768 charts

Rank Score:

5,831

Rank in 1980:

4

Rank in 1980s:

38

Overall Rank:

295

Average Rating:

 81 (1,105 votes)

Comments:

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Low 

 David Bowie

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An amazing album so far ahead of its time. The instrumentals on Side 1 which open & close Side 1 are brilliant and there is Sound & Vision & Be My Wife I don't think Side 2 on low is as good as "side 2" on heroes and that pulls the albums overall score down but it is still in my Top 100.
(First added to chart: 26/09/2013) [First added to this chart: 09/07/2016]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,527 charts

Rank Score:

17,978

Rank in 1977:

4

Rank in 1970s:

19

Overall Rank:

62

Average Rating:

 86 (2,063 votes)

Comments:

168

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	8	8%
1970s	34	34%
1980s	14	14%
1990s	25	25%
2000s	10	10%
2010s	8	8%
2020s	1	1%

Artist	Albums	%
David Bowie	8	8%
Stevie Wonder	4	4%
Rickie Lee Jones	4	4%
Björk	4	4%
Kate Bush	3	3%
The Beatles	3	3%
Radiohead	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	48	48%
	34	34%
	7	7%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

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Up 13 from 61st to 48th Unbreakable by Janet

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Down 1 from 48th to 49th Flying Cowboys by Rickie Lee Jones
Down 1 from 49th to 50th Hunky Dory by David Bowie
Down 1 from 50th to 51st I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You by Aretha Franklin

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85/100	03/14/2025 12:18	SomethingSpecial	1,023	85/100
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From slatsheit 04/05/2025 01:01

Love the variety and many of your choices. Don't love the take on R.E.M. (to me their string of releases from '82-'86 comprise the masterpiece period, whereas '87-'11 is the "good-to-great" period), nor Bowie (to me side two of Low is far better than side two of "Heroes"), nor The Beatles (to me A Hard Day's Night is their second-best album after Revolver - their initial '63-'64 is grossly underrated). But if we agreed on everything we'd be the same person. Cheers!

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85/100

From Moondance 12/07/2024 23:20

We both favour the 70's - however, if we were Venn diagrams, then we would barely intersect. That is what I love about the diversity of music and personal taste. I appreciate the comments on your favourite albums - they do require effort.

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From WeWereInLove 08/27/2024 17:30

Lovely list with some unique picks. Baduizm top 10 is a pleasure to see. I'll definitely need to check out some Jill Scott and Rickie Lee Jones!

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80/100

From Larcx13 11/23/2023 11:42

Madonna...?

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From CharlieBarley 06/17/2023 13:53

Great chart Tam! I rated it before years ago and it's still top Mark's from me. Great taste in music.

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100/100

From melisandre 04/16/2023 09:12

Nice chart Tam!

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85/100

From Johnnyo 02/04/2023 16:25

Very personal chart. I like it

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95/100

From leniad 07/31/2022 05:35

great seeing your chart and re rating it, i agree bowie is the best artist ever solo

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From RioBravo 06/18/2021 06:26

Seems like a good list to explore when I want to find some new R&B artists and albums. And I too love Stevie Wonder.

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95/100

From BraddlesHendo 09/02/2020 02:02

This is the coolest great albums. Some I don’t have mostly the R & B music

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