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Highest Rated Albums of All Time

Decade
Source
Genre

1.

Peter Brötzmann - 14 Love Poems Plus 10 More
June 23, 2004
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

2.

Roscoe Mitchell - Sound Roscoe Mitchell Sextet
August 28, 1966
Score
100
Source →
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iTunes
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Spotify

3.

Arthur Grumiaux - Bach: Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
October 15, 1993
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

4.

Lee Konitz - Subconscious-Lee
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

5.

Oscar Peterson - Exclusively for My Friends
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

6.

Bo Diddley - Beach Party
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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Spotify

7.

Richie Hawtin - Decks, EFX & 909
November 2, 1999
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

8.

Grant Green - Matador
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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9.

Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes (From the Underground)
June 9, 1985
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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10.

Ileana Cotrubas / Plácido Domingo / Carlos Kleiber / Sherrill Milnes - Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

11.

Johnny Gill - Johnny Gill
April 17, 1990
R&B
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Kitarō - Silk Road
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

13.

T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Blues
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

McCoy Tyner - Echoes of a Friend
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Mark Murphy - Midnight Mood
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

McCoy Tyner - Sahara
January 0, 1972
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Doc Watson - Doc Watson
May 2, 1964
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Jo Stafford & Gordon Macrae - Kiss Me, Kate
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

19.

Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck - Djam Leelii
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

20.

George Winston - The Velveteen Rabbit
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

21.

Nicole Mitchell - Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds
May 5, 2017
Avant-Garde Jazz
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Terri Lyne Carrington - Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue
February 5, 2013
Jazz
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

David Binney - Graylen Epicenter
January 18, 2011
Jazz
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Sam Rivers' Rivbea All-star Orchestra - Inspiration
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

25.

Sam Rivers - Streams
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings AllMusic awarded albums throughout all.
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