# The top 20 of the 100 greatest Korean pop albums

Positions 1 to 20 of the 2018 list of the 100 greatest Korean popular music albums, chosen by Melon, Hankyoreh and Taelim Score with 47 music experts.

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- Aug 22, 2020 · subin_cinephile
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## Top 20

1. **Deulgukhwa — Deulgukhwa** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1985. Number one in earlier greatest-album polls.
2. **Eotteonal I** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1986. Delicate folk pop.
3. **The Return of N.EX.T Part 1 — N.EX.T** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1994. Shin Hae-chul's progressive rock.
4. **Blue Sail — Poet and Village Chief** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1986. Ha Deok-gyu's lyrical folk.
5. **Force Deux — Deux** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1995. Pioneers of Korean hip-hop.
6. **Because I Love You — Yoo Jae-ha** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1987. A legend built on a single album.
7. **Shin Joong-hyun & Yup Juns** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1974. The godfather of Korean rock.
8. **Kim Min-gi** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1971. The album with "Morning Dew".
9. **A Long and Distant Road — Han Dae-soo** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1974. A starting point for Korean folk rock.
10. **Gongmudohaga — Lee Sang-eun** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1995. An album of Eastern-flavoured experiments.
11. **When My Loneliness Calls You — Jang Pil-soon** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A folk and modern-rock classic.
12. **Kim Hyun-chul Vol. 1** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1989. Often called a forerunner of Korean city pop.
13. **Handongan Tteumhaesseotji — Love and Peace** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1978. The start of Korean funk rock.
14. **Kim Hyun-sik III** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1986. The album with "Like Rain, Like Music".
15. **Deli Spice** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1997. A Korean modern-rock debut.
16. **Sanullim New Song Collection** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Sanullim's debut album.
17. **Sanullim Vol. 2** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1978. The brothers' second album.
18. **Lee Moon-sae 4** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1987. Ballads made with Lee Young-hoon.
19. **Baraboonda — Han Young-ae** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Blues rock from a unique voice.
20. **Eotteonal II** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Eotteonal's second and last album.

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