Top-ranked bands The top bands that appear most prominently in over 9,600 greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com are listed below:
N.B. Artists from before the mid-1960s may not be as well represented in this chart, because this chart only takes into account their albums. (Before that time, singles were far more important than albums).
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Rank
Band
Albums
The number of albums by this band featuring in the greatest album charts.
Top Ranked Album
The top ranked album by this band and where it ranks in the overall chart.
Score
Total rank score for this band (made up of the total rank score from all of their albums)
81 Television 3 Marquee Moon (53rd)18,355 82 Frank Zappa 65 Hot Rats (323rd)18,115 83 Bon Iver 4 For Emma, Forever Ago (105th)17,932 84 The Sex Pistols 4 Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols (58th)17,912 85 John Coltrane 31 A Love Supreme (112th)17,752 86 Rage Against The Machine 5 Rage Against The Machine (90th)17,750 87 Sufjan Stevens 11 Illinois (91st)17,300 88 Love 6 Forever Changes (66th)17,179 89 Elvis Costello 23 This Year's Model (232nd)16,413 90 Depeche Mode 21 Violator (141st)15,994 91 Lou Reed 26 Transformer (117th)15,959 92 The Killers 5 Hot Fuss (122nd)15,927 93 Iron Maiden 21 The Number Of The Beast (236th)15,683 94 The Band 14 The Band (171st)15,391 95 Beastie Boys 11 Paul's Boutique (168th)14,991 96 Massive Attack 9 Mezzanine (148th)14,953 97 Nine Inch Nails 13 The Downward Spiral (169th)14,774 98 Elliott Smith 8 Either/Or (193rd)14,434 99 Belle & Sebastian 13 If You're Feeling Sinister (149th)14,327 100 Foo Fighters 10 The Colour And The Shape (212th)14,304