Top-ranked bands from United Kingdom The top bands from United Kingdom 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)
21 Nick Drake 7 Pink Moon (77th)24,017 22 King Crimson 23 In The Court Of The Crimson King (72nd)23,197 23 The Kinks 42 The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (143rd)21,660 24 Blur 11 Parklife (131st)21,350 25 John Lennon 18 John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (107th)19,969 26 Kate Bush 12 Hounds Of Love (157th)19,776 27 Yes 24 Close To The Edge (146th)19,163 28 Portishead 5 Dummy (94th)18,684 29 The Sex Pistols 4 Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols (57th)18,034 30 Elvis Costello 23 This Year's Model (224th)16,681 31 Depeche Mode 21 Violator (139th)16,147 32 Iron Maiden 21 The Number Of The Beast (234th)15,766 33 Massive Attack 9 Mezzanine (147th)15,120 34 Belle & Sebastian 13 If You're Feeling Sinister (148th)14,500 35 Elton John 34 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (182nd)14,256 36 P.J. Harvey 10 Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (272nd)14,155 37 Dire Straits 10 Brothers In Arms (211th)13,735 38 Manic Street Preachers 13 The Holy Bible (254th)13,724 39 Deep Purple 28 Machine Head (210th)13,548 40 Gorillaz 6 Demon Days (162nd)13,297