Top-ranked bands The top bands that appear most prominently in over 9,700 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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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 R.E.M. 25 Automatic For The People (44th)48,883 22 Oasis 11 (What's The Story) Morning Glory? (37th)48,081 23 Pearl Jam 22 Ten (33rd)44,056 24 Coldplay 10 A Rush Of Blood To The Head (54th)43,117 25 Neutral Milk Hotel 4 In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (18th)42,595 26 Joy Division 10 Unknown Pleasures (42nd)41,794 27 Muse 12 Absolution (82nd)41,686 28 The Strokes 5 Is This It (27th)41,399 29 Metallica 15 Master Of Puppets (74th)40,709 30 The Smashing Pumpkins 14 Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (63rd)38,203 31 Miles Davis 69 Kind Of Blue (43rd)37,867 32 The White Stripes 7 Elephant (48th)35,828 33 Queen 23 A Night At The Opera (57th)34,885 34 Red Hot Chili Peppers 13 Blood Sugar Sex Magik (86th)34,666 35 Van Morrison 35 Astral Weeks (51st)33,594 36 My Bloody Valentine 11 Loveless (32nd)32,360 37 The Stone Roses 4 The Stone Roses (30th)32,205 38 The Flaming Lips 16 The Soft Bulletin (83rd)32,084 39 The Cure 28 Disintegration (69th)30,840 40 Talking Heads 14 Remain in Light (70th)30,738
