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)
21 R.E.M. 25 Automatic For The People (44th)48,393 22 Oasis 11 (What's The Story) Morning Glory? (37th)47,927 23 Pearl Jam 23 Ten (34th)43,556 24 Coldplay 10 A Rush Of Blood To The Head (56th)42,466 25 Neutral Milk Hotel 4 In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (18th)41,625 26 Muse 12 Absolution (83rd)41,391 27 Joy Division 10 Unknown Pleasures (42nd)41,106 28 The Strokes 5 Is This It (27th)41,105 29 Metallica 15 Master Of Puppets (74th)40,052 30 The Smashing Pumpkins 14 Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (62nd)38,378 31 Miles Davis 68 Kind Of Blue (43rd)37,278 32 The White Stripes 7 Elephant (49th)35,171 33 Queen 23 A Night At The Opera (54th)34,936 34 Red Hot Chili Peppers 13 Blood Sugar Sex Magik (87th)34,218 35 Van Morrison 34 Astral Weeks (51st)33,193 36 The Stone Roses 4 The Stone Roses (31st)31,804 37 The Flaming Lips 17 The Soft Bulletin (79th)31,732 38 My Bloody Valentine 11 Loveless (32nd)31,156 39 The Cure 28 Disintegration (69th)30,732 40 Talking Heads 14 Remain in Light (70th)30,513