How it works

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This page provides an overview of some of the features that you can find on this website:

• The greatest albums of all time are ranked on the Overall Chart page. The overall rank of each album is determined by calculating the aggregate position of each album from over 700 different greatest album charts. In theory, the more greatest album charts that a music album has appeared in and the higher it's rank score, the better an album will be.
• An album or band's rank score is BestEverAlbums' own measure of how important an album or band is in the all-time rankings. The rank score is determined using a formula whereby (in a chart of 100 entries), the top-ranked album gets 100 rank points, second gets 99 rank points and third gets 98 rank points and so on. In a chart consisting of ten entries, the top ranked album gets 100 points but the second ranked album gets 90 points, third 80 points and so on. The rank score is listed as a reference statistic on the individual album and band pages as well as on the statistics pages.
• You are able to customise the overall chart to your own tastes by using a series of user-definable filters including nationality and year of release.
• Buy any of the albums on this site from iTunes via the convenient links on the Store page.
• You can view any of the 'Greatest Ever Album' charts individually from the The Charts page. You are also able to subscribe to any of these charts via RSS feeds. This section of the site also allows you to view member's charts submitted via the My Chart page.
• The Top-ranked bands pages show the bands that feature most frequently in the greatest album charts and it's a great feature for those people that are interested in discovering the greatest music albums in history. View the greatest albums by year and by decade and the top-rated albums as voted for by BestEverAlbums.com members. Let us know what you think about this new feature in the Forums. Maybe there's a stat that you'd like to appear on this page?
• If you are wanting to find out how a particular artist or album fares in the overall rankings, try using the Search page, or browse a list of artists on this site using the A to Z index. If your favourite album or band isn't listed on this site and you think they should be, you can add them into your own greatest album chart using the My Chart page.
• The My Chart functionality allows registered members to create and share their own greatest ever album charts with the community. No more listening to what other people say, this is your chance to have your say! Your chart will appear on the site and form part of the overall aggregate album rankings. Once the chart has been added to the website, it gets automatically cross-referenced with all of the other charts on the site making it easy for you to see who else has chosen the same albums.
• Registered members can assign ratings to albums and bands. The ratings are displayed throughout the site and are a good indication of whether the greatest music albums in history can still hold their own. A table showing the top-rated albums is shown in the statistics section of this site.
• Registered members can add albums, bands and charts to their favourites and see who else shares the same favourite albums. This is a great feature for discovering other great music albums from people who have similar tastes to your own.
• If you have a great idea (even a small one) that could help improve the site, please let us know in the Suggestions forum.