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What is BestEverAlbums.com?
BestEverAlbums.com is a website that aggregates over 1,500 different greatest album charts to provide an easy way for visitors to look up and find out the greatest albums in history.

Where can I find the overall rankings?
The greatest albums of all time as ranked by BestEverAlbums.com are listed on the Overall Chart page.

If you want to see how the overall chart has changed over a period of time, you can view the chart as it would have looked on a previous date and see how many places an album has moved within the chart compared to the present day.

I'm thinking about registering. What are the benefits?
Members can create their own greatest album chart using the My Chart functionality. They can also participate in the forums, make comments on the various album, band and chart pages; and assign ratings. 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. Tables showing the top-rated tracks, albums, bands and charts are shown in the statistics section of this site.

Registered members can also add albums, bands and charts to their favourites and this is a great feature for discovering other great music albums from people who have similar tastes to your own. In addition to all of the above, you will become part of a community of well over 7,000 members.

How are the albums ranked?
The overall rank of each album is determined by calculating the aggregate position of each album from over 1,500 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.

What is the 'rank score'?
An album or band's rank score is BestEverAlbums.com's own measure of how important an album or band is in the all-time rankings. The rank score gives percentile points based on an album's position within a greatest albums chart and the points are evenly distributed regardless of chart size. The formula used on this site does not penalise albums on smaller lists and a top-ranked album will always get 100 points. The rank score is listed as a reference statistic on the individual album and band pages as well as on the statistics pages.

I don't like the way the albums are ranked - is there any way to customise this?
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. You can also choose whether to include or exclude member charts.

I'm not interested in albums, I'm more interested in songs
It kind of follows that some of the best music ever written also appears on the best albums. A ‘track pick’ is a top-rated track appearing on one of the best albums in history as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members. For each album, the top-rated tracks are highlighted and denoted with a ‘track pick’ symbol.

The top-rated tracks on the best albums in history, as voted by BestEverAlbums.com members, are listed in the statistics section of the site.

Am I able to view any of the 1,500 individual charts which make up the overall rankings?
You can view any of the 'Greatest Ever Album' charts individually from the The Charts page. This section of the site also allows you to view member's charts submitted via the My Chart page. You are able to subscribe to any of these charts via RSS feeds, or export a chart to a CSV file.

I don't agree with any of the charts, can I submit my own?
Yes, we encourage you to do so! 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.

I want to buy some of the albums or tracks, do you sell any of them?
BestEverAlbums.com does not directly sell any of the albums or tracks on this site. However, we do provide convenient links to third-party music stores (such as the iTunes Music Store). There is also a Store page which lists the current top albums on this site.

I'm interested in seeing how my favourite band is doing in the overall rankings - can I do this?
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. In addition, 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.

Where can I see the greatest albums in a particular year or decade?
You are able to view the rankings for any year or decade from the year and decade section of the site. From here, you may view the best albums of the 2000s, or the best albums of 2009. This section of the site also contains lists for any year or decade since 1938.

Isn't this just a popularity contest? Where can I see the *top-rated* albums?
You can view the top-rated albums as voted for by BestEverAlbums.com members from the top member-rated section of the site. From this section of the site, you are also able to view the top-rated tracks, bands and charts.

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