Overall Chart : Best Ever Albums

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151.

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	213 charts
Rank in 1969:	8	Rank Score:	8,097
Rank in 1960s	29	Overall Rank:	151
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152.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

Year of Release:	1997	Appears in:	273 charts
Rank in 1997:	2	Rank Score:	8,069
Rank in 1990s	35	Overall Rank:	152
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153.

Moving Pictures

Rush

Year of Release:	1981	Appears in:	230 charts
Rank in 1981:	1	Rank Score:	8,021
Rank in 1980s	18	Overall Rank:	153
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154.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

Year of Release:	1985	Appears in:	240 charts
Rank in 1985:	2	Rank Score:	8,003
Rank in 1980s	19	Overall Rank:	154
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155.

Lateralus

Tool

Year of Release:	2001	Appears in:	181 charts
Rank in 2001:	5	Rank Score:	7,914
Rank in 2000s	29	Overall Rank:	155
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156.

Discovery

Daft Punk

Year of Release:	2001	Appears in:	242 charts
Rank in 2001:	6	Rank Score:	7,870
Rank in 2000s	30	Overall Rank:	156
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157.

Fun House

The Stooges

Year of Release:	1970	Appears in:	217 charts
Rank in 1970:	8	Rank Score:	7,847
Rank in 1970s	40	Overall Rank:	157
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158.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	234 charts
Rank in 2000:	4	Rank Score:	7,769
Rank in 2000s	31	Overall Rank:	158
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159.

Darkness On The Edge Of Town

Bruce Springsteen

Year of Release:	1978	Appears in:	212 charts
Rank in 1978:	1	Rank Score:	7,763
Rank in 1970s	41	Overall Rank:	159
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160.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

Year of Release:	1996	Appears in:	237 charts
Rank in 1996:	5	Rank Score:	7,693
Rank in 1990s	36	Overall Rank:	160
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Overall chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	11	1%
1960s	98	10%
1970s	232	23%
1980s	162	16%
1990s	226	23%
2000s	214	21%
2010s	57	6%

Band	Albums	%

The Beatles	13	1%
Bob Dylan	12	1%
David Bowie	10	1%
Pink Floyd	10	1%
U2	10	1%
Bruce Springsteen	9	1%
R.E.M.	8	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	531	53%
	351	35%
	31	3%
	17	2%
	16	2%
	14	1%
	12	1%
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