Overall Chart : Best Ever Albums

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Band

231.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello

Year of Release:	1978	Appears in:	191 charts
Rank in 1978:	3	Rank Score:	5,277
Rank in 1970s	61	Overall Rank:	231
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232.

The Lonesome Crowded West

Modest Mouse

Year of Release:	1997	Appears in:	161 charts
Rank in 1997:	7	Rank Score:	5,265
Rank in 1990s	52	Overall Rank:	232
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233.

Spirit Of Eden

Talk Talk

Year of Release:	1988	Appears in:	154 charts
Rank in 1988:	4	Rank Score:	5,240
Rank in 1980s	29	Overall Rank:	233
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234.

Another Green World

Brian Eno

Year of Release:	1975	Appears in:	158 charts
Rank in 1975:	7	Rank Score:	5,229
Rank in 1970s	62	Overall Rank:	234
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235.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

Year of Release:	1982	Appears in:	138 charts
Rank in 1982:	2	Rank Score:	5,204
Rank in 1980s	30	Overall Rank:	235
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236.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	163 charts
Rank in 2004:	6	Rank Score:	5,195
Rank in 2000s	46	Overall Rank:	236
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237.

2112

Rush

Year of Release:	1976	Appears in:	150 charts
Rank in 1976:	5	Rank Score:	5,194
Rank in 1970s	63	Overall Rank:	237
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238.

Sign 'o' the Times

Prince

Year of Release:	1987	Appears in:	175 charts
Rank in 1987:	3	Rank Score:	5,175
Rank in 1980s	31	Overall Rank:	238
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239.

Brothers

The Black Keys

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	227 charts
Rank in 2010:	4	Rank Score:	5,169
Rank in 2010s	6	Overall Rank:	239
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240.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

Year of Release:	1991	Appears in:	170 charts
Rank in 1991:	10	Rank Score:	5,150
Rank in 1990s	53	Overall Rank:	240
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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	163	16%
1990s	227	23%
2000s	214	21%
2010s	55	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%
	17	2%
	15	2%
	11	1%
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1. Top 500 Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone (2012)
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5. The Definitive 200 by National Association of Recording Merchandisers (2007)
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