Overall Chart : Best Ever Albums

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361.

Elvis Presley

Year of Release:	1956	Appears in:	129 charts
Rank in 1956:	1	Rank Score:	3,207
Rank in 1950s	2	Overall Rank:	361
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362.

Bossanova

Pixies

Year of Release:	1990	Appears in:	126 charts
Rank in 1990:	2	Rank Score:	3,198
Rank in 1990s	72	Overall Rank:	362
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363.

Thick As A Brick

Jethro Tull

Year of Release:	1972	Appears in:	101 charts
Rank in 1972:	9	Rank Score:	3,196
Rank in 1970s	97	Overall Rank:	363
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364.

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly and the Family Stone

Year of Release:	1971	Appears in:	128 charts
Rank in 1971:	18	Rank Score:	3,194
Rank in 1970s	98	Overall Rank:	364
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365.

The Cars

Year of Release:	1978	Appears in:	132 charts
Rank in 1978:	5	Rank Score:	3,193
Rank in 1970s	99	Overall Rank:	365
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366.

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

Year of Release:	1999	Appears in:	94 charts
Rank in 1999:	6	Rank Score:	3,190
Rank in 1990s	73	Overall Rank:	366
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367.

Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

Year of Release:	1965	Appears in:	153 charts
Rank in 1965:	6	Rank Score:	3,143
Rank in 1960s	49	Overall Rank:	367
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368.

The Stooges

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	129 charts
Rank in 1969:	14	Rank Score:	3,143
Rank in 1960s	50	Overall Rank:	368
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369.

Please Please Me

The Beatles

Year of Release:	1963	Appears in:	140 charts
Rank in 1963:	3	Rank Score:	3,141
Rank in 1960s	51	Overall Rank:	369
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370.

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

Year of Release:	1990	Appears in:	87 charts
Rank in 1990:	3	Rank Score:	3,132
Rank in 1990s	74	Overall Rank:	370
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Overall chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	11	1%
1960s	97	10%
1970s	231	23%
1980s	165	17%
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	%

	529	53%
	353	35%
	31	3%
	17	2%
	17	2%
	15	2%
	11	1%
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