Overall Chart : Best Ever Albums

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Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 9,700 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!

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Album

Band

491.

Rated R

Queens Of The Stone Age

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	104 charts
Rank in 2000:	14	Rank Score:	2,364
Rank in 2000s	110	Overall Rank:	491
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492.

2001

Dr. Dre

Year of Release:	1999	Appears in:	73 charts
Rank in 1999:	13	Rank Score:	2,354
Rank in 1990s	101	Overall Rank:	492
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493.

My Generation

The Who

Year of Release:	1965	Appears in:	115 charts
Rank in 1965:	7	Rank Score:	2,344
Rank in 1960s	62	Overall Rank:	493
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494.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

Year of Release:	1972	Appears in:	96 charts
Rank in 1972:	11	Rank Score:	2,342
Rank in 1970s	124	Overall Rank:	494
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495.

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

Year of Release:	1978	Appears in:	81 charts
Rank in 1978:	8	Rank Score:	2,341
Rank in 1970s	125	Overall Rank:	495
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496.

Congratulations

MGMT

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	106 charts
Rank in 2010:	10	Rank Score:	2,340
Rank in 2010s	22	Overall Rank:	496
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497.

Damn The Torpedoes

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Year of Release:	1979	Appears in:	104 charts
Rank in 1979:	10	Rank Score:	2,338
Rank in 1970s	126	Overall Rank:	497
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498.

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

Year of Release:	1996	Appears in:	87 charts
Rank in 1996:	10	Rank Score:	2,332
Rank in 1990s	102	Overall Rank:	498
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499.

Hemispheres

Rush

Year of Release:	1978	Appears in:	58 charts
Rank in 1978:	9	Rank Score:	2,328
Rank in 1970s	127	Overall Rank:	499
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500.

Summerteeth

Wilco

Year of Release:	1999	Appears in:	99 charts
Rank in 1999:	14	Rank Score:	2,327
Rank in 1990s	103	Overall Rank:	500
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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	225	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	%

	530	53%
	353	35%
	31	3%
	17	2%
	16	2%
	14	1%
	12	1%
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1. Top 500 Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone (2012)
2. The Top 100 Albums by VH1 (2001)
3. Top 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade by New Music Express (2009)
4. Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums by Virgin (2000)
5. The Definitive 200 by National Association of Recording Merchandisers (2007)
6. 100 Greatest Albums of All Time by Mojo (1995)
7. 100 Greatest Albums Ever by Q (2006)
8. Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Melody Maker (2000)
9. Greatest 100 Albums of All Time by The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums with NME (2006)
10. The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s by Pitchfork (2009)

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