Overall Chart : Best Ever Albums

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Band

501.

Abraxas

Santana

Year of Release:	1970	Appears in:	103 charts
Rank in 1970:	22	Rank Score:	2,295
Rank in 1970s	127	Overall Rank:	501
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502.

Diamond Dogs

David Bowie

Year of Release:	1974	Appears in:	74 charts
Rank in 1974:	8	Rank Score:	2,292
Rank in 1970s	128	Overall Rank:	502
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503.

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

Year of Release:	1978	Appears in:	76 charts
Rank in 1978:	9	Rank Score:	2,291
Rank in 1970s	129	Overall Rank:	503
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504.

#1 Record

Big Star

Year of Release:	1972	Appears in:	84 charts
Rank in 1972:	12	Rank Score:	2,290
Rank in 1970s	130	Overall Rank:	504
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505.

Use Your Illusion II

Guns N' Roses

Year of Release:	1991	Appears in:	76 charts
Rank in 1991:	13	Rank Score:	2,287
Rank in 1990s	102	Overall Rank:	505
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506.

Breakfast In America

Supertramp

Year of Release:	1979	Appears in:	116 charts
Rank in 1979:	11	Rank Score:	2,281
Rank in 1970s	131	Overall Rank:	506
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507.

West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum

Kasabian

Year of Release:	2009	Appears in:	73 charts
Rank in 2009:	11	Rank Score:	2,280
Rank in 2000s	113	Overall Rank:	507
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508.

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

Year of Release:	1988	Appears in:	100 charts
Rank in 1988:	7	Rank Score:	2,277
Rank in 1980s	74	Overall Rank:	508
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509.

Sketches Of Spain

Miles Davis

Year of Release:	1960	Appears in:	87 charts
Rank in 1960:	1	Rank Score:	2,276
Rank in 1960s	63	Overall Rank:	509
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510.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Year of Release:	1959	Appears in:	96 charts
Rank in 1959:	3	Rank Score:	2,272
Rank in 1950s	4	Overall Rank:	510
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Overall chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	11	1%
1960s	98	10%
1970s	231	23%
1980s	163	16%
1990s	227	23%
2000s	215	22%
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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