Overall Chart : Best Ever Albums

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Band

701.

Get Happy!!

Elvis Costello

Year of Release:	1980	Appears in:	61 charts
Rank in 1980:	14	Rank Score:	1,606
Rank in 1980s	109	Overall Rank:	701
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702.

The Shape Of Jazz To Come

Ornette Coleman Trio

Year of Release:	1959	Appears in:	61 charts
Rank in 1959:	4	Rank Score:	1,606
Rank in 1950s	7	Overall Rank:	702
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703.

XTRMNTR

Primal Scream

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	63 charts
Rank in 2000:	17	Rank Score:	1,604
Rank in 2000s	155	Overall Rank:	703
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704.

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

Year of Release:	1996	Appears in:	71 charts
Rank in 1996:	15	Rank Score:	1,603
Rank in 1990s	151	Overall Rank:	704
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705.

The Black Album

Jay-Z

Year of Release:	2003	Appears in:	68 charts
Rank in 2003:	16	Rank Score:	1,595
Rank in 2000s	156	Overall Rank:	705
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706.

Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One

The Kinks

Year of Release:	1970	Appears in:	63 charts
Rank in 1970:	25	Rank Score:	1,593
Rank in 1970s	173	Overall Rank:	706
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707.

Peter Gabriel III

Peter Gabriel

Year of Release:	1980	Appears in:	72 charts
Rank in 1980:	15	Rank Score:	1,592
Rank in 1980s	110	Overall Rank:	707
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708.

Rio

Duran Duran

Year of Release:	1982	Appears in:	65 charts
Rank in 1982:	10	Rank Score:	1,589
Rank in 1980s	111	Overall Rank:	708
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709.

Music for the Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

Year of Release:	1994	Appears in:	65 charts
Rank in 1994:	25	Rank Score:	1,587
Rank in 1990s	152	Overall Rank:	709
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710.

Kasabian

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	60 charts
Rank in 2004:	15	Rank Score:	1,586
Rank in 2000s	157	Overall Rank:	710
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Overall chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	11	1%
1960s	96	10%
1970s	231	23%
1980s	164	16%
1990s	228	23%
2000s	214	21%
2010s	56	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%
	352	35%
	31	3%
	17	2%
	17	2%
	16	2%
	11	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. Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Melody Maker (2000)
7. Greatest 100 Albums of All Time by The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums with NME (2006)
8. 100 Greatest Albums of All Time by Mojo (1995)
9. 100 Greatest Albums Ever by Q (2006)
10. The Guardian 100 Best Albums Ever by The Guardian (1997)

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