Top-rated albums of all time

Listed below are the top-rated albums of all time as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)
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Year of Release:
2000
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40,117
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Top rated album (89/100 - 4495 votes)  89 (4,495 votes)
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Year of Release:
1959
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21,316
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Top rated album (89/100 - 2292 votes)  89 (2,292 votes)
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Year of Release:
1969
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Rank Score:
27,239
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Top rated album (89/100 - 2449 votes)  89 (2,449 votes)
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Year of Release:
1968
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36,198
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Top rated album (89/100 - 3853 votes)  89 (3,853 votes)
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Year of Release:
1967
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Rank Score:
38,504
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Top rated album (89/100 - 3583 votes)  89 (3,583 votes)
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Year of Release:
1965
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Rank Score:
26,071
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Top rated album (89/100 - 2836 votes)  89 (2,836 votes)
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Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
30,830
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Top rated album (88/100 - 2977 votes)  88 (2,977 votes)
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Year of Release:
1965
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25,841
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Top rated album (88/100 - 3399 votes)  88 (3,399 votes)
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Year of Release:
2012
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21,301
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Top rated album (88/100 - 2039 votes)  88 (2,039 votes)
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Year of Release:
1966
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37,368
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Top rated album (88/100 - 3311 votes)  88 (3,311 votes)
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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).

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