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:
1965
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Rank Score:
15,099
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Top rated album (87/100 - 1515 votes)  87 (1,515 votes)
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Year of Release:
1967
Appears in:
Rank Score:
26,129
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Top rated album (87/100 - 2868 votes)  87 (2,868 votes)
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Year of Release:
1998
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Rank Score:
30,762
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Top rated album (87/100 - 2974 votes)  87 (2,974 votes)
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Year of Release:
1975
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Rank Score:
20,171
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Top rated album (87/100 - 2222 votes)  87 (2,222 votes)
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Year of Release:
1991
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Rank Score:
36,729
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Top rated album (87/100 - 4363 votes)  87 (4,363 votes)
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Year of Release:
1977
Appears in:
Rank Score:
30,035
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Top rated album (87/100 - 2674 votes)  87 (2,674 votes)
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Year of Release:
1979
Appears in:
Rank Score:
29,668
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Top rated album (87/100 - 3180 votes)  87 (3,180 votes)
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Year of Release:
2016
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Rank Score:
14,643
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Top rated album (87/100 - 2186 votes)  87 (2,186 votes)
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Year of Release:
1979
Appears in:
Rank Score:
24,146
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Top rated album (87/100 - 3525 votes)  87 (3,525 votes)
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Year of Release:
1999
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Rank Score:
4,436
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Top rated album (86/100 - 370 votes)  86 (370 votes)
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 4 of 100

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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