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:
1968
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17,059
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Top rated album (86/100 - 2009 votes)  86 (2,009 votes)
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Year of Release:
1979
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Rank Score:
21,212
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Top rated album (86/100 - 2355 votes)  86 (2,355 votes)
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Year of Release:
1969
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16,599
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Top rated album (86/100 - 2612 votes)  86 (2,612 votes)
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Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
26,092
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Top rated album (86/100 - 2082 votes)  86 (2,082 votes)
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Year of Release:
1972
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Rank Score:
17,193
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1876 votes)  86 (1,876 votes)
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Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
63
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Top rated album (86/100 - 163 votes)  86 (163 votes)
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Year of Release:
1970
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Rank Score:
18,615
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Top rated album (86/100 - 2130 votes)  86 (2,130 votes)
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Year of Release:
1971
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Rank Score:
20,702
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Top rated album (86/100 - 2595 votes)  86 (2,595 votes)
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Year of Release:
1963
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Rank Score:
12,572
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1038 votes)  86 (1,038 votes)
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Year of Release:
1994
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Rank Score:
15,730
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1605 votes)  86 (1,605 votes)
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 5 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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