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:
1969
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7,560
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Top rated album (86/100 - 909 votes)  86 (909 votes)
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Year of Release:
1965
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Rank Score:
11,416
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1698 votes)  86 (1,698 votes)
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Year of Release:
1977
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19,100
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1910 votes)  86 (1,910 votes)
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Year of Release:
1991
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Rank Score:
27,440
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Top rated album (86/100 - 2497 votes)  86 (2,497 votes)
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Year of Release:
1971
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Rank Score:
16,297
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1941 votes)  86 (1,941 votes)
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Year of Release:
1977
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Rank Score:
16,366
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Top rated album (86/100 - 2098 votes)  86 (2,098 votes)
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Year of Release:
2005
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Rank Score:
19,756
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1929 votes)  86 (1,929 votes)
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Year of Release:
2001
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Rank Score:
27,515
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Top rated album (86/100 - 3056 votes)  86 (3,056 votes)
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Year of Release:
1994
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8,876
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1947 votes)  86 (1,947 votes)
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Year of Release:
2015
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Rank Score:
15,591
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1493 votes)  86 (1,493 votes)
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 6 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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