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:
1999
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Rank Score:
14,581
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1728 votes)  86 (1,728 votes)
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Year of Release:
2000
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Rank Score:
12,362
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1349 votes)  86 (1,349 votes)
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Year of Release:
1970
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Rank Score:
14,397
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1805 votes)  86 (1,805 votes)
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Year of Release:
2004
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Rank Score:
13,808
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1233 votes)  86 (1,233 votes)
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Year of Release:
1969
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Rank Score:
12,376
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1655 votes)  86 (1,655 votes)
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Year of Release:
2016
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Rank Score:
12,311
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1679 votes)  86 (1,679 votes)
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Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
6,092
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1056 votes)  86 (1,056 votes)
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Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
22,357
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Top rated album (86/100 - 2313 votes)  86 (2,313 votes)
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Year of Release:
1974
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Rank Score:
9,739
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1111 votes)  86 (1,111 votes)
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Year of Release:
1967
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Rank Score:
14,983
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Top rated album (86/100 - 2592 votes)  86 (2,592 votes)
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 7 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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