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: 1972 Appears in: 682 charts Rank in 1972: 2 Rank Score: 33,454 Rank in 1970s 8 Overall Rank: 26 Download / Buy Exile On Main St. on MP3:
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32. The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus
Year of Release: 1963 Appears in: 169 charts Rank in 1963: 2 Rank Score: 6,946 Rank in 1960s 32 Overall Rank: 177 Download / Buy The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady on MP3:
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33. Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan
Year of Release: 1965 Appears in: 341 charts Rank in 1965: 3 Rank Score: 13,730 Rank in 1960s 20 Overall Rank: 81 Download / Buy Bringing It All Back Home on MP3:
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34. Unknown Pleasures Joy Division
Year of Release: 1979 Appears in: 498 charts Rank in 1979: 3 Rank Score: 21,978 Rank in 1970s 12 Overall Rank: 42 Download / Buy Unknown Pleasures on MP3: No MP3 preview available.
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35. Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones
Year of Release: 1969 Appears in: 558 charts Rank in 1969: 3 Rank Score: 23,254 Rank in 1960s 13 Overall Rank: 39 Download / Buy Let It Bleed on MP3:
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36. The Beatles Box Set The Beatles
Year of Release: 1988 Appears in: 5 charts Rank in 1988: 57 Rank Score: 243 Rank in 1980s 535 Overall Rank: 3,285 Download / Buy The Beatles Box Set on MP3: No MP3 preview available.
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37. Hunky Dory David Bowie
Year of Release: 1971 Appears in: 470 charts Rank in 1971: 4 Rank Score: 17,434 Rank in 1970s 17 Overall Rank: 59 Download / Buy Hunky Dory on MP3:
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38. The Queen Is Dead The Smiths
Year of Release: 1986 Appears in: 721 charts Rank in 1986: 1 Rank Score: 34,853 Rank in 1980s 2 Overall Rank: 24 Download / Buy The Queen Is Dead on MP3:
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39. The Wall Pink Floyd
Year of Release: 1979 Appears in: 709 charts Rank in 1979: 2 Rank Score: 35,661 Rank in 1970s 6 Overall Rank: 22 Download / Buy The Wall on MP3:
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40. A Love Supreme John Coltrane
Year of Release: 1965 Appears in: 253 charts Rank in 1965: 4 Rank Score: 10,576 Rank in 1960s 23 Overall Rank: 112 Download / Buy A Love Supreme on MP3:
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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 20).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 76/100).