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11.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,854 charts

Rank Score:

39,177

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13.

Nirvana

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

3,221 charts

Rank Score:

37,903

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Average Rating:

87 (4,334 votes)

Comments:

413

17.

In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

2,428 charts

Rank Score:

33,042

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Average Rating:

87 (2,953 votes)

Comments:

431

18.

Doolittle

Pixies

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,542 charts

Rank Score:

31,677

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Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1,845 charts

Rank Score:

31,545

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

2,467 charts

Rank Score:

28,614

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

2,033 charts

Rank Score:

27,637

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,364 charts

Rank Score:

27,399

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Average Rating:

89 (2,817 votes)

Comments:

228

28.

The Doors

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,420 charts

Rank Score:

26,907

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Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,033 charts

Rank Score:

24,909

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Average Rating:

88 (2,400 votes)

Comments:

175

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Overall Chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	2	0%
1940s	27	0%
1950s	302	3%
1960s	722	7%
1970s	1,449	14%
1980s	1,443	14%
1990s	1,631	16%
2000s	1,762	18%
2010s	2,013	20%
2020s	649	6%

Artist	Albums	%

Bob Dylan	38	0%
The Rolling Stones	35	0%
David Bowie	32	0%
The Beatles	29	0%
Miles Davis	27	0%
Various Artists	25	0%
Neil Young	25	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	5,008	50%
	2,652	27%
	437	4%
	321	3%
	222	2%
	160	2%
	141	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	9,733	97%
Yes	267	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	9,728	97%
Yes	272	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	9,882	99%
Yes	118	1%

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Best Ever Artists
1. The Beatles
2. Radiohead
3. Pink Floyd
4. David Bowie
5. Bob Dylan
6. Led Zeppelin
7. The Rolling Stones
8. Arcade Fire
9. Nirvana
10. Neil Young
11. The Velvet Underground
12. Kendrick Lamar
13. Miles Davis
14. The Smiths
15. The Beach Boys
16. R.E.M.
17. Kanye West
18. Pixies
19. Bruce Springsteen
20. Jimi Hendrix