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Explore the overall rankings of the best albums in history, based on over 2 million album rankings across 59,000 charts.
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"I finally listened to the album in one sitting, in its entirety. For 23 years I’d only listened to the hits and bits of other songs. I was floored by this album. It is certainly greater than the sum of its parts. For instance, the final 5 songs (including “We Only Come Out At Night” which is my f..." [+] Reply
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1995
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14,415
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"Oh man, what a great album. When I first got my copy I would just listen to it on repeat for days, it never fails to make me happy, the catchy tunes and rockin solos keep me coming back to this day. Ending with such an innocent song about love like Only In Dreams, just sends chills down my spine...." [+] Reply
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Keatownrodriguez | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1994
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14,383
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"At night, on the beach, with the Milky Way above, it's 125/100." Reply
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drakonium | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +20 votes (20 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1999
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14,355
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"Really good. Like most Neil Young, even the lesser material is better than most other artists' good stuff." Reply
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planetneutral | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1970
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14,262
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"once the Beatles married the 1967's pink floyd. But when they got married a ray of light coming from a kaleidoscope hit them, and transported them to the future, in the future they turned into hipsters and vomited music,that vomit shapeshifted to a huge monster with four heads. They all fought un..." [+] Reply
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Antonio-Pedro | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +14 votes (14 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2012
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13,750
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"I'm sure this has been done a million times, but I'm going to do it anyway. "Hey, what are you listening to?" "Yes." "Ok, what are you listening to?" "Yes." "Dude, answer me...what are you listening to." "I just told you twice." "No, you didn't tell me at all." "Yes, I did." "What are you listeni..." [+] Reply
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1972
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13,522
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"This album is one of the most consistent hip-hop projects ever made. Mad lib’s production is flawless and MF DOOM’s lyricism is absolutely phenomenal. My favorite hip-hop album. Honestly, my favorite album - period. Listen to this if you haven’t already, and if you’ve already listened to it - lis..." [+] Reply
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2004
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13,432
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"Nearly every review here has the word beautiful in it and they're all right. There's no other word to describe this album as well as the word beautiful, but I'll try. The lyrics are not as cheery and bright as one might assume, but that just adds on to the appeal of this album. This album is univ..." [+] Reply
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Cojo7 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1968
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13,348
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"A modern classic. Part Television, and as is often noted, part-Joy Division. Not a bad combination of influences. It's probably less 'important' than Is This It in the history of the early 2000s indie-revival, but in my opinion this is the better album. Darker, more mysterious. Leif Erikson in pa..." [+] Reply
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2002
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12,872
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"145th best album of all time is a bit of an insult. This beautiful, timeless, life-changing masterpiece deserves to be far higher. Every single track is sublime; from the elegant, sweeping brilliance of "Joga" and "Bachelorette" to the more electronic stompers like "5 Years" and "Pluto". I can't ..." [+] Reply
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1997
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12,528
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 710 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,422 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,401 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,599 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,747 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,960 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 822 | 8% |
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| Neil Young | 43 | 0% | |
| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 35 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 33 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 25 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,009 | 50% | |
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2,655 | 27% | |
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430 | 4% | |
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337 | 3% | |
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218 | 2% | |
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155 | 2% | |
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136 | 1% | |
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