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9991.

Cause Of Death

Obituary

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

119

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9992.

Killer On The Rampage

Eddy Grant

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

15 charts

Rank Score:

119

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9993.

Rock Dream
Live

Boris With Merzbow

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

8 charts

Rank Score:

119

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9994.

Taking Drugs To Make Music To Take Drugs To

Spacemen 3

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

119

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9995.

New York, N.Y.

George Russell

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

119

Rank in 1959:

Rank in 1950s:

298

Overall Rank:

9,995

Average Rating:

71 (20 votes)

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9996.

Safe Mode: On

Extinction

Nausea

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

10 charts

Rank Score:

119

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9997.

A New Place 2 Drown

Archy Marshall

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

119

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9998.

Lunatic Harness

µ-Ziq

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

119

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9999.

ESCM

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

10 charts

Rank Score:

119

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10000.

Anyone

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

3 charts

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119

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Overall Chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	2	0%
1940s	27	0%
1950s	298	3%
1960s	739	7%
1970s	1,459	15%
1980s	1,457	15%
1990s	1,632	16%
2000s	1,770	18%
2010s	2,018	20%
2020s	598	6%

Artist	Albums	%

Bob Dylan	37	0%
The Rolling Stones	35	0%
David Bowie	32	0%
The Beatles	29	0%
Miles Davis	27	0%
Various Artists	26	0%
Neil Young	25	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	5,016	50%
	2,655	27%
	440	4%
	308	3%
	228	2%
	158	2%
	138	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	9,726	97%
Yes	274	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	9,719	97%
Yes	281	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	9,885	99%
Yes	115	1%

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Best Albums of the 1950s
1. Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis
2. Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus
3. Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4. Blue Train by John Coltrane
5. Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley
6. In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra
7. Here's Little Richard by Little Richard
8. The Shape Of Jazz To Come by Ornette Coleman
9. Berry Is On Top by Chuck Berry
10. Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
11. Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday
12. Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra
13. Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk
14. Somethin' Else by Cannonball Adderley
15. The "Chirping" Crickets by The Crickets
16. Saxophone Colossus by Sonny Rollins
17. Buddy Holly by Buddy Holly
18. Chet Baker Sings by Chet Baker
19. Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis
20. Moanin' In The Moonlight by Howlin' Wolf