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Explore the overall rankings of the best albums in history, based on over 2 million album rankings across 60,000 charts.
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"Just gave it my first good listen today. Can't believe what I was missing. This is now permanently in my top twenty. :) The first two tracks are great, but everything from Placebo Headwound on is a masterpiece. Better than Yoshimi by far. BY FAR. A must-have." Reply
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sageamagoo | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1995
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"There are some excellent and enjoyable songs on this album. There's nothing wrong with them individually but across a whole album it all gets a bit samey. It may be a little conservative for some tastes, at least in it's delivery, but the songs are great, there's a John Ford movie in every one." Reply
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1959
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"The WS took a direction that could have been interesting on this one, but I think it mostly doesn't work." Reply
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drakonium | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2005
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"Wasn't the album I was hoping for. It has a distinct sound and is almost like Justice if they played stringed instruments. Listen to one track. IF you love it, chances are you will like the rest." Reply
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2011
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"Most of the songs that originally convinced me of XTC's greatness come from Black Sea. I loved the meticulous attention to detail. I remember listening to Generals and Majors over and over trying to pick out everything, the humming, the barking, the numerous counter melodies. I loved the unexpect..." [+] Reply
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1980
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"finally rock music has arrived in the 21st century. Geese makes Getting Killed fun" Reply
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2025
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1,648
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"„And if the end of the world is nigh, at least now we have its soundtrack“ - from Kate Hutchinson‘s Review in The Guardian" Reply
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2019
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"This album was a huge influence an all rock music that followed. Tracks on this album covered thousands of times by such artits as the Rolling Stones, Clapton, CCR and many, many more. Even Buddy Holly in his short prolific career. Hell the Pretty Things based a whole carrer on this album." Reply
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1958
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"Indescribable. It feels so real while being so fantastical. Between the world of the real and world world of make believe; Vashti transports the mind on her journey north across the English countryside with such vivid detail and attention that listening is equal to that of being there with her. A..." [+] Reply
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1970
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"Ridiculously technical. 'Symbolic' was the first metal record that completely won me over. It's a complete record not a track by track experience. It blends speed, musicianship, melody and symbolic lyricism into an incredible listening experience. Listen to the 'Live in Eindhoven' if you haven't ..." [+] Reply
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sethzzzzz | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1995
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 300 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 709 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,420 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,399 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,600 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,747 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,968 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 820 | 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% | |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 25 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,012 | 50% | |
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2,653 | 27% | |
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430 | 4% | |
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338 | 3% | |
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218 | 2% | |
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155 | 2% | |
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136 | 1% | |
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