Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 58,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com! (Chart last updated: 5 hours ago).
You can customise how this chart is generated, browse the individual charts constituting the overall rankings from The Charts page, or submit your own chart from the My Charts page!
"One of my Top 20 albums from the 90s." Reply
- 
Freddie55 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
Year of Release:
1993
Appears in:
Rank Score:
796
Rank in 1993:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"an interesting transition period between Aphex Twin's early laidback ambient techno and the harsher IDM present later on in his career. could very well be his greatest work for people looking to balance the best of both worlds, but similarly to Autechre's "Chiastic Slide", I find his work directl..." [+] Reply
Year of Release:
1995
Appears in:
Rank Score:
795
Rank in 1995:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"Fantastic partnership in re-imagining the work of Woody Guthrie. Wilco offsets the folksy dead-pan approach of Billy Bragg well in alternating tracks. Sometimes it comes close to hitting the mark, and others they hit a home run. Highlights - California Stars, Ingrid Bergman, Christ for President,..." [+] Reply
- 
junodog4 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
Year of Release:
1998
Appears in:
Rank Score:
795
Rank in 1998:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"My friend said "ugh! Sounds like it's underwater. I don't like it.". Ah...yeah, I thought, that's why I like it. I went through a faze of falling asleep to this album every night." Reply
Year of Release:
2001
Appears in:
Rank Score:
795
Rank in 2001:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"This album is just excellent, straight indie pop with several brilliant songs!" Reply
- 
meruizh | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
Year of Release:
2009
Appears in:
Rank Score:
794
Rank in 2009:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"Great album. Very under rated. All MK II albums are all on very level par (as in all fucking great) and this is up there with them. That is what defines Deep Purple as one of the all time greatest rock acts to emerge, the amount of legendary albums to come out in a short time span. MK II that is,..." [+] Reply
Year of Release:
1971
Appears in:
Rank Score:
792
Rank in 1971:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"A album which was years ahead of its time when released in 1970. The sleeve notes (CD version) refer to the Moog Sythesizer 'unlike today's compact modules, this one looked like an old fashioned telephone operator's station with cables going in and out every direction', this would have been an ea..." [+] Reply
Year of Release:
1970
Appears in:
Rank Score:
792
Rank in 1970:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"Paramore have properly grown up and flourished with After Laughter; it's thoroughly well developed, brilliantly well made and have numerous great songs on it. The neo-New Wave sound is absolutely stellar; you can pick out the hints of bands like Blondie and The Cars all over the place, but its fr..." [+] Reply
- 
DeusExMackia | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
Year of Release:
2017
Appears in:
Rank Score:
792
Rank in 2017:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"I have very mixed feelings on this album. On one hand, the reissue is great. More and better tracks from what the original offered, to say the least. The problem with this album stems from the night itself. Not the recording or producing or tracklisting, but the show itself. The fact of the matte..." [+] Reply
Year of Release:
1976
Appears in:
Rank Score:
792
Rank in 1976:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"This is my favourite John Cale album. The sounds are amazing." Reply
- 
lancashirearab | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
Year of Release:
1982
Appears in:
Rank Score:
791
Rank in 1982:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Total albums: 10,000. Page 208 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 37 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 304 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 715 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,439 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,434 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,616 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,728 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,999 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 726 | 7% |
| 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% | |
| Show all | |||
| Country | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||
 |
5,011 | 50% | |
 |
2,665 | 27% | |
 |
430 | 4% | |
 |
315 | 3% | |
 |
222 | 2% | |
 |
160 | 2% | |
 |
137 | 1% | |
| Show all | |||
If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.
| Best Artists of 1989 | |
|---|---|
| 1. Pixies | |
| 2. The Cure | |
| 3. The Stone Roses | |
| 4. Beastie Boys | |
| 5. De La Soul | |
| 6. Galaxie 500 | |
| 7. Nirvana | |
| 8. Nine Inch Nails | |
| 9. Tom Petty | |
| 10. Lou Reed | |
| 11. New Order | |
| 12. Madonna | |
| 13. Faith No More | |
| 14. Janet Jackson | |
| 15. Fugazi | |
| 16. Julee Cruise | |
| 17. Kate Bush | |
| 18. Bob Dylan | |
| 19. The Blue Nile | |
| 20. NoMeansNo |
