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).
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"Below the Heavens by Blu and Exile is in my opinion the greatest album of all time. With songs like "Show Me the Good Life" and "In Remembrance" its easy to see why." Reply
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2007
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"I like to crank this up on my ipod when I'm feeling paricularly misanthropic, usually at work. It rocks hard and although it's a long way from being in my top 100 there are times in life when nothing's better than having this thundering through my brain." Reply
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1992
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637
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"James Thirlwell, better known as Foetus, became a protagonist of both the London and the New York counterculture, and, ultimately, one of the most significant musicians of the decade, wedding the punk aesthetics to theatrical and classical-music ambitions. 'Nail', his masterpiece of reckless nihi..." [+] Reply
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1985
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637
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"Good is a testament to how surreal reality really is. It sounds like the clouds or water, like it's coming from a submerged level of consciousness. It's both tough and poetic, mystically concise, like remembering bits pieces of an important dream." Reply
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1992
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"Went to see her live, touring for this album. It was one of the worst live shows I've ever attended. Nearly everyone there left at around the halfway point. Turned me way the fuck off her music, which I'd been undecided about up till that point. But yeah, no." Reply
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swagnadalf | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (5 helpful | 4 unhelpful)
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2016
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635
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"Death Grips are one of the best new groups, that have risen up this decade and really stood up from the crowd. They got this abrasive, hard sound, in combination with somewhat dirty lyrics, which really make me excited for the future. I hope that a whole movement will erect from their ideas and w..." [+] Reply
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2012
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635
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"One of the few live albums that really captures everything great about its band, recorded during the undeniable peak of the Stones’ career (before the world came crashing around them at Altamont, just over a week after this album’s concerts were performed). This, Let it Bleed, and The Singles Col..." [+] Reply
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1970
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635
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"My vote for the greatest live album in history. The banter is particularly great." Reply
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1982
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"App, what happened with me is that I started out loving it and it slowly started to irritate me the more I listened. So it might go the opposite direction with you :)" Reply
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40footwolf | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1972
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"One of the essential guitar records of all time, packed to the brim with hard rock, blues, and prog in germinal form. It's crazy to me how underrated and forgotten Wishbone Ash has become when you can put an album like this on and enjoy every second of it. Let's get these guys some more recogniti..." [+] Reply
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 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% |
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| 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 | % | |
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5,011 | 50% | |
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2,665 | 27% | |
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430 | 4% | |
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315 | 3% | |
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222 | 2% | |
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160 | 2% | |
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137 | 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. Neil Young | |
| 10. Nirvana | |
| 11. The Velvet Underground | |
| 12. Kendrick Lamar | |
| 13. Miles Davis | |
| 14. The Smiths | |
| 15. R.E.M. | |
| 16. The Beach Boys | |
| 17. Kanye West | |
| 18. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 19. The Cure | |
| 20. Pixies |
