Overall Chart
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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"Beefy boy makes the hits. One of Don's best albums." Reply
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teague | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1980
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"The third album that is tied for Van Morrison's greatest. Seems a little more upbeat than before. Just pure poetry, and the guy could swing. Sad that he didn't do much after the 70s..." Reply
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junodog4 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1971
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616
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"Like biting into a giant piece of delicious shoegaze and then discovering an even tastier hint of metal within." Reply
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2007
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616
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"Not sure how these guys and can so well balance the emotions of joy and sadness relating to life, death, and mortality." Reply
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2023
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616
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"Returning to lyrics of Richey Edwards, the Manic Street Preachers make this record their strongest in a long time, only The Holy Bible and Gold Against The Soul beat it." Reply
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2009
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616
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"Amazingly funky album. The cover of Que Sera, Sera, among others, is astonishing!" Reply
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1973
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615
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"Anyone that's at all interested in production should hear this album, as it is one of the most well-produced recordings of the last decade. A track like Significant Other has every risk of drowning itself out or falling apart, even in the most able hands. And yet every element of this album is pe..." [+] Reply
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SquishypuffDave | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2008
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"Total, complete, engulfing immersion. Night time in a big city will never look the same once you play this; the sounds of the lights, the skyscrapers, the metro, the taxis, the people, all is delicately and potently captured. A haven for nocturne daydreams." Reply
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DeusExMackia | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"This is where the legend began, listen to that guitar on a long moving song like Phoenix! Just wonderful." Reply
"Very "elstjewsom";) Picked this up on their recommendations. No complaint - another amazing musical experience ; I'd never heard anything like it !" Reply
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CellarDoor | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 258 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 707 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,416 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,397 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,597 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,748 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,974 | 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% | |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 25 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,017 | 50% | |
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2,654 | 27% | |
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429 | 4% | |
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337 | 3% | |
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219 | 2% | |
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154 | 2% | |
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137 | 1% | |
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