Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 59,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com! (Chart last updated: 2 hours ago).
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"No sure why this gets written off. Great record. Good guests incl thom yorke, badly drawn boy, ashcroft, mike d, kool g rap. No liam gallagher or ian brown though! Although one of the inst tracks off this was released as a single with an ian brown vocal." Reply
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Graeme2 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1998
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"From here lies the origin of the term “Cotten-picking”, based around her unique technique of guitar playing. Recorded in the 50s, while Cotten was in her 60s, Freight Train & Other North Carolina Folk Songs & Tunes is a collection of songs that Elizabeth Cotten had originally written in the early..." [+] Reply
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meccalecca | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Just few people heard it, but this album is perfect. It contains a lot of gems of Greg Sage and underground punk." Reply
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1983
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528
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"I'm really surprised to see how low this on overall rankings One Headlight is classic. The Difference, Three Marlenas, 6th Avenue Heartache all fantastic singles I Wish I Felt Nothing, Bleeders, Invisible City, and to a lesser extent, Josephine are all great great songs. They are blue collar band..." [+] Reply
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1996
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528
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"One of my favorite album in 60’s, brilliant vocal and melodies" Reply
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1969
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527
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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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527
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"Album of the year for me, a big Noel fan of his music a great song writer best track 'Lock all the doors' and 'Riverman'" Reply
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2015
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527
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"I might go as far to say this is my favourite album to listen to ever, but I feel it's not really an album in the sense everything else is, so I'm abstaining it from my chart. If there was one thing The Beatles weren't so good at it was creating a cohesive body of work - even Sgt. Peppers Feels m..." [+] Reply
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2006
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527
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"The best from Calexico! Love the atmosphere. I loved to hear this album when I was driving through Uruguay at sunset. I should rate it higher..." Reply
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2003
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"Three charts? How the most celebrated roots reggae album of all time could get such little love is kinda... lame?" Reply
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1973
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 293 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 34 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 710 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,425 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,413 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,602 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,720 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,967 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 825 | 8% |
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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% | |
| Neil Young | 26 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 25 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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4,997 | 50% | |
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2,657 | 27% | |
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432 | 4% | |
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337 | 3% | |
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221 | 2% | |
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157 | 2% | |
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134 | 1% | |
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| Best Ever Artists | |
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| 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. Kendrick Lamar | |
| 12. The Velvet Underground | |
| 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 |
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