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: 33 minutes ago).
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"Honestly I can't understand the people who give this album a 20, 10 or 5 rating. Seriously, we all can see you didnt like the album, but seriously a "5"?? Every single band just for the fact they made an album should deserve more than a 5. If you are angry that currently this album is in No. 1, w..." [+] Reply
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2013
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"It was very brave of the Band to open their debut album with the long, slow and dark "Tears of Rage" . They were praised for this at the time, but now more than three decades later, the song may scare away new listeners which is really a big shame because is one the Band's greatest and probably t..." [+] Reply
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1968
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"Classic Californian rock. Surrealistic pillow, is a superb record. Released at the time when the psychedelic scene was in full swing, this album isn't quite as out there as their next record would be, in fact, surrealistic pillow, is just a damn good rock'n'roll record. Somebody to love, today, a..." [+] Reply
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1967
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"Definitely an early contender for my favorite album of 2019 (along with Grey Area). Natalie Mering’s voice gives me Joni Mitchell and Nico vibes while still feeling completely new. The instrumentation is beautiful. There's the folky, twangy guitars, lush pianos, strings, synths... it's all perfec..." [+] Reply
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2019
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5,583
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"Mother is reminiscent of the song from another Police album, Be My Girl-Sally. It's also written by Summers, and is about a dude and his sex doll. It's a character song, lighthearted and fun, probably not serious (just like Mother). Mother fits on this album alongside Sting's quirky lyrics and th..." [+] Reply
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1983
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5,567
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"The courage to put out an album like Twin Fantasy is in itself moving. It always sat as a personal favourite of mine, but one that I never put on a list because a) I couldn't bring myself to, and b) I'd convinced myself it wasn't good enough, as if the despair of listening to it was the only valu..." [+] Reply
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2018
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5,563
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"Listening to it now, it still sounds like the future of rock music. The Cars' debut blended new wave, synth-rock, hard rock, power pop and 50s rock n' roll/rockabilly into a tight, compact and extremely catchy package. It's amazing that the band managed to pack this level of quality into their de..." [+] Reply
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1978
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5,555
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"It's great how rappers can rap over anything these days; no more need being restricted to boom bap drum loops. Atrocity Exhibition might be the best demonstration of this I've heard yet" Reply
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2016
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5,543
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"I feel like I'm listening to decent power pop through someone else's earphones on a bus." Reply
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1985
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"What characterises Arctic Monkeys as a great band and not just a good band in my opinion is the genius of Alex Turner's lyricism. This album may not have the same blinding wit as their first nor the poetic abstract imagery of their third but that's not to say this album has its own moments of bri..." [+] Reply
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2007
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 34 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 710 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,426 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,414 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,599 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,722 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,967 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 824 | 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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2,659 | 27% | |
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431 | 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 Artists of the 2000s | |
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| 1. Radiohead | |
| 2. Arcade Fire | |
| 3. The Strokes | |
| 4. Coldplay | |
| 5. Sufjan Stevens | |
| 6. Muse | |
| 7. Arctic Monkeys | |
| 8. The White Stripes | |
| 9. Wilco | |
| 10. Animal Collective |



