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Explore the overall rankings of the best albums in history, based on over 2 million album rankings across 59,000 charts.
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"Bob Dylan is actually the best folk artist in rock history. He is also one of the first rock artists to have released a double album with Frank Zappa. This album is called "Blonde On Blonde" and is simply the most ambitious album of Dylan's extraordinary discography. This album is an incredible m..." [+] Reply
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1966
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23,938
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"The Wall always reminds me of "The White Album" by the Beatles because, aside from the obvious things like the white cover and the double disc, they're both huge collections of very diverse songs, with some of the band's lowest points and also some of their most brilliant." Reply
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swhaze | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (9 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1979
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23,851
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"This album stirs up so many emotions in me and always transports me back to the wonderful summer of 1989 and the joys of being 18 again. I have listened to thousands of times over the last 22 years and have never tired of it. It is a defining masterpiece..." Reply
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1989
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22,220
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"Great Album. But not in all of the ways ! mostly because the music and vocals. The lyrics ... no. Maybe the only good lyrics on the album are Runaway and Lost in the world.Power is great musically but still lacks in lyric.This album really "shaped" Hip hop.But somehow ruined it too.You could use ..." [+] Reply
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Behrus58 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (9 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2010
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21,430
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"It often gets overshadowed, being sandwiched in between WYWH and the Wall, but it's still as good as the rest of their 70's output. In fact, I rank it above the Wall by a good margin." Reply
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1977
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21,351
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"I just realised I just wrote a 500 word essay on a jazz album. Man, if only writing school essays would go this fast. I also just realised I used the wrong form of they're, dammit." Reply
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goeie-oko | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1959
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20,988
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"It is a great album, but it's interesting to note how interest in a hip-hop album on this site is piqued once it has the Pitchfork seal of approval. Anyway, can't complain that people are enjoying good hip-hop." Reply
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2012
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20,940
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"80/100 for the U.K. version. 95/100 for the U.S. version. One is very good, the other is absolutely brilliant." Reply
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9999 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1967
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20,894
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"A brooding masterpiece. Like Jim Morrison and The Doors captured L.A in their music and lyrics, so Ian Curtis and Joy Division do the same with Manchester. Unknown pleasures, is a dark record of alienation, loneliness and foreboding. You cannot fail to be drawn into the eerie atmosphere as Curtis..." [+] Reply
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1979
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20,836
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"Amazing, birthed from Townsend's obtuse and failed lifehouse project. Yet The Who's finest collection of individual original songs. Doesn't have the conceptual grandiosity of Quadrophenia and Tommy, but great deep tracks as well as the classics that I long ago burned out on from overlistening." Reply
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1971
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20,524
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 710 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,422 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,401 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,599 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,747 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,960 | 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% | |
| Various Artists | 25 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,009 | 50% | |
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2,655 | 27% | |
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430 | 4% | |
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337 | 3% | |
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218 | 2% | |
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155 | 2% | |
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136 | 1% | |
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Best Ever
Artists
1.
The Beatles
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Radiohead
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Pink Floyd
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David Bowie
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Bob Dylan
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Led Zeppelin
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Arcade Fire
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Neil Young
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Nirvana
