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: 5 hours ago).
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"Another strong album from Bill Callahan. Apocalypse, is another masterpiece from one of the most intriguing songwriters of the last twenty years." Reply
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2011
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"2018 a new LP-version entered the market with 8! bonus tracks. I promise you it's well spent money on Tidersticks epicentre, their absolute peak. Curtains is more magic than than most souls can handle. It's distilled raw beauty." Reply
"His worst album ??♂️" Reply
"Along with Mumford and Sons, The 1975 are one of the most polarising artists out there. Your either in the love em camp or loath them with a passion camp & just for the record I'm most certainly in the love em camp & I really don’t give a flying rats as to what other people think After their Gen ..." [+] Reply
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Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2022
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"Certainly deerhunter''s most experimental work. A heap of sonic guitar effects, distorted vocals and lengthy instrumental sections still make this a great listen however. Fans of halcyon digest may find this to be a bit of an adjustment at first, though fans of shoe gaze/ noise rock acts such as ..." [+] Reply
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2007
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428
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"Highly underrated! First 3 songs are killers!" Reply
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WildHorses | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1980
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"The first cassette tape that I bought myself and still one of my favorites. It takes me back to carefree times of youth. I actually like many of the album tracks as much as the hits, which is what I guess makes a classic album." Reply
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1988
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"The austere and elegant chamber music of Penguin Cafe Orchestra is steeped in Renaissance and Baroque traditions combining elements of folk and cabaret. Exotic arrangements consisting of delicate and languid laments create feelings of nostalgic longing. This is the ensembles best and most experim..." [+] Reply
"In my opinion this is one of the best albums of the new millenium. It launched John Mayer into superstardom. He's a better guitar player than given credit for and these songs are really catchy. They still hold up 10 years later." Reply
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2001
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"Nobody was more surprised about the success of this album than Asylum Records..this compilation is taken from their first 4 albums..their first three albums didn't sell that well.."One of the Nights" was their 4th and biggest seller up to that point..So to have a greatest hits that is now the big..." [+] Reply
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ffudnebbuh | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 34 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 708 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,424 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,416 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,600 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,723 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,968 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 823 | 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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2,658 | 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 Artists of the 2020s | |
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| 1. Black Country, New Road | |
| 2. The Strokes | |
| 3. Charli XCX | |
| 4. Little Simz | |
| 5. Magdalena Bay | |
| 6. Fontaines D.C. | |
| 7. Kendrick Lamar | |
| 8. Big Thief | |
| 9. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | |
| 10. The Smile |
