Overall Chart

Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 58,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!

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41.

Led Zeppelin II 

 Led Zeppelin

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,956 charts

Rank Score:

20,728

Rank in 1969:

3

Rank in 1960s:

13

Overall Rank:

41

Average Rating:

 87 (2,761 votes)

Comments:

176

42.

Blood On The Tracks 

 Bob Dylan

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Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,866 charts

Rank Score:

20,560

Rank in 1975:

2

Rank in 1970s:

11

Overall Rank:

42

Average Rating:

 87 (2,208 votes)

Comments:

169

43.

Illinois 

 Sufjan Stevens

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Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

1,665 charts

Rank Score:

20,049

Rank in 2005:

1

Rank in 2000s:

5

Overall Rank:

43

Average Rating:

 86 (1,918 votes)

Comments:

169

44.

Marquee Moon 

 Television

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Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,803 charts

Rank Score:

19,697

Rank in 1977:

3

Rank in 1970s:

12

Overall Rank:

44

Average Rating:

 86 (1,902 votes)

Comments:

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45.

Exile On Main St. 

 The Rolling Stones

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,970 charts

Rank Score:

19,570

Rank in 1972:

2

Rank in 1970s:

13

Overall Rank:

45

Average Rating:

 85 (2,360 votes)

Comments:

211

46.

Automatic For The People 

 R.E.M.

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Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

1,837 charts

Rank Score:

19,270

Rank in 1992:

1

Rank in 1990s:

6

Overall Rank:

46

Average Rating:

 84 (2,221 votes)

Comments:

177

47.

Hunky Dory 

 David Bowie

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,866 charts

Rank Score:

19,128

Rank in 1971:

3

Rank in 1970s:

14

Overall Rank:

47

Average Rating:

 87 (2,451 votes)

Comments:

159

48.

The Suburbs 

 Arcade Fire

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Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

1,865 charts

Rank Score:

18,984

Rank in 2010:

2

Rank in 2010s:

4

Overall Rank:

48

Average Rating:

 84 (2,742 votes)

Comments:

257

49.

What's Going On 

 Marvin Gaye

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,647 charts

Rank Score:

18,924

Rank in 1971:

4

Rank in 1970s:

15

Overall Rank:

49

Average Rating:

 85 (1,963 votes)

Comments:

145

50.

Paranoid 

 Black Sabbath

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Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,739 charts

Rank Score:

18,675

Rank in 1970:

1

Rank in 1970s:

16

Overall Rank:

50

Average Rating:

 86 (2,112 votes)

Comments:

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Overall Chart composition

Top 10,000 Top 5,000 Top 1,000 Top 500 Top 250 Top 100

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	2	0%
1940s	38	0%
1950s	304	3%
1960s	724	7%
1970s	1,444	14%
1980s	1,434	14%
1990s	1,614	16%
2000s	1,727	17%
2010s	2,001	20%
2020s	712	7%

Artist	Albums	%
Bob Dylan	38	0%
The Rolling Stones	35	0%
David Bowie	33	0%
The Beatles	29	0%
Miles Davis	27	0%
Various Artists	26	0%
Neil Young	25	0%
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Country	Albums	%
	5,025	50%
	2,641	26%
	431	4%
	320	3%
	223	2%
	160	2%
	139	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	9,727	97%
Yes	273	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	9,731	97%
Yes	269	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	9,881	99%
Yes	119	1%