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41.

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

1,225 charts

Rank Score:

30,313

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Average Rating:

88 (1,647 votes)

Comments:

174

42.

Exile On Main St.

The Rolling Stones

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,640 charts

Rank Score:

30,040

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43.

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,615 charts

Rank Score:

29,160

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44.

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,525 charts

Rank Score:

29,071

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Average Rating:

87 (1,854 votes)

Comments:

136

45.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,444 charts

Rank Score:

28,200

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Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

1,375 charts

Rank Score:

27,843

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,512 charts

Rank Score:

27,203

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Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,448 charts

Rank Score:

26,398

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Average Rating:

86 (1,583 votes)

Comments:

118

49.

The Joshua Tree

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,603 charts

Rank Score:

25,693

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Average Rating:

83 (2,144 votes)

Comments:

200

50.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

1,359 charts

Rank Score:

25,549

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Average Rating:

83 (2,051 votes)

Comments:

174

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Overall Chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
1940s	2	0%
1950s	268	3%
1960s	685	7%
1970s	1,519	15%
1980s	1,474	15%
1990s	1,841	18%
2000s	2,061	21%
2010s	2,147	21%

Artist	Albums	%

Bob Dylan	38	0%
The Rolling Stones	35	0%
David Bowie	31	0%
The Beatles	29	0%
Various Artists	28	0%
Miles Davis	24	0%
Neil Young	23	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	5,011	50%
	2,610	26%
	442	4%
	270	3%
	227	2%
	182	2%
	158	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	9,702	97%
Yes	298	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	9,875	99%
Yes	125	1%

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