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41.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,824 charts

Rank Score:

23,269

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Average Rating:

87 (2,141 votes)

Comments:

166

42.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

1,612 charts

Rank Score:

22,845

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43.

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,891 charts

Rank Score:

22,805

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44.

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,922 charts

Rank Score:

22,191

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Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,740 charts

Rank Score:

21,632

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,813 charts

Rank Score:

21,416

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47.

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

1,811 charts

Rank Score:

21,356

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Average Rating:

84 (2,691 votes)

Comments:

253

48.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

1,784 charts

Rank Score:

20,279

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Average Rating:

84 (2,168 votes)

Comments:

174

49.

Ten

Pearl Jam

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,802 charts

Rank Score:

20,083

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Average Rating:

83 (2,293 votes)

Comments:

178

50.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,642 charts

Rank Score:

20,056

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Average Rating:

85 (1,918 votes)

Comments:

172

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Overall Chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	2	0%
1940s	25	0%
1950s	292	3%
1960s	736	7%
1970s	1,474	15%
1980s	1,458	15%
1990s	1,687	17%
2000s	1,791	18%
2010s	2,042	20%
2020s	493	5%

Artist	Albums	%

Bob Dylan	38	0%
The Rolling Stones	34	0%
David Bowie	32	0%
The Beatles	29	0%
Miles Davis	27	0%
Neil Young	25	0%
Various Artists	24	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	4,993	50%
	2,662	27%
	447	4%
	300	3%
	225	2%
	168	2%
	141	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	9,717	97%
Yes	283	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	9,721	97%
Yes	279	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	9,886	99%
Yes	114	1%

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