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51.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,710 charts

Rank Score:

18,983

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Average Rating:

86 (2,081 votes)

Comments:

138

52.

The Joshua Tree

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,855 charts

Rank Score:

18,936

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53.

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,549 charts

Rank Score:

18,671

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54.

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

1,395 charts

Rank Score:

18,629

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Average Rating:

85 (1,390 votes)

Comments:

102

55.

In Utero

Nirvana

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

1,768 charts

Rank Score:

18,155

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Average Rating:

85 (2,662 votes)

Comments:

177

56.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,713 charts

Rank Score:

18,115

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Average Rating:

84 (1,953 votes)

Comments:

171

57.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

1,589 charts

Rank Score:

18,113

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Average Rating:

85 (1,934 votes)

Comments:

150

58.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,662 charts

Rank Score:

18,065

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Average Rating:

85 (1,950 votes)

Comments:

172

59.

Electric Ladyland

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,677 charts

Rank Score:

18,048

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Average Rating:

86 (1,970 votes)

Comments:

109

60.

Low

David Bowie

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,530 charts

Rank Score:

17,882

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Average Rating:

86 (2,069 votes)

Comments:

168

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Overall Chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	2	0%
1940s	27	0%
1950s	299	3%
1960s	732	7%
1970s	1,463	15%
1980s	1,452	15%
1990s	1,629	16%
2000s	1,771	18%
2010s	2,019	20%
2020s	606	6%

Artist	Albums	%

Bob Dylan	37	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	%

	5,014	50%
	2,658	27%
	439	4%
	306	3%
	229	2%
	159	2%
	138	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	9,728	97%
Yes	272	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	9,720	97%
Yes	280	3%

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

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