Overall Chart
Explore the overall rankings of the best albums in history, based on over 2 million album rankings across 60,000 charts.
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"Album of the year 1956" Reply
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"Bar track 7, this is basically flawless." Reply
"Matchbox Twenty ruled American Pop radio, VH-1 & the hearts of many of the teenage girls that I went to High School with from 1996-2000. It seemed like any teen that didn't truly enjoy music would claim to LOVE this band. "If You're Gone" was inescapable. Pop radio would cycle that song thru ever..." [+] Reply
"I have so much respect for this album and this band. I'll keep it short. First Things First brings sheds light on depression and suicide. Frontman Matt Smith seems to both express his pain, and address the issue. It's not a feel good album, it's not a sad album. The songs are somehow hopeful, tho..." [+] Reply
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"It's a bit too long for its own good. But it's mostly a nice album. Shuffle and Lights Out, Words Gone are my favourites." Reply
"my favorite album of german conductor/composer Eberhard Schoener: progresive rock meets Balinese gamelan orchestra. with famous side musicians of that time such as: Claire Torry (Pink Floyd) Ian Bairnson (Alan Parsons Project, Kate Bush) Pete York Morris Pert (Alan Parsons Project, Mike Oldfield)..." [+] Reply
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 300 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 707 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,417 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,398 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,598 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,747 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,976 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 820 | 8% |
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| Neil Young | 43 | 0% | |
| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 35 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 33 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 25 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,015 | 50% | |
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2,653 | 27% | |
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429 | 4% | |
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338 | 3% | |
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218 | 2% | |
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155 | 2% | |
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137 | 1% | |
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Decade Charts (2020s)
