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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"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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sssvnnn | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Mostly beautiful, although not quite as good as Djelika, as on Mandé, Diabaté tends to go for easy prettiness on a few numbers, and less adventurous rhythm patterns." Reply
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"A Transcensional album that invites the reason to a higher being or lore. A calm of spiritual enlightening." Reply
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dadzovdoom | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Album of the year 1956" Reply
"Certainly the one LP from the 'golden period' that I have played least, there are some tracks on here that I simply cannot recall. Having said that, Big New Prinz, Wrong Place, Right Time and Cab It Up are great and I'm sure watching the live ballet performance would've been interesting." Reply
"Another very good album from Lucinda. Good stuff indeed! Seeing Black, Buttercup, Convince Me fav tracks. B+ MEZ" Reply
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 301 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 710 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,420 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,399 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,598 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,747 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,967 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 821 | 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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5,008 | 50% | |
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2,654 | 27% | |
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430 | 4% | |
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338 | 3% | |
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218 | 2% | |
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155 | 2% | |
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136 | 1% | |
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