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51.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,514 charts

Rank Score:

19,878

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Average Rating:

87 (1,811 votes)

Comments:

142

52.

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,575 charts

Rank Score:

19,745

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Average Rating:

85 (1,898 votes)

Comments:

143

53.

The Joshua Tree

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,825 charts

Rank Score:

19,666

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Average Rating:

83 (2,406 votes)

Comments:

226

54.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

1,569 charts

Rank Score:

19,631

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55.

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,658 charts

Rank Score:

19,582

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Average Rating:

86 (2,043 votes)

Comments:

137

56.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,684 charts

Rank Score:

19,202

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57.

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

1,358 charts

Rank Score:

19,149

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Average Rating:

85 (1,349 votes)

Comments:

100

58.

In Utero

Nirvana

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

1,721 charts

Rank Score:

19,019

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Average Rating:

85 (2,625 votes)

Comments:

176

59.

Low

David Bowie

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,498 charts

Rank Score:

18,969

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60.

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,606 charts

Rank Score:

18,957

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Average Rating:

86 (1,871 votes)

Comments:

134

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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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Best Albums of 1978
1. Darkness On The Edge Of Town by Bruce Springsteen
2. Parallel Lines by Blondie
3. The Cars by The Cars
4. This Year's Model by Elvis Costello
5. Van Halen by Van Halen
6. Die Mensch·Maschine [The Man-Machine] by Kraftwerk
7. The Kick Inside by Kate Bush
8. Some Girls by The Rolling Stones
9. Music For 18 Musicians by Steve Reich
10. More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads
11. Hemispheres by Rush
12. Dire Straits by Dire Straits
13. Ambient 1: Music For Airports by Brian Eno
14. 3rd by Big Star
15. Outlandos D'Amour by The Police
16. All Mod Cons by The Jam
17. Chairs Missing by Wire
18. Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! by Devo
19. The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu
20. Powerage by AC/DC