Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 59,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com! (Chart last updated: 6 hours ago).
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"Superficies De Placer has its moments but can't seem to escape the mediocre mellon collie instrumentation that circumscribes it." Reply
"Same beautiful songs from Billie, just impressive." Reply
"Really a great album. Terrific performances from all involved. I think what gets me about this album is that it is fun, beautiful, energetic and soulful at the same time. Can't say I can think of many albums that do it as well." Reply
"Beautiful. Thanks YouTube! Jazz fused with like classical and then some." Reply
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"highly consistent with the characteristic duster feels that I know and love, but feels more put-together than stratosphere" Reply
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seb7 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Another effort from Roger with another bit of concept - appears to be some kinda protest about the government and big business through the eyes of Billy, a disabled Welsh boy. Roger isn't everyone's cup of tea and many won't like mixing politics so overtly with music but put it aside and you have..." [+] Reply
"Nice soundtrack album. There's more to discover here than the well-known title track." Reply
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"Mental. Me and a pal were crying with laughter when we first heard this in the 6th form common room. People actually make records like this? It still makes me laugh but it's also an amazing record. Punk funk at its best. Way better than bummed production wise, cale actually did a good job. Crazy ..." [+] Reply
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Graeme2 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Fantastic album! Some bands sophomore albums aren't as good as their first but man oh man is this one excellent. Shuttered Room is quite the album but Reach the Beach is easily one of the best and most underrated of the 80s." Reply
- ExTeaSea | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"One of my favorite PHX albums of the early 00s era. Take the sentimentality of Sunny Day Real Estate, the setup of At The Drive-In and the bleak, hopeless atmosphere of a great Radiohead song and you have this thing called Full Collapse." Reply
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 34 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 709 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,424 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,413 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,601 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,726 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,964 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 825 | 8% |
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| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 35 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 26 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 25 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,004 | 50% | |
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2,654 | 27% | |
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431 | 4% | |
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336 | 3% | |
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221 | 2% | |
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157 | 2% | |
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134 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of 1964 | |
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| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. Bob Dylan | |
| 3. Stan Getz & João Gilberto | |
| 4. Eric Dolphy | |
| 5. The Ronettes | |
| 6. The Rolling Stones | |
| 7. Sam Cooke | |
| 8. The Supremes | |
| 9. The Kinks | |
| 10. Herbie Hancock |
