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61.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,781 charts

Rank Score:

17,105

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Average Rating:

85 (2,101 votes)

Comments:

140

62.

Low

David Bowie

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,542 charts

Rank Score:

16,938

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Average Rating:

86 (2,080 votes)

Comments:

168

63.

Led Zeppelin

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,800 charts

Rank Score:

16,912

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64.

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,643 charts

Rank Score:

16,896

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Average Rating:

86 (1,922 votes)

Comments:

136

65.

Dummy

Portishead

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,573 charts

Rank Score:

16,578

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Average Rating:

84 (1,720 votes)

Comments:

106

66.

Illmatic

Nas

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,379 charts

Rank Score:

16,371

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67.

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,535 charts

Rank Score:

16,301

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68.

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1,250 charts

Rank Score:

16,286

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69.

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

1,643 charts

Rank Score:

16,182

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Average Rating:

82 (2,165 votes)

Comments:

162

70.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,379 charts

Rank Score:

16,131

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Average Rating:

85 (1,509 votes)

Comments:

114

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Overall Chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	2	0%
1940s	26	0%
1950s	302	3%
1960s	720	7%
1970s	1,450	15%
1980s	1,438	14%
1990s	1,624	16%
2000s	1,746	17%
2010s	2,002	20%
2020s	690	7%

Artist	Albums	%

Bob Dylan	38	0%
The Rolling Stones	35	0%
David Bowie	32	0%
The Beatles	29	0%
Miles Davis	27	0%
Neil Young	25	0%
Various Artists	25	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	5,012	50%
	2,648	26%
	435	4%
	318	3%
	222	2%
	159	2%
	140	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	9,731	97%
Yes	269	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	9,732	97%
Yes	268	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	9,882	99%
Yes	118	1%

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Best Artists of 1963
1. Charles Mingus
2. Bob Dylan
3. The Beatles
4. James Brown
5. Sam Cooke
6. Thelonious Monk
7. The Thelonious Monk Quartet
8. The Beach Boys
9. Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
10. Duke Ellington / Charlie Mingus / Max Roach
11. Jorge Ben
12. Kenny Burrell
13. John Coltrane
14. Oscar Peterson Trio
15. Oscar Peterson
16. Roy Orbison
17. John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
18. Herbert Von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker
19. John Coltrane Quartet
20. Jimmy Smith