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61.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,776 charts

Rank Score:

17,222

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Average Rating:

85 (2,100 votes)

Comments:

140

62.

Low

David Bowie

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,541 charts

Rank Score:

17,122

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Average Rating:

86 (2,080 votes)

Comments:

168

63.

Led Zeppelin

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,794 charts

Rank Score:

16,963

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64.

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,640 charts

Rank Score:

16,946

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Average Rating:

86 (1,921 votes)

Comments:

136

65.

Dummy

Portishead

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,567 charts

Rank Score:

16,541

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Average Rating:

84 (1,719 votes)

Comments:

106

66.

Illmatic

Nas

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,376 charts

Rank Score:

16,438

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67.

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,529 charts

Rank Score:

16,424

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68.

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1,250 charts

Rank Score:

16,320

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Average Rating:

86 (1,481 votes)

Comments:

161

69.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,373 charts

Rank Score:

16,202

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70.

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

1,637 charts

Rank Score:

16,146

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Average Rating:

82 (2,164 votes)

Comments:

162

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Overall Chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	2	0%
1940s	27	0%
1950s	302	3%
1960s	723	7%
1970s	1,449	14%
1980s	1,445	14%
1990s	1,632	16%
2000s	1,759	18%
2010s	2,013	20%
2020s	648	6%

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	%

	5,009	50%
	2,650	27%
	437	4%
	322	3%
	223	2%
	161	2%
	140	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	9,734	97%
Yes	266	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	9,725	97%
Yes	275	3%

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

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