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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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"Some truely classic songs on this album. Nobody's child is probably the saddest song in history. It could easily be on Lou Reed's Berlin album!" Reply
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"This is no way her best album but at time of writing this, that is where it is placed. Her 70's albums are better and Love Hurts is a better album." Reply
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Tamthebam | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Album of the year for 1955" Reply
"My favourite Pete Townshend album." Reply
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"(Sappy, sentimental, at times painfully dependent on nostalgia and a certain childish affectation, and yet... I like this a lot. There are some tracks here that make my whole being feel great. The best Emo-Pop-Punk album of the year.) This album is overly long and trails off (to my ears) toward t..." [+] Reply
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Mercury | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 709 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,415 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,396 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,594 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,734 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,984 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 829 | 8% |
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| Neil Young | 42 | 0% | |
| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 36 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 33 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 25 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,027 | 50% | |
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2,656 | 27% | |
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426 | 4% | |
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335 | 3% | |
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220 | 2% | |
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156 | 2% | |
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137 | 1% | |
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Overall Chart chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 5 from 96th to 91st |
Up 3 from 81st to 78th |
Up 3 from 72nd to 69th |
Up 2 from 69th to 67th |
Up 2 from 46th to 44th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 2 from 47th to 49th |
Down 2 from 63rd to 65th |
Down 2 from 68th to 70th |
Down 2 from 79th to 81st |
Down 2 from 92nd to 94th |
