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: 4 hours ago).
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"Best album by a long way by Simple Minds. I can’t find anything bad about it’s a superb sounding album. One of the best albums ever made its beautiful" Reply
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1982
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2,229
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"Combat rock, is really the 'last' proper Clash album, and looking at the contents of the box set a few years ago, it seems the band agrees with this. If you take out, should i stay or should i go, and, rock the casbah, it would be an incredibly frustrating album. The rest is fine, but it's clear ..." [+] Reply
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1982
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2,228
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"There are lots of bands out there priding themselves on making lo-fi indie. This album shows that you can do that and stil be accessible. That Dress Looks Nice on You, Abraham and the title track are all very nice but the best is the closer, Transfiguration, a lilting, banjo-driven, unapologetica..." [+] Reply
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jhuik | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2004
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2,227
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"This record was my introduction to Dream Theater nearly 4 years ago. I fell in love with it right away with the music, the story (with parts of songs set in the present day, and others set in 1928), the production, the players, and the way the songs were set up into Acts. It's a genius album riva..." [+] Reply
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AAL2014 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1999
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2,226
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""A Ghost is Born" is an album that gives as little as it can to new listeners. The contrast dynamics, the slow building guitar hums and distorted fuzz, the muted vocals all serve to alienate any casual listener right off the bat in a way that could leave a bad taste in your mouth. This experience..." [+] Reply
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2004
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2,225
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"This album changed the way I perceive music, it is truly that powerful of an album... The introduction to 'Moya' will be etched in my mind until the day I die! Haunting stuff." Reply
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1999
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2,217
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"After a slightly disappointing 2nd album (You're Gonna Get It), Petty & the band broke out big with this album. Showing some punk attitude and the frustration over a recent fight with their record comany, Petty comes out with a bit of a snarl and a collection of great songs. From start to finish,..." [+] Reply
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Romanelli | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1979
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2,216
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"When Vampire Weekend reformed and released Father of the Bride in 2019 I was just glad that my favourite band in my teenage years could still produce fun and exciting music, even if the output was a bit less consistent in quality than the stuff I'd grown to love years earlier. Only God Was Above ..." [+] Reply
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2024
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2,214
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""When you get into one of these groups, there's only a couple ways you can get out. One is death, the other is mental institutions."" Reply
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louisjwyatt | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +13 votes (13 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2000
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2,211
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"It's hard to find good 80s music outside of the obvious. This, however, is exactly the sort of thing I hope to uncover when digging a little deeper into the Dark Decade." Reply
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ProfessorSquid | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (8 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1983
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2,206
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 78 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 34 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 710 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,425 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,413 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,602 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,720 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,967 | 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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4,998 | 50% | |
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2,656 | 27% | |
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432 | 4% | |
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337 | 3% | |
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221 | 2% | |
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157 | 2% | |
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134 | 1% | |
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| Best Ever Artists | |
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| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. Radiohead | |
| 3. Pink Floyd | |
| 4. David Bowie | |
| 5. Bob Dylan | |
| 6. Led Zeppelin | |
| 7. The Rolling Stones | |
| 8. Arcade Fire | |
| 9. Neil Young | |
| 10. Nirvana | |
| 11. Kendrick Lamar | |
| 12. The Velvet Underground | |
| 13. Miles Davis | |
| 14. The Smiths | |
| 15. R.E.M. | |
| 16. The Beach Boys | |
| 17. Kanye West | |
| 18. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 19. The Cure | |
| 20. Pixies |
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