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Explore the overall rankings of the best albums in history, based on over 2 million album rankings across 59,000 charts.
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"A very uneven album, but it still contains some absolute Cream classics: Crossroads, White Room, Politician, Spoonful, and Born Under A Bad Sign... The power of Cream ( just like Jimi Hendrix) is best experienced from their live albums...." Reply
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Jboy56 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1968
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2,089
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"Drake is just so bad. It’s unbelievable. I don’t see what people see in him. There are so many other great rappers out there, people who are incredibly talented, and this is who people go nuts over? This album is even worse than his first album, and his first album only had like one or two good s..." [+] Reply
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RockyRaccoon | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (11 helpful | 7 unhelpful)
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2011
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2,089
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"This is my favourite of the earlier darker records. It's consistent all the way through with stunning moments such as, the holy hour, all cats are grey, and the title track. I always found, seventeen seconds, a little uneven, but this is right on it from start to finish. A great band record, when..." [+] Reply
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1981
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2,087
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"This double album was released after Live at Fillmore East had propelled the band to stardom in the USA. It has three components. Firstly studio tracks featuring Duane Allman, secondly tracks recorded following his untimely demise and lastly live tracks from the Filmore East performances. More by..." [+] Reply
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1972
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2,083
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"This album is astounding. I love all of the tracks except for "Skip Divided". If "Hearing Damage" were on it instead, I'd give it 100/100." Reply
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2006
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2,074
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"First, don't want to ruin this experience for anybody by over hyping it. Take it in in a natural way. So, Beach House is my favorite. I contemplate my favorite album of all time as Teen Dream, Bloom, Depression Cherry, and now Once Twice Melody. This album blows me away with the sonics and sounds..." [+] Reply
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C_Krug2009 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2022
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2,073
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"Easily Dylan's best work of the 80s." Reply
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Decurso | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1988
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2,072
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"This is my favourite System of a Down album. It is their most consistent. There's not a single song on this album that I would skip, I love all of them. Every song is fantastic. Malakian took on a more prominent writing role with Mezmerize, and personally I prefer his writing style. It's highly u..." [+] Reply
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slurpdurp | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2005
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2,069
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"this might be the greatest improvised performance of all time." Reply
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jwammo12 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1975
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2,067
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"For me this is their best album. It's more mature than their first two and the songwriting is more varied." Reply
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lightmyway | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1999
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2,065
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 710 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,422 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,401 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,599 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,747 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,960 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 822 | 8% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Neil Young | 43 | 0% | |
| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 35 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 33 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 25 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,009 | 50% | |
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2,655 | 27% | |
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430 | 4% | |
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337 | 3% | |
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218 | 2% | |
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155 | 2% | |
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136 | 1% | |
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Arcade Fire
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Beach House
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Frank Ocean
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The National
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Radiohead
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Nick Cave
