Overall Chart

Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 58,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com! (Chart last updated: 5 hours ago).
You can customise how this chart is generated, browse the individual charts constituting the overall rankings from The Charts page, or submit your own chart from the My Charts page!
View chart at point in time
 Show this chart as it was on the following date
(... Or view the overall chart history).
Share this chart
  • RSS feed: RSS
  • Download CSV file: Log in / register
  • Play on Spotify:
  • URL to this chart:
Collector's summary (top 1,000) Help The maximum rank used by the Collector's Summary is configurable from your profile (top 1,000 is currently selected). Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!
Sort Sort by
"Stubbornly dissonant from start to finish, yet incredibly engrossing all the same. It's easy to get swept up in the chaos of it all. Singer Tim Taylor struggles to stay afloat in a sea of curdled guitars, queasy synths and god knows what. The band are clearly having a blast and their barely conta..."  [+]  Reply
- kickerofelves | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
Year of Release:
1994
Appears in:
Rank Score:
136
Rank in 1994:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Year of Release:
1968
Appears in:
Rank Score:
136
Rank in 1968:
Rank in 1960s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Share your opinion and help others discover this album. The top-voted comments are showcased in our aggregate charts!
Year of Release:
2015
Appears in:
Rank Score:
136
Rank in 2015:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"This is one of my favorite albums to come out of the late 90s explosion in interest in trip-hop. The band quickly moved beyond this sound (and this singer), making this a real standout in their catalogue."  Reply
- zdwyatt | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
Year of Release:
1996
Appears in:
Rank Score:
136
Rank in 1996:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Share your opinion and help others discover this album. The top-voted comments are showcased in our aggregate charts!
Year of Release:
1988
Appears in:
Rank Score:
136
Rank in 1988:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Year of Release:
1982
Appears in:
Rank Score:
136
Rank in 1982:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Share your opinion and help others discover this album. The top-voted comments are showcased in our aggregate charts!
Year of Release:
1966
Appears in:
Rank Score:
136
Rank in 1966:
Rank in 1960s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Year of Release:
2005
Appears in:
Rank Score:
136
Rank in 2005:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
8949.
Greatest Hits 
Compilation
"Every time i listen to this album, i really enjoy it.it not music that is seriously creative, but their is some very good versions of some songs on it. Desperado and you,re no good are the prime examples."  Reply
- Smith | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
Year of Release:
1976
Appears in:
Rank Score:
136
Rank in 1976:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Year of Release:
2005
Appears in:
Rank Score:
136
Rank in 2005:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Total albums: 10,000. Page 895 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Best Albums of 1982
1. Thriller by Michael Jackson
2. The Dreaming by Kate Bush
3. The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden
4. Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
5. Pornography by The Cure
6. 1999 by Prince
7. Avalon by Roxy Music
8. Rio by Duran Duran
9. Love Over Gold by Dire Straits
10. The Nightfly by Donald Fagen
11. New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) by Simple Minds
12. Combat Rock by The Clash
13. Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello And The Attractions
14. Peter Gabriel (1982) by Peter Gabriel
15. Big Science by Laurie Anderson
16. English Settlement by XTC
17. Screaming For Vengeance by Judas Priest
18. The Lexicon Of Love by ABC
19. Hex Enduction Hour by The Fall
20. Bad Brains by Bad Brains