Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums
by Virgin (2000) 
Virgin Group Ltd. is a multinational venture capital conglomerate. These are their best albums of all time. This chart amalgamates two years' worth of accumulated votes collected from all over the world by post, telephone, fax and over the Internet. With more than 200,000 votes it represents a vast range of views and opinions, from critics, journalists and fans.
(Official website: https://www.virgin.com)
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Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 26 | 26% | |
| 1970s | 30 | 30% | |
| 1980s | 16 | 16% | |
| 1990s | 26 | 26% | |
| 2000s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 6 | 6% | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 3% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 3% | |
| U2 | 3 | 3% | |
| Van Morrison | 3 | 3% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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45 | 45% | |
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38 | 38% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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| Overall Top 100 Ranked Correctly |  Mother Nature's Son | Custom chart | 2014 |  |
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Other overall charts
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| The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time | New Music Express | Overall chart | 2013 | |
| NME's Best Albums Of All Time | New Music Express | Overall chart | 1985 | |
| Top 500 Albums of All Time | Rolling Stone | Overall chart | 2005 | |
Other charts by Virgin
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
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| Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums | Virgin | Overall chart | 2000 | |
| Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums | Virgin | Overall chart | 1994 | |
| Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums | Virgin | Overall chart | 1998 | |
Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this chart. | Show all 133 ratings for this chart.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 01/11/2026 19:36 | Gedster | 1 | 85/100 | |
| 11/12/2025 20:35 |  MadhattanJack | 301 | 86/100 | |
| 01/13/2025 14:18 | BorderFreeAndrew | 110 | 81/100 | |
| 09/15/2022 21:52 | telegram | 35 | 84/100 | |
| 08/11/2022 02:21 |  imacgill | 8 | 91/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some charts can have several thousand ratings)
This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 79.3/100, a mean average of 77.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 18.0.
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Just scrolled through the top 100 and I saw many of my favourite albums.
They did a better job than Rolling Stone.
Pretty good list
Larcx13 11/11/2020 12:56 | #260632
Not bad for virgin.
I don't think that this list particulary mirrors the sheer beauty that Radiohead created with their music.
Larcx13 06/19/2020 15:27 | #253916
Interesting choices.
Extremely generic and predictable, but not in a bad way. No real big surprises, especially in the top 50, but that's to be expected. A good list!
Rare to see The Bends over OK Computer but cool nonetheless
lots of classics here, good chart but the positions are more subjective
Overall a pretty decent list although "The Bends" is not the 2nd best album of all time. 102nd maybe..
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