Album Openers
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AAL2014 
- Chart updated: 05/10/2025 22:15
- (Created: 05/18/2017 22:25).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Thunder Road
[First added to this chart: 08/01/2021]
Year of Release:
1975
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Rank Score:
15,380
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Funeral For A Friend/ Love Lies Bleeding
[First added to this chart: 08/01/2021]
Year of Release:
1973
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Rank Score:
7,464
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Battery
[First added to this chart: 08/01/2021]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
12,437
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Watcher of the Skies
[First added to this chart: 08/01/2021]
Year of Release:
1972
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Rank Score:
5,100
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Five Years
[First added to this chart: 08/01/2021]
Year of Release:
1972
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Rank Score:
43,383
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The Spirit Of Radio
[First added to this chart: 08/01/2021]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
3,039
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What’s Going On
[First added to this chart: 08/04/2021]
Year of Release:
1971
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Rank Score:
18,937
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Like A Rolling Stone
[First added to this chart: 08/02/2021]
Year of Release:
1965
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Rank Score:
27,338
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Aces High
[First added to this chart: 08/01/2021]
Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
3,914
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Red Rain
[First added to this chart: 08/01/2021]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
7,018
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Album Openers composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1970s | 30 | 30% | |
| 1980s | 17 | 17% | |
| 1990s | 23 | 23% | |
| 2000s | 8 | 8% | |
| 2010s | 5 | 5% | |
| 2020s | 3 | 3% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Bob Dylan | 3 | 3% | |
| Yes | 2 | 2% | |
| Black Sabbath | 2 | 2% | |
| U2 | 2 | 2% | |
| Tool | 2 | 2% | |
| Kanye West | 2 | 2% | |
| King Crimson | 2 | 2% | |
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Album Openers chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 3 from 70th to 67th Grace by Jeff Buckley |
| Up 3 from 68th to 65th Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age |
| Up 1 from 65th to 64th Maggot Brain by Funkadelic |
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 4 from 64th to 68th Symbolic by Death (Metal) |
| Down 3 from 66th to 69th All Bitches Die by Lingua Ignota |
| Down 3 from 67th to 70th Ramones by Ramones |
| New entries |
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| Perfect From Now On by Built To Spill |
| Leavers |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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