Top-rated albums of all time

Listed below are the top-rated albums of all time as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .
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Year of Release:
1973
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56,319
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Top rated album (92/100 - 5382 votes)  92 (5,382 votes)
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Year of Release:
1997
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59,454
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Top rated album (92/100 - 5687 votes)  92 (5,687 votes)
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Year of Release:
1969
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Rank Score:
53,927
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Top rated album (92/100 - 4677 votes)  92 (4,677 votes)
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Year of Release:
1966
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46,525
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Top rated album (91/100 - 4629 votes)  91 (4,629 votes)
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Year of Release:
1975
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Rank Score:
41,888
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Top rated album (91/100 - 4099 votes)  91 (4,099 votes)
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Year of Release:
1967
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Rank Score:
40,497
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Top rated album (90/100 - 4635 votes)  90 (4,635 votes)
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Year of Release:
1972
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Rank Score:
40,722
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Top rated album (90/100 - 3593 votes)  90 (3,593 votes)
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Year of Release:
1971
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Rank Score:
36,314
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Top rated album (90/100 - 4036 votes)  90 (4,036 votes)
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Year of Release:
2007
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Rank Score:
40,425
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Top rated album (89/100 - 3987 votes)  89 (3,987 votes)
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Year of Release:
2015
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Rank Score:
29,094
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Top rated album (89/100 - 2328 votes)  89 (2,328 votes)
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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).