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:
2000
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Rank Score:
45,302
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Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
23,400
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Year of Release:
1969
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Rank Score:
29,489
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Year of Release:
1968
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Rank Score:
39,118
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Year of Release:
1967
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Rank Score:
41,926
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Year of Release:
1965
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Rank Score:
28,335
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Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
33,420
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Year of Release:
2012
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Rank Score:
23,396
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Year of Release:
1965
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Rank Score:
28,073
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Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
40,941
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 2 of 100

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).

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