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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39,194
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Top rated album (89/100 - 4501 votes)  89 (4,501 votes)
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Year of Release:
1959
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20,986
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Top rated album (89/100 - 2297 votes)  89 (2,297 votes)
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Year of Release:
1969
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26,670
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Top rated album (89/100 - 2453 votes)  89 (2,453 votes)
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Year of Release:
1968
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35,641
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Top rated album (89/100 - 3859 votes)  89 (3,859 votes)
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Year of Release:
1967
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Rank Score:
37,511
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Top rated album (89/100 - 3587 votes)  89 (3,587 votes)
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Year of Release:
1965
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25,372
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Top rated album (88/100 - 2841 votes)  88 (2,841 votes)
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Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
30,135
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Top rated album (88/100 - 2983 votes)  88 (2,983 votes)
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Year of Release:
1965
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25,251
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Top rated album (88/100 - 3406 votes)  88 (3,406 votes)
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Year of Release:
2012
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20,801
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Top rated album (88/100 - 2041 votes)  88 (2,041 votes)
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Year of Release:
1966
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36,682
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Top rated album (88/100 - 3318 votes)  88 (3,318 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).