Top-rated albums of 2005

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 2005 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:
2005
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68
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422.
Chaos Theory 
Soundtrack
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Year of Release:
2005
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12
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Year of Release:
2005
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15
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2005
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57
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2005
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Rank Score:
4
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2005
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Rank Score:
108
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2005
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15
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428.
Anthology 
Compilation
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Year of Release:
2005
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4
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2005
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Rank Score:
575
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2005
Appears in:
Rank Score:
4
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Total albums: 568. Page 43 of 57

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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