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1988
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2005
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1995
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1977
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1985
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2014
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Year of Release:
1969
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Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 25 0%
1950s 297 3%
1960s 728 7%
1970s 1,469 15%
1980s 1,463 15%
1990s 1,670 17%
2000s 1,781 18%
2010s 2,038 20%
2020s 527 5%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 37 0%
The Rolling Stones 33 0%
David Bowie 32 0%
The Beatles 29 0%
Various Artists 27 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Neil Young 25 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 4,995 50%
United Kingdom 2,668 27%
Canada 442 4%
Mixed Nationality 292 3%
Australia 225 2%
Germany 168 2%
Sweden 139 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,714 97%
Yes 286 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,720 97%
Yes 280 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,887 99%
Yes 113 1%
Best Albums of the 1990s
1. OK Computer by Radiohead
2. Nevermind by Nirvana
3. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
4. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
5. The Bends by Radiohead
6. Automatic For The People by R.E.M.
7. Ten by Pearl Jam
8. Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins
9. In Utero by Nirvana
10. Grace by Jeff Buckley
11. (What's The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis
12. Illmatic by Nas
13. Dummy by Portishead
14. Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
15. Weezer (Blue Album) by Weezer
16. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins
17. Homogenic by Björk
18. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
19. Spiderland by Slint
20. Achtung Baby by U2
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