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9991.

Once In A Lifetime
Live

Runrig

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

9 charts

Rank Score:

118

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9992.

The Emancipation Of Mimi

Mariah Carey

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

52 charts

Rank Score:

118

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9993.

Gold

Starflyer 59

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

118

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9994.

Ode To J. Smith

Travis

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

118

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9995.

Live
Live

Jeff Beck With The Jan Hammer Group

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

17 charts

Rank Score:

118

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9996.

Voices And Images

Camouflage

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

118

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9997.

Stella

Yello

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

47 charts

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118

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9998.

Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone

Lucinda Williams

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

34 charts

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118

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9999.

Extrapolation

John McLaughlin

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

118

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10000.

Gently Disturbed

Avishai Cohen Trio

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

13 charts

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118

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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	%

	4,995	50%
	2,668	27%
	442	4%
	292	3%
	225	2%
	168	2%
	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%

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Best Albums of 1971
1. Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin
2. Who's Next by The Who
3. Hunky Dory by David Bowie
4. What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
5. Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
6. Blue by Joni Mitchell
7. Tago Mago by Can
8. Meddle by Pink Floyd
9. L.A. Woman by The Doors
10. Tapestry by Carole King
11. Fragile by Yes
12. Bryter Layter by Nick Drake
13. Master Of Reality by Black Sabbath
14. Aqualung by Jethro Tull
15. Ram by Paul & Linda McCartney
16. Electric Warrior by T. Rex
17. Imagine by John Lennon
18. Maggot Brain by Funkadelic
19. There's A Riot Goin' On by Sly & The Family Stone
20. At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band