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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The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,165 charts

Rank Score:

57,851

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1997

Appears in:

4,464 charts

Rank Score:

60,959

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1969

Appears in:

3,767 charts

Rank Score:

55,382

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1966

Appears in:

3,620 charts

Rank Score:

47,722

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1975

Appears in:

3,029 charts

Rank Score:

42,981

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Average Rating:

91 (4,091 votes)

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,513 charts

Rank Score:

41,521

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90 (4,627 votes)

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The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars

David Bowie

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

3,036 charts

Rank Score:

41,646

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90 (3,589 votes)

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Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV)

Led Zeppelin

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

3,179 charts

Rank Score:

37,311

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2007

Appears in:

2,987 charts

Rank Score:

41,642

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10.

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2015

Appears in:

1,872 charts

Rank Score:

29,748

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Average Rating:

89 (2,326 votes)

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371

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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).

Best Ever Artists

1. The Beatles

2. Radiohead

3. Pink Floyd

4. David Bowie

5. Bob Dylan

6. Led Zeppelin

7. The Rolling Stones

8. Arcade Fire

9. Neil Young

10. Nirvana