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:
1973
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Rank Score:
57,851
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Top rated album (92/100 - 5373 votes)  92 (5,373 votes)
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Year of Release:
1997
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Rank Score:
60,959
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Top rated album (92/100 - 5677 votes)  92 (5,677 votes)
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Year of Release:
1969
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Rank Score:
55,382
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Top rated album (92/100 - 4665 votes)  92 (4,665 votes)
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Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
47,722
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Top rated album (91/100 - 4621 votes)  91 (4,621 votes)
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Year of Release:
1975
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Rank Score:
42,981
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Top rated album (91/100 - 4091 votes)  91 (4,091 votes)
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Year of Release:
1967
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Rank Score:
41,521
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Top rated album (90/100 - 4627 votes)  90 (4,627 votes)
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Year of Release:
1972
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Rank Score:
41,646
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Top rated album (90/100 - 3589 votes)  90 (3,589 votes)
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Year of Release:
1971
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Rank Score:
37,311
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Top rated album (90/100 - 4029 votes)  90 (4,029 votes)
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Year of Release:
2007
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Rank Score:
41,642
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Top rated album (89/100 - 3980 votes)  89 (3,980 votes)
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Year of Release:
2015
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Rank Score:
29,748
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Top rated album (89/100 - 2326 votes)  89 (2,326 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).