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| Best Years in Rock 1) 1966 Top 500: 14 Albums Top 100: 4 Albums Top 50: 3 Albums |
Top 5 Albums 1) The Beatles - Revolver 7) The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 17) Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde 90) Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul 130) Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues Singers |
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| 2) 1991 Top 500: 18 Albums Top 100: 5 Albums Top 50: 3 Albums |
3) Nirvana - Nevermind 30) U2 - Achtung Baby 33) Pearl Jam - Ten 61) Metallica - Metallica 73) Massive Attack - Blues Lines |
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| 3) 1967 Top 500: 21 Albums Top 100: 6 Albums Top 50: 5 Albums |
4) The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's 11) The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico 27) Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? 37) The Doors - The Doors 40) Love - Forever Changes |
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| 4) 1969 Top 500: 25 Albums Top 100: 7 Albums Top 50: 2 Albums |
5) The Beatles - Abbey Road 29) The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed 54) The Band - The Band 63) Led Zeppelin - II 75) The Who - Tommy |
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| 5) 1971 Top 500: 18 Albums Top 100: 9 Albums Top 50: 6 Albums |
18) Marvin Gaye - What's Going On? 25) The Who - Who's Next 32) Led Zeppelin - IV 36) David Bowie - Hunky Dory 38) Joni Mitchell - Blue |
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| Worst Years in Rock 1) 1981 Top 500: 4 Albums Top 1000: 9 Albums |
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| Top 3 Albums 250) The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You 386) The Police - Ghost in the Machine 393) X - Wild Gift |
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| 2) 1983 Top 500: 6 Albums Top 1000: 10 Albums |
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| 94) R.E.M. - Murmur 189) Prince - 1999 288) U2 - War |
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| 3) 1963 Top 500: 5 Albums Top 1000: 9 Albums |
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| 83) James Brown - Live at the Apollo 122) Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan 123) The Beatles - Please Please Me |
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| 4) 1990 Top 500: 4 Albums Top 1000: 14 Albums |
212) Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet 341) Depeche Mode - Violator 485) Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got |
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| 5) 1964 Top 500: 5 Albums Top 1000: 9 Albums |
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| 81) John Coltrane - A Love Supreme 103) The Beatles - Meet the Beatles 263) The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night |
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| Decades in Rock | ||||||||
| 1) 1960's | ||||||||
| #1 Top 5 Top 10 Top 25 Top 50 Top 100 Top 500 1 4 5 10 15 26 106 |
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| 2) 1970's | ||||||||
| #1 Top 5 Top 10 Top 25 Top 50 Top 100 Top 500 0 0 2 10 21 42 176 |
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| 3) 1990's | ||||||||
| #1 Top 5 Top 10 Top 25 Top 50 Top 100 Top 500 0 1 2 4 6 13 104 |
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| 4) 1980's | ||||||||
| #1 Top 5 Top 10 Top 25 Top 50 Top 100 Top 500 0 0 1 1 7 17 78 |
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| -1962 or earlier and 2000 or later were not considered in the tabulation of top years and decades. | ||||||||
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