I used 22 sources plus my own top 100 to compile this list. Requirements for other sources were as follows:
1) The list had to be a ranking of top 100 albums or
more
2) The list had to be a survey of many people's favorite
albums and not a single person's favorite albums.
3) The list had to be the most current Top 100 that was
available from that source.
4) The list had to be 8 years old or less
5) Finally, the list had to have at least one Beatles album
in its top 100. (This last requirement is a little hokey,
but for some reason it wasn't an issue on most lists.)
Sources
1) Album Vote
2) KSCA Radio
3) Rate Your Music
4) Martijn Boeren
5) Rocknworld
6) Radio 2
7) Channel 4
8) Acclaimed Music
9) Mojo Records
10) Studio Brussels
11) Radio 3FM
12) Bowlie Forum
13) Guardian
14) RadioMax
15) WFPK Radio
16) Virgin Records
17) Melody Maker
18) Q Magazine
19) Rolling Stone
20) New Musical Express
21) 1sound
22) VH1
23) Nolan's Top 100
Tie Breakers
1) Higher ranking on Nolan's top 100
2) Higher ranking on Rolling Stone's top 500
3) Higher ranking on VH1's top 100
4) Higher ranking on Q Magazine's top 100
5) Alphabetized by album name
For scoring and additional statistics click here
Avg Rank = How that album ranked on average among all 23 sources
Occurances = How many different lists that album ranked on
Best = The highest ranking that album received among all 23 lists
#1 = Number of times at number 1
Top 5 = Number of times in the top 5
Top 10 = Number of times in the top 10
Top 25 = Number of times in the top 25
Final Score = My score given to the albums and by which they are ranked.
Final Score = [432000 / (sum of rankings)] + {[(Rank #1) * 25] + [(Rank #2-#5) * 10] + [(Rank #6-#10) * 5] + (Rank #11-#25) for albums with 10 or more occurances}