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The best albums of all time, according to your reviews...
The best album of every decade
The top three of every decade.
Hidden gems
Rated highly on at least five sites, yet with fewer than 3,000 votes on any of the big listener sites.
The golden decade
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More music isn't better music
Artists with the most albums in the top 500
Genres through the decades
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What the top 5,000 is made of
The most common genres among the top 5,000 albums.
The highest-rated genres
The mood of the greats
How strict is each site?
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Who agrees with whom?
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Critics vs. listeners
The albums where AOTY's critic score and its user score are furthest apart (only critic scores based on at least 10 reviews).
AOTY criticsAOTY users
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Each site's taste
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Every site thinks the past was better
1970s albums2020s albums
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