A Charlie Brown Christmas
by Vince Guaraldi

A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi
(Soundtrack album)
Year: 1965
Release date: 1965-12-00
Overall rank: 919th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 262 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1965 (11th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (103rd)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (919th)

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A Charlie Brown Christmas is ranked as the best album by Vince Guaraldi.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 919th | 1960s rank: 103rd | 1965 rank: 11th
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2026tyleraeppsTop 100 Greatest Music Albums53/10048
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s44/10011
2026RiveraTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s85/1003
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 196541/1003
2026matterhornriderTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s85/1003
2026blueandthemoonTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s25/10015
2026 baystateoftheartTop 79 Music Albums of 196513/794
2026Exist-en-cielTop 39 Music Albums of 19656/394
2026downandoutTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s55/1009
2026daCriticTop 34 Music Albums of 196522/342
2026jlsfourthTop 60 Music Albums of the 1960s55/602
2026 ApplerillTop 100 Greatest Music Albums20/10080
2026 RomanelliTop 14 Music Albums of 196513/141
2026matterhornriderJAZZ18/40 -
2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s98/1001
2026blueandthemoonTop 14 Music Albums of 19653/144
2026jdizzle123456Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s69/1006
2026 HaydenTop 95 Music Albums of 196511/954
2026sunnydhammTop 100 Greatest Music Albums93/1008
2026joathomeTop 26 Music Albums of 196525/260
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 252
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 1,906
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Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 262 votes)
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03/01/2026 16:54 sweetness  Ratings distribution  1,12779/100
 
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01/25/2026 04:59 sunnydhamm  Ratings distribution  1,61659/100
 
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12/24/2025 19:36 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  5,06681/100
 
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12/14/2025 14:30 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  10,86370/100
 
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12/08/2025 09:28 Milhaud  Ratings distribution  2,03471/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.0/100, a mean average of 80.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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90/100
From 10/26/2024 15:50 | #305775
An excellent Christmas album. Tracks 4 and 7 are the highlights. 9/10!
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80/100
From 12/06/2022 18:43 | #291805
Grande álbum, total sessão da tarde em dezembro!
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From 06/29/2022 18:55 | #286833
This one completely encompasses the feeling of being a kid at Christmas for me.
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85/100
From 02/28/2020 21:25 | #248317
Christmas music has its fair share of detractors, and usually for good reason: the same few, tired old hits, trotted out year after year on the radio - it's enough to reduce the genre to little more than a joke. However... there are a few notable exceptions. Phil Spector's album is probably the best known, but this, often sultry little jazz affair (it's a soundtrack to the 1965 TV special of the same name), is another Christmas album worthy of your time. Cool, without ever slipping into slick, and nostlagic without ever becoming cloying, this is a great LP and features some excellent arrangements of Christmas classics (the real classics, not the pop tunes!). You might only listen to it for one month of the year, but it will beat anything on the radio.
High Points: My Little Drum; O Tannenbaum; Für Elise
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From 05/17/2018 21:32 | #215048
This, along with a phil spector christmas, is the only christmas album that matters
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From 12/04/2013 12:01 | #96328
Fantastic. The only xmas album I put on bar that low ep.
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80/100
From 04/17/2013 12:09 | #73579
Timeless
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From 11/17/2012 03:12 | #55260
Great album! Favorite tracks were Linus and Lucy and Fuck Christmas.
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80/100
From 11/09/2012 16:05 | #54648
If this doesn't bring a smile to your face, I don't want to know you.
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From 12/24/2011 08:52 | #33649
I really don't like the out of tune singing on "Hark, the Herald Angel Sings".
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