The Beatles (The White Album) (studio album) by The Beatles

The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 13th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
89/100 (from 3,725 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Best album of 1968 (1st)
Award Top 10 albums of the 1960s (6th)
Award Top 20 albums of all time (13th)

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The Beatles (The White Album) is ranked 4th best out of 68 albums by The Beatles on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Beatles is Abbey Road which is ranked number 3 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 65,919.

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The Beatles (The White Album) track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rating: 90 (948 votes)Comments: 10
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Rating: 84 (780 votes)Comments: 10
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Rating: 87 (797 votes)Comments: 9
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Rating: 91 (958 votes)Comments: 11
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Rating: 79 (727 votes)Comments: 13
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Rating: 84 (759 votes)Comments: 8
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Rating: 83 (717 votes)Comments: 9
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Rating: 86 (772 votes)Comments: 11
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Rating: 82 (745 votes)Comments: 14
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Rating: 84 (729 votes)Comments: 13
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Rating: 86 (763 votes)Comments: 13
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Rating: 91 (955 votes)Comments: 21
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Rating: 86 (770 votes)Comments: 10
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Rating: 79 (693 votes)Comments: 11
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Rating: 81 (690 votes)Comments: 14
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Rating: 85 (731 votes)Comments: 12
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Rating: 63 (725 votes)Comments: 40
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Rating: 81 (691 votes)Comments: 13
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Average Rating: 
89/100 (from 3,725 votes)
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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 88.9/100, a mean average of 87.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.

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95/100
From 05/21/2023 22:50
This is their most expansive and experimental album The Beatles have ever created. This is primarily due to the sheer number of genres they go into on this record and it is almost like they are trying to cover the whole of music history in a 90 minute run time. As a result of this, we get a rollercoaster ride of an album that is one of the most interesting and engaging releases of all time. I remember my first time listening to this record and being in complete shock every time I went onto a new song as you really can't predict what you are going to get next. One of the best surprises I got on my first listen was Helter Skelter which is an absolute classic Beatles track with its heavy guitar work and frantic drumming never failing to fill me with energy. There are so many more moments like this that I have with this record but with just how diverse it is going through them all might take all day. Not only is their genres and styles diverse on here but so is the instrumentation with there being so much to explore and analyse. Pretty much all of the instrumentation feels significant as well with all of it serving a purpose and it always suits the style of music they are going for on whatever song these unique instruments show up on. The song writing is also fantastic on here with the range of themes and ideas they go into depth about being seriously impressive. Overall, for a 90 minute record this is extremely consistent in terms of its quality and this is probably the most enjoyable album of theirs to listen to even if it isn't their strongest.
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From 05/10/2023 16:41
Poster example of the whole being bigger than the sum of its parts.
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From 04/17/2023 19:30
A monument of ragged, strange, often masturbatory opulence. It's as adventurous as rock music gets, and even for a 90-minute behemoth, it moves at a breakneck pace. For every idea that may not land or inspire, there are a handful more to do the job.
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From 10/23/2022 02:19
My favorite Beatles album
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Fab four album
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Tons of hits with just a few misses
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Best Songs: Back in the USSR, Dear Prudence, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Blackbird.
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Album of the year. 1968
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