Sloop John B (track)
by The Beach Boys

Sloop John B by The Beach Boys
Year: 1966
From the album Pet Sounds (track #7)
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89/100 (from 754 votes)
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Average Rating: 
89/100 (from 754 votes)
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 89.5/100, a mean average of 88.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.8.

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From 01/16/2017 14:51
Awesome version of this old classic :)
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From 04/01/2016 21:56
The Beach Boys were never a philosophical lyrical group, all I expect from them is beautiful melodies and harmonies and Sloop John B more than delivers. I don't understand the hate by some people against this very fun song.
#163119 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
From 12/07/2015 23:40
Good track that sounds out of place on the album imo.
#154099 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (1 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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From 09/01/2015 22:36
How anyone could give this a rating lower than, like, 85 or 90 is baffling to me
#149066 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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From 08/25/2015 16:44
Nice song
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From 06/28/2015 20:54
THEY PLAY THIS SONG ON THE CLOSING PLAYLIST WHERE I WORK!!! Haha.
#144741 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
From 03/02/2015 19:16
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From 09/16/2014 20:52
This song is just fantastic
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From 07/22/2014 12:49
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From 12/02/2013 16:48
A work of art
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