Donovan's Greatest Hits
by Donovan
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Donovan's Greatest Hits is ranked 6th best out of 41 albums by Donovan on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Donovan is Sunshine Superman which is ranked number 1445 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,188.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Donovan's Greatest Hits track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Donovan's Greatest Hits rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 18/100 | 17 |
| 2026 | jlsfourth | Top 60 Music Albums of the 1960s | 48/60 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 2301-2400 | 16/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1969 | 43/91 | - |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 40 Music Albums of 1969 | 35/40 | 1 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 66 Music Albums of 1969 | 10/66 | 4 |
| 2026 | Purplepash | Top 45 Music Albums of 1969 | 7/45 | 4 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 80 Music Albums of 1969 | 17/80 | 4 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 27/100 | 15 |
| 2025 |  CharlieBarley | Top 63 Music Albums of 1969 | 35/63 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 35 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 171 | |||
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Donovan's Greatest Hits ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/26/2026 04:19 |  CaptainPain | 3,418 | 61/100 |
| ! | 08/04/2026 13:28 |  hoyquarlow | 541 | 76/100 |
| ! | 08/28/2025 13:38 | machiaj | 805 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 77.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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Donovan's Greatest Hits forum mentions
Romanelli 11/28/2024 19:07 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 01/03/2024 21:18 in What album are you listening to right now?
RoundTheBend 08/16/2020 18:51 in Albums You Added To Your Collection TodayDonovan's Greatest Hits comments
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Side one of this fine record (Epistle to Dippie, Sunshine Superman, There Is A Mountain, Jennifer Juniper, Wear Your Love Like Heaven, Season of the Witch) is my favorite LP side of all time.
It's amazing to me that 3/4 of the comments before mine are more concerned with the side men on 1 track than letting fellow BEA-ers know about the record.
Donovan, 1996: "'Hurdy Gurdy Man' featured a certain Mr. James Patrick Page and the soon-to-be Led Zeppelin rhythm section, John Paul Jones and John Bonham."
Eddie Kramer, 2000: "I worked with Page at Olympic on 'Hurdy Gurdy Man' by Donovan" (in 2005 Kramer added that Page was brought in to overdub lead guitar)
Jimmy Page, 2000: "I know it's rumoured that I played on that. But I didn't."
John Paul Jones, 2002: "No it wasn't Jimmy. It was me, Alan Parker on guitar, and Clem Cattini on drums. Donovan played acoustic guitar. I booked the session."
John Paul Jones, 2005: "I would like to confirm that the musicians on the record were as follows: Donovan, Accoustic Guitar; John Paul Jones, Arrangement/Musical Director and Bass Guitar; Alan Parker, Lead (electric) Guitar; Clem Cattini, Drums. No other musicians were involved in this session."
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/08/2010 19:58 | #12692 | TOP COMMENT
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Led Zepellin was the backup band(except Robert Plant of course) for "Hurdy Gurdy Man"..I found that info in a "45" retail value book ( for instance, " I stand accused" by jerry butler with a picture sleeve was worth $25)It listed the value of every 45 ever made plus the people who played on the record. I can't remember the name of the book. It was in a 45 shop that only sold old original singles. The owner had it behind the counter and let me look through it.
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/06/2018 13:59 | #216218 | TOP COMMENT
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I was so into Donovan as a kid...My first "adult" record was "sunshine superman", his first big hit..summer of '66, I was 11 yo. So magical. I loved all of his songs...especially "wear your love like heaven. I still have the 45 in its original picture sleeve. To give you an idea of how much variety there was on the radio in the 60s, this is the top 100 singles the week that "sunshine superman was #1.
http://98.130.35.56/archives/60s_files/19660903.html
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/24/2015 13:17 | #155070 | TOP COMMENT
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Donovan, 1989: "All around the 'Hurdy Gurdy Man' sessions [were] Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones. A band was forming around these sessions and Led Zeppelin, I believe, looking back, was formed around 'The Hurdy Gurdy Man' sessions. So if I formed Led Zeppelin I want to call upon those boys next year, I wanna record it with them next year! OK, I started Led Zeppelin and it goes like this...OK, I STARTED LED ZEPPELIN!!!"
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