Driving Rain
by Paul McCartney
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Paul McCartney bestography
Driving Rain is ranked 21st best out of 50 albums by Paul McCartney on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Paul McCartney is Band On The Run which is ranked number 261 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,106.
(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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Driving Rain track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Driving Rain rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Paul McCartney/Wings/The Fireman/Twin Freaks: RANKED | 18/33 | - |
| 2026 | NowhereMan | Top 11 Music Albums of 2001 | 2/11 | 5 |
| 2026 | NowhereMan | Beatles Solo Works - RANKED | 22/52 | - |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 60 Music Albums of 2001 | 57/60 | 0 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 59 Music Albums of 2001 | 46/59 | 1 |
| 2026 | davidhuret | Ranking: Paul McCartney's albums (excluding his classical works) | 25/32 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 92 Music Albums of 2001 | 6/92 | 5 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 39/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 59 Music Albums of 2001 | 24/59 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 48 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 184 | |||
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Driving Rain ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/14/2026 12:17 | Chamita78 | 25 | 96/100 |
| ! | 06/18/2026 13:44 | mostlymor | 7,023 | 79/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2026 15:33 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.1/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.
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pedro1976 11/24/2025 06:51 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 11/12/2023 16:17 in What album are you listening to right now?Driving Rain comments
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A very obscure album for McCartney standards.
Overall is good with some good tracks and some less interesting ones. I can't help to think that it would be really good if the tracklist was cut from 16 to 10 or 11 tracks. Albums got really long in the cd era and I don't think that was a good thing at all.
My personal favourites are Heather and Rinse the raindrops. (Edited)
This album is good, strong sound, beautiful melodies. I don't know how is rated under 'Flowers in the dirt' or 'back to the egg'... There are some great tracks, some OK, but overall a good album.
Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/09/2014 12:14 | #126567 | TOP COMMENT
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A really good but underrated album from McCartney it has a heavier sound which is great. Every track has something but could have done without Spinning On An Axis and Heather overall a great return to form. She's Given Up Talking, Driving Rain and Rinse The Raindrops are the best tracks.
Shadow23 03/04/2013 15:38 | #66990 | TOP COMMENT
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A very strong and beautiful album by McCartney. His best solo. It's got some very, very, VERY good highlights like "Lonely Road", "From A Lover To A Friend", "She's Given Up Talking", "Driving Rain", "Your Loving Flame" and "Freedom"
An incredibly underrated and overlooked album from McCartney's catalog. I enjoy just about all of the songs, especially "Your Loving Flame," which in my opinion, is one of his best songs in decades.
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