Chaos And Creation In The Backyard
by Paul McCartney
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Paul McCartney bestography
Chaos And Creation In The Backyard is ranked 4th 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 262 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,098.
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Chaos And Creation In The Backyard track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Chaos And Creation In The Backyard rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | gregthealien | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 85/100 | 15 |
| 2026 |  SomethingSpecial | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 95/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | timosbuecherei | Top 15 Music Albums of the 2000s | 12/15 | 5 |
| 2026 |  serpico | Top 96 Music Albums of the 2000s | 93/96 | 1 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 50 Music Albums of 2005 | 41/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 80 Music Albums of 2005 | 29/80 | 3 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  PanheadWarrior | Top 62 Music Albums of 2005 | 31/62 | 3 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 82 Music Albums of 2005 | 34/82 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 23/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 184 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 969 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 47 hours ago | Pienk | 745 | 80/100 |
| ! | 09/28/2026 20:52 | luukvdschepop | 767 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/08/2026 23:22 |  Graeme2 | 4,921 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.8/100, a mean average of 77.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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Chaos And Creation In The Backyard forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/05/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5456): By AMEIER BestEverAlbums 07/13/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5372): By gregthealien
pedro1976 06/19/2026 11:26 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Chaos And Creation In The Backyard comments
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This is one of Paul McCartney's most interesting albums. Chaos and creation, is predominantly acoustic in sound, and is much more challenging in structure than most McCartney records, maybe only his self titled albums from 1970 and 1980 compare. Having said that, the songs here are much more thought out and focused. Opener, fine line, is okay, but it actually one of the less interesting tracks here, in fact to me it sounds like the theme tune to only fool's and horses. How kind of you, is a better example of the album, and like, at the mercy, and, riding to vanity fair, is not predictable. The strongest songs though are the blackbird-like, Jenny Wren, the rubber soul-is, friends to go, the excellent, too much rain, and the beautiful, a certain softness. The rest is fine, like, follow me, and, the slightly tongue in cheek, English tea(very twee, very me). A very good album then, definitely one of McCartney's top six or seven.
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/21/2011 12:50 | #22048 | TOP COMMENT
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It is amazing how well his voice has held up over the years...haven't heard this whole album, just clips.
A wonderful piece of work, mostly performed solo (a multi-instrumentalist at the top of his game), with Nigel Godrich overseeing the proceedings.
JoaoMoreira 01/27/2016 05:07 | #157881 | TOP COMMENT
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Very nice album with haunting harmonies. Godrich's really gave the twist to McCartney's music and revealed his other side.
How Kind of You and Jenny Wren are superb songs!
The album is really worth listening attentively, even though the last 3/4 tracks are out of context.
Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/26/2014 15:57 | #128057 | TOP COMMENT
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A good album from McCartney one of the best he has recorded as a solo artist. Best tracks are Anyway, At the Mercy, Fine Line and Riding To Vanity Fair.
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