12 Songs
by Randy Newman
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Randy Newman bestography
12 Songs is ranked 3rd best out of 35 albums by Randy Newman on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Randy Newman is Sail Away which is ranked number 1745 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 980.
(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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12 Songs track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
12 Songs rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 97 Music Albums of 1970 | 36/97 | 3 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 47 Music Albums of 1970 | 43/47 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 20 Music Albums of 1970 | 19/20 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1970 | 39/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Robert Christgau's 1970 Jazz & Pop Ballot: Pop | 1/10 | - |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1970 | 17/67 | - |
| 2026 | imimesis | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 54/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 76/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 40 Music Albums of 1970 | 18/40 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 108 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 239 | |||
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12 Songs ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/28/2026 06:34 | Leginlists | 3,786 | 83/100 |
| ! | 02/07/2026 08:08 | PurplePiePete | 1,839 | 80/100 |
| ! | 01/11/2026 00:31 | poirotketchup | 427 | 71/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.
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Forum mentions
CharlieBarley 08/06/2021 20:42 in What album are you listening to right now?
EyeKanFly 02/23/2021 19:29 in What album are you listening to right now?12 Songs comments
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VictorVale 03/14/2021 13:18 | #267366
Calmo, meio pantanoso, ameriano demais.
Terrific stuff
Another time, another place....
poppmusic 03/06/2016 23:38 | #161468 | TOP COMMENT
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Kinda sounds like an album Forrest Gump would make
swhaze 12/23/2014 22:45 | #130015 | TOP COMMENT
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This is such a great record by a criminally overlooked artist.
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