The Best Of The Guess Who
by The Guess Who

The Best Of The Guess Who by The Guess Who
(Compilation album)
Year: 1971
Overall rank: 9,252nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 53 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (138th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,359th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,252nd)

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The Guess Who bestography

The Best Of The Guess Who is ranked 3rd best out of 28 albums by The Guess Who on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Guess Who is American Woman which is ranked number 3669 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 401.

The Guess Who album bestography « Higher ranked (5,299th)
Canned Wheat
This album (9,252nd)
The Best Of The Guess Who
Lower ranked (10,129th) »
Wheatfield Soul

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 9,252nd | 1970s rank: 1,359th | 1971 rank: 138th
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2026SkernsTop 95 Music Albums of 197131/953
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 197157/1002
2026 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 1801-190010/100 -
2026 MadhattanJackTop 50 Music Albums of 197132/502
2026 RomanelliTop 45 Music Albums of 197141/451
2026machiajTop 60 Complication Albums9/60 -
2026stevengnzTop 84 Music Albums of 197157/842
2025 ExTeaSeaTop 65 Music Albums of 197163/650
2024LosWochosTop 100 Music Albums of 197176/1001
2024MetaKoopa99Albums in My Vinyl Collection, Part 23/100 -
2024ThuramThugoodRanked - The Guess Who (CAN) - Ranked23/27 -
2023MetaKoopa99Top 35 Music Albums of 197133/350
2022arnellarsenTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s100/1000
2022romackjack1972Top 100 Greatest Music Albums32/10044
2022 bobbyb5Top 99 Greatest Music Albums57/9925
2021 RoundTheBendTop 62 Music Albums of 197117/624
2021 pjohnsongolfTop 56 Music Albums of the 1970s54/561
2021traistboarTop 50 Greatest Music Albums29/5024
2020roberto71Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s24/10015
2020caseygowTop 100 Music Albums of 197137/1003
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 27
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 131
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77/100 (from 53 votes)
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01/03/2026 12:01 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,96370/100
 
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05/20/2025 19:10 machiaj  Ratings distribution  80571/100
 
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03/08/2025 22:53 stevengnz  Ratings distribution  2,61173/100
 
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05/07/2024 16:15 LosWochos  Ratings distribution  46,89375/100
 
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01/05/2024 14:53 Fevernova  Ratings distribution  3,14082/100

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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 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.

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From 01/29/2016 13:09 | #158070
I wore this vinyl out when I first bought this record. Every track is classic.
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From 05/21/2011 19:29 | #22063
Another fine Best Of. Their earlier albums aren'ttrong, and not always easy to find. Much better than the Greatest Hits that came out later...this one has most of the Guess Who you'll ever need. And Burton Cummings has a GREAT rock & roll voice!
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