Steel Wheels
by The Rolling Stones
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The Rolling Stones bestography
Steel Wheels is ranked 21st best out of 105 albums by The Rolling Stones on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Rolling Stones is Exile On Main St. which is ranked number 49 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,236.
(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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Steel Wheels track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Steel Wheels rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Greatest Rolling Stones Studio Albums | 20/27 | - |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  JR | The Rolling Stones | 20/23 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1989 | 21/90 | - |
| 2026 |  rambleon80 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1989 | 12/20 | 2 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 84/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 2/100 | 20 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 93/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Best of The 80s Pt.2 (101-200) | 58/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 148 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 350 | |||
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Steel Wheels ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/11/2026 18:08 | Fritz | 1,368 | 77/100 |
| ! | 07/28/2026 18:53 | JR | 1,124 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2026 16:15 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,655 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.0/100, a mean average of 66.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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Forum mentions
Repo 08/06/2025 00:06 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) imacgill 11/17/2024 22:44 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Steel Wheels comments
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VictorVale 08/03/2026 22:21 | #315518
Os Stones voltam a linha, reencontram sua melhor música em um bom álbum em anos. (Edited)
Squonk007 02/01/2026 15:15 | #312939
I find this quite diverse with a mix of styles. Almost Hear You Sigh is the stand out but all the tracks are interesting in their own way. Not bad. (Edited)
When good groups stick around too long and run out of things to say. (Edited)
Incredibly bland and mediocre. (Edited)
Perfectly fine for what it is but really not a single notable song on here. Painfully average for the Stones.
Best song(s): Rock and a Hard Place; Almost Hear You Sigh
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