Abandoned Luncheonette
by Daryl Hall & John Oates
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Daryl Hall & John Oates bestography
Abandoned Luncheonette is ranked as the best album by Daryl Hall & John Oates.
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Abandoned Luncheonette track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Abandoned Luncheonette rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | culwin | Top 38 Music Albums of 1973 | 24/38 | 2 |
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 14 Music Albums of 1973 | 2/14 | 5 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 57 Music Albums of 1973 | 47/57 | 1 |
| 2026 |  flamingyesdept | Top 100 Greatest Artists | 77/100 | - |
| 2026 |  O.T. | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 82/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | O.T. | Top 26 Music Albums of 1973 | 15/26 | 2 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 53/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Sandrof1969 | Top 40 Music Albums of 1973 | 26/40 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 88 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 384 | |||
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Abandoned Luncheonette ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/19/2026 01:36 | shawnd27 | 30 | 73/100 |
| ! | 05/14/2026 23:19 | Markstar1 | 277 | 87/100 |
| ! | 04/27/2026 16:37 | gmessian | 385 | 60/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 10% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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Abandoned Luncheonette forum mentions
imacgill 09/13/2026 23:54 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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Abandoned Luncheonette comments
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JoaoMoreira 03/28/2019 02:49 | #234105 | TOP COMMENT
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The album is not as bad as I'll make it sound but these are real issues.
The whole record sounds a like an white easy listening version of black soul.
It's a bipolar record where they try to do something sophisticated but also appeal to classy rich people by making it as inoffensive as it can be.
They try but they lack what Elton John has.
Also production of this record doesn't make any sense.
On a positive side, they got better as the years gone by and made some nice pop hits.
Outside of She's Gone I really don't care much for this album. Hall and Oates has some of my all time favorite songs, but they really don't have good albums (Edited)
flamingyesdept TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/09/2017 16:45 | #182098 | TOP COMMENT
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Excellent album - every song a pop gem. Hall & Oates' best album.
Not their best album. Hall and Oats were still figuring out their musical style here and unfortunately didn’t spotlight Daryl’s fabulous vocals as on later releases. She’s Gone is a classic, but the other tracks range from ho-hum to tolerable at best. I prefer H2O, Voices and Private Eyes to this effort. (Edited)
First half is pretty good, especially the stand-out "She's Gone". It loses me in the back half, though. It's still alright, for 1973. But yeah, it's just alright. (Edited)
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