Odds & Sods
by The Who

Odds & Sods by The Who
(Compilation album)
Year: 1974
Overall rank: 10,427th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 108 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1974 (146th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,492nd)
Award Best albums of all time (10,427th)

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The Who bestography

Odds & Sods is ranked 16th best out of 51 albums by The Who on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Who is Who's Next which is ranked number 40 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 20,855.

The Who album bestography « Higher ranked (10,142nd)
Magic Bus: The Who On Tour
This album (10,427th)
Odds & Sods
Lower ranked (15,017th) »
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Odds & Sods track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 10,427th | 1970s rank: 1,492nd | 1974 rank: 146th

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 108 votes)
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01/07/2026 10:11 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  2,86283/100
 
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12/30/2025 10:32 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,04770/100
 
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12/12/2025 02:14 Olli  Ratings distribution  6,75563/100
 
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02/06/2025 15:35 duelek  Ratings distribution  1,73776/100
 
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11/20/2024 15:24 mostlymor  Ratings distribution  6,81579/100

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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 74.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.

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From 05/26/2020 08:59 | #252098
Naked Eye stands out on this one..... I don't understand why it didn't make it onto a 'proper' album.
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65/100
From 01/12/2017 00:49 | #182331
An aptly titled album. There's definitely filler here, but you have to wonder why a few of these songs didn't make it onto previous albums.
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80/100
From 11/07/2016 21:37 | #178080
Even their "odd" left overs are good!
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From 03/20/2014 03:19 | #106952
Not sure what 5thBeatle is listening to. Pure and Easy is one of The Who's greatest songs IMO. Faith in Something Bigger is a beautiful song with Beatles-esque harmonies. Long Live Rock and Naked Eye are Who classics. Glow Girl is a cool song. Lots of variety on this album--from The Who's second song, I'm The Face to the radio commercial anti - smoking Little Billy to a great Entwistle song, Postcard--this album is aptly named and truly underrated as all of these songs are originals. Great album cover also!
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90/100
From 06/07/2012 02:48 | #43942
The original release had half the number of tracks and trimmed off a lot of the dross. Only the Who could turn out a collection of album rejects with classics like "Naked Eye," "Pure and Easy," and "Too Much of Anything." "Postcard" is a fun song from Entwistle.
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80/100
From 05/19/2012 20:36 | #42713
Not much stands out on this one.
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2. On The Beach by Neil Young
3. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis
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