The Meters
by The Meters

The Meters by The Meters
Year: 1969
Overall rank: 5,692nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 61 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1969 (101st)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (442nd)
Award Best albums of all time (5,692nd)

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The Meters bestography

The Meters is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by The Meters on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Meters is Rejuvenation which is ranked number 3665 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 399.

The Meters album bestography « Higher ranked (3,665th)
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This album (5,692nd)
The Meters
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The Meters rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,692nd | 1960s rank: 442nd | 1969 rank: 101st
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2026sunnydhammTop 67 Music Albums of the 1960s31/6711
2026bonnequestionTop 41 Music Albums of 19696/414
2026bonnequestionFunk & Soul6/100 -
2026bonnequestionTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s10/10018
2026bonnequestionBest American Albums32/100 -
2026 imacgillTop 61 Music Albums of 196956/610
2026bonnequestionBest Ever Albums - 1 Per Artist62/100 -
2026JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1969 by Ultimate Record Collector65/100 -
2026 OldToadTop 49 Music Albums of the 1960s44/492
2026 arthurbittencourtTop 65 Music Albums of the 1960s61/652
2025 Graeme2Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s91/1002
2025 paladisiac1960s, 55-rating, #001-100*6/24 -
2025 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of 196970/1002
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 196967/1002
2025BorderFreeAndrewTop 100 Music Albums of 196963/1002
2025 Larcx13Top 23 Music Albums of 196917/232
2025TodFitzTop 100 Music Albums of 196944/1003
2025WayneMCTop 100 Music Albums of 196990/1001
2025 imimesisTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s32/10014
2025 Larcx13Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s47/10011
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 74
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 236
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The Meters ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 61 votes)
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11/02/2025 04:52 Larcx13  Ratings distribution  2,85074/100
 
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11/17/2024 01:20 davidleewrong  Ratings distribution  2,32381/100
 
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06/07/2024 14:59 thepardunk  Ratings distribution  2,57269/100
 
80/100
 
04/19/2024 04:12 ScrumpyArbuckle  Ratings distribution  1,13178/100
 
85/100
 
12/20/2023 02:44 bonnequestion  Ratings distribution  1,61470/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.7/100, a mean average of 77.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.

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From 12/26/2020 17:43 | #263233
So this is a really good funk record. I dont need vocals. Deserves a much better rating.
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3. Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin
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