Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of John Lennon
by John Lennon
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John Lennon bestography
Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of John Lennon is ranked 5th best out of 23 albums by John Lennon on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by John Lennon is John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band which is ranked number 151 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,896.
(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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Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of John Lennon track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of John Lennon rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  CharlieBarley | Top 63 Music Albums of 1997 | 54/63 | 1 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 100 Band Compilations | 42/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1997 | 74/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1997 | 77/100 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 27 Music Albums of 1997 | 12/27 | 3 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 43 Music Albums of 1997 | 31/43 | 2 |
| 2025 | jlsfourth | Top 10 Greatest Hits Compilations | 6/10 | - |
| 2025 |  MadhattanJack | Top 62 Music Albums of 1997 | 43/62 | 2 |
| 2025 | TrekkiELO | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 52/100 | 45 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 34 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 147 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/02/2026 19:46 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/11/2025 03:27 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 01/26/2025 21:51 | Kinkyluis66 | 107 | 62/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.4/100, a mean average of 81.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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A good collection showing just how many decent songs he had as a solo artist
Good compilation and a very good intro to JL
SingingPeasant96 TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/21/2013 09:47 | #69329 | TOP COMMENT
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This is a flawless John Lennon compilation. It contains all of his Top 40 hits, and then a few great songs that didn't: "Mother," "Love," "Working Class Hero," and my personal favourite, "Jealous Guy."
"Lennon Legend" is the perfect introduction to Lennon's solo career. It's a shame that it is now out-of-print, and has been replaced by the far inferior set "Power to the People: The Hits," which only has 15 songs. (Edited)
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