Anthology 3
by The Beatles

Anthology 3 by The Beatles
(Compilation album)
Year: 1996
Release date: 1996-10-28
Overall rank: 8,750th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 193 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1996 (168th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (1,398th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,750th)

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Anthology 3 is ranked 26th best out of 71 albums by The Beatles on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Beatles is Abbey Road which is ranked number 3 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 54,206.

The Beatles album bestography « Higher ranked (8,736th)
The Beatles' Second Album
This album (8,750th)
Anthology 3
Lower ranked (9,033rd) »
The Beatles In Mono

(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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Anthology 3 track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Anthology 3 rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,750th | 1990s rank: 1,398th | 1996 rank: 168th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 193 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.2/100, a mean average of 77.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.


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85/100
A nice compilation. A must have for Beatles fans.
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George's "Not Guilty" is my favorite song on the discs.
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90/100
The versions of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" And "Something" are simply incredible, they are just as good as the originals. I don't know why the didn't included "Junk" in any album, as it is an excellent song of Paul.
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90/100
Contains some great demos and outtakes, but the Get Back sessions can get a bit tedious at times...
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