Anthology 3
by The Beatles
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The Beatles bestography
Anthology 3 is ranked 25th best out of 72 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 53,429.
(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
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Anthology 3 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 | fabm0 | List 1996 | 49/100 | - |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 54 Music Albums of 1996 | 28/54 | 3 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 68 Music Albums of 1996 | 32/68 | 3 |
| 2026 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 42/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 69/100 | 6 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Birmingham | 69/87 | - |
| 2026 | davidhuret | Top 12 Music Albums of 1996 | 2/12 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1996 | 46/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 96 Music Albums of 1996 | 35/96 | 3 |
| 2025 |  lleon79 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 51/100 | 10 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 41 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 142 | |||
Anthology 3 collection
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Anthology 3 ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/15/2026 19:23 | SD100852 | 1,358 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/24/2025 06:35 | Olli | 7,969 | 62/100 |
| ! | 11/30/2025 14:50 | Tamthebam | 23,332 | 69/100 |
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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.
Anthology 3 favourites
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Anthology 3 forum mentions
pedro1976 05/14/2024 06:27 in What album are you listening to right now?Anthology 3 comments
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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.
George's "Not Guilty" is my favorite song on the discs.
Contains some great demos and outtakes, but the Get Back sessions can get a bit tedious at times...
A nice compilation. A must have for Beatles fans.
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