The Essential Electric Light Orchestra
by Electric Light Orchestra
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Electric Light Orchestra bestography
The Essential Electric Light Orchestra is ranked 28th best out of 42 albums by Electric Light Orchestra on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Electric Light Orchestra is Out Of The Blue which is ranked number 526 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,297.
(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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The Essential Electric Light Orchestra track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Essential Electric Light Orchestra rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 5 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 42 Music Albums of 2003 | 38/42 | 1 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 100 Band Compilations | 34/100 | - |
| 2025 |  nitomano | Compilations | 36/98 | - |
| 2025 | TrekkiELO | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 92/100 | 8 |
| 2025 | TrekkiELO | Top 13 Music Albums of the 2000s | 12/13 | 3 |
| 2023 |  NowhereMan | Essential Compilations/Best Ofs: | 26/81 | - |
| 2019 | TrekkiELO | Best Album of 2003 | 1/1 | 5 |
| 2016 |  Captain_Dude | FAVORITE GREATEST HITS COMPILATION ALBUMS | 83/95 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 17 | |||
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The Essential Electric Light Orchestra ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/12/2025 14:12 | Leginlists | 3,736 | 83/100 |
| ! | 09/10/2024 23:13 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,657 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/08/2023 00:23 | mrmcrook | 1,104 | 77/100 |
| ! | 01/08/2022 21:55 | mostlymor | 6,980 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/28/2021 20:27 | TodFitz | 27,377 | 63/100 |
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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 77.0/100, a mean average of 80.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.
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Fantastic compilation. Just shows how many top caliber songs they had.
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