Flashback
by Electric Light Orchestra
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Electric Light Orchestra bestography
Flashback is ranked 13th 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 531 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,266.
(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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Flashback track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Flashback rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 54/100 | 45 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 21 Music Albums of 2000 | 5/21 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Squonk007 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 13/100 | 18 |
| 2025 | TrekkiELO | Top 13 Music Albums of the 2000s | 4/13 | 15 |
| 2025 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | Squonk007 | Top 12 Music Albums of 2000 | 2/12 | 5 |
| 2025 | TrekkiELO | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 76/100 | 23 |
| 2023 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2018 | TrekkiELO | Top 2 Music Albums of 2000 | 1/2 | 5 |
| 2018 | NowhereMan | Albums I Own: | 25/100 | - |
| 2017 |  JoSt | Top 50 Music Albums of 2000 | 30/50 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 125 | |||
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Flashback ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/06/2025 17:03 | Igtonumama | 10,785 | 63/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2025 09:23 | TonySayers61 | 25,237 | 64/100 |
| ! | 02/12/2023 17:00 |  MW19704U | 6,988 | 59/100 |
| ! | 12/01/2022 22:41 | Johnnyo | 9,795 | 77/100 |
| ! | 06/29/2022 16:53 | Squonk007 | 758 | 24/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.5/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.7.
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Squonk007 06/29/2022 16:51 | #286803 | TOP COMMENT
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A good compilation with the addition of some previously unreleased, live and demo tracks. My only gripe would be to include Buildings Have Eyes instead of Who's That? or After All.
Leonard 05/22/2015 09:43 | #142185 | TOP COMMENT
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I don`t like complations but this CD-Set is really excellent!
You get a nice complation and some never released tracks and the story from Mr jeff lynne....
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