Greatest Hits - Volume I & Volume II
by Billy Joel

Greatest Hits - Volume I & Volume II by Billy Joel
(Compilation album)
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 9,122nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 103 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (120th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,308th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,122nd)

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Billy Joel bestography

Greatest Hits - Volume I & Volume II is ranked 13th best out of 26 albums by Billy Joel on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Billy Joel is The Stranger which is ranked number 233 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,838.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Greatest Hits - Volume I & Volume II rankings

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Overall rank: 9,122nd | 1980s rank: 1,308th | 1985 rank: 120th

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81/100 (from 103 votes)
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09/18/2025 15:25 nitomano  Ratings distribution  2,22871/100
 
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07/24/2025 17:20 Cyrax  Ratings distribution  1,78561/100
 
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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 81.0/100, a mean average of 80.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.

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From 03/06/2020 21:06 | #248530
Excellent compilation album, and if you like Billy Joel its a must .
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From 04/21/2016 11:03 | #164214
This is a fantastic compilation album. I used to have the cassette version in the eighties and even though the CD release has more tracks, it strangely omits, honesty, which was on the tape version. Oh well, it's an excellent record. All the masterpieces are here; piano man, new york state of mind, scenes from an Italian restaurant, and, she's always a woman. Off course then there's, you may be right, only the good die young; etc., I could go on. The only disappointment is the 'new track',second wind(you're only human), it's a half decent song but it's smothered in that terrible 80's keyboard sound. Still, this is the best Billy Joel compilation out there, do not accept any imitations.
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From 04/05/2016 17:43 | #163366
An excellent compilation. If you're interested in Billy joel, but don't want to commit yourself into buying his proper studio albums, then this is the one to get. All the classics are here, from, piano man, to, it's still rock'n'roll to me, from, new york state of mind, to, uptown girl. Excellent.
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