Greatest Hits - Volume I & Volume II (compilation album)
by Billy Joel
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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 235 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,861.
(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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Greatest Hits - Volume I & Volume II track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Greatest Hits - Volume I & Volume II rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  nitomano | Compilations | 54/98 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Platinum albums | 31/100 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | List 1985 | 2/100 | - |
| 2025 | TrekkiELO | Top 29 Music Albums of the 1980s | 20/29 | 7 |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Platinum artists | 18/100 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Decade 1980s | 19/100 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Best selling albums of all time and whether I own them | 82/100 | - |
| 2025 | TrekkiELO | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 48/100 | 51 |
| 2025 | fabm0 | All Time | 97/100 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1985 | 2/65 | - |
| 2025 | stevengnz | Top 93 Music Albums of 1985 | 42/93 | 3 |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Artists | 37/100 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1980s | 8/100 | - |
| 2024 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 8/100 | 5 |
| 2024 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 57/100 | 9 |
| 2023 | jon5417 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 59/100 | 8 |
| 2023 |  TheDude85 | Top 94 Music Albums of 1985 | 25/94 | 4 |
| 2022 | LosWochos | Top 99 Music Albums of 1985 | 31/99 | 3 |
| 2022 | zowie | Top 11 Music Albums of 1985 | 5/11 | 3 |
| 2021 | jon5417 | Top 21 Music Albums of 1985 | 6/21 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 43 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 131 | |||
Greatest Hits - Volume I & Volume II collection
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Greatest Hits - Volume I & Volume II ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/18/2025 15:25 | nitomano | 2,221 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/24/2025 17:20 | Cyrax | 1,765 | 61/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2024 21:25 | BorderFreeAndrew | 14,499 | 74/100 |
| ! | 05/01/2024 18:30 | alexandermause | 1,555 | 86/100 |
| ! | 09/29/2023 07:58 | fabm0 | 6,506 | 59/100 |
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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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Excellent compilation album, and if you like Billy Joel its a must .
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.
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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