The Best Of Talking Heads
by Talking Heads
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Talking Heads bestography
The Best Of Talking Heads is ranked 13th best out of 19 albums by Talking Heads on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Talking Heads is Remain In Light which is ranked number 25 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 26,391.
(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 Best Of Talking Heads track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Best Of Talking Heads rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  BroknsocialShawn | Top 77 Greatest Music Albums | 77/77 | 1 |
| 2022 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2019 | Johnnyo | The band of band of band of bands chart | 49/59 | - |
| 2018 | rkm | Perfectly Good Greatest Hits Albums (Chronological) | 50/61 | - |
| 2018 |  CharlieBarley | Top 73 Music Albums of 2004 | 41/73 | 2 |
| 2017 | Drzozzy | Top 99 Music Albums of the 2000s | 53/99 | 9 |
| 2012 |  mnoisecore | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 27/40 | - |
| 2011 | whitnorris | Top 49 Greatest Music Albums | 23/49 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 16 | |||
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The Best Of Talking Heads ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/31/2026 00:55 | PapaShiz86 | 11,750 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/13/2026 06:33 |  nextorgd | 1,229 | 84/100 |
| ! | 08/09/2025 04:32 | BroknsocialShawn | 292 | 85/100 |
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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 79.5/100, a mean average of 78.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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pedro1976 05/18/2024 06:24 in What album are you listening to right now?The Best Of Talking Heads comments
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rockinsteve 09/21/2019 04:27 | #242872
This is a very nice compilation of the best of their studio work. And it has 18 songs at over 77 minutes on one CD. Which is a bargain compared to other best of collections out there. Definitely pick this one up if you're a fan of their music.
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