The Best Of Talking Heads
by Talking Heads

The Best Of Talking Heads by Talking Heads
(Compilation album)
Year: 2004
Release date: 2004-08-17
Overall rank: 44,871st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 46 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2004 (828th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (8,528th)
Award Best albums of all time (44,871st)

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Talking Heads bestography

The Best Of Talking Heads is ranked 13th best out of 17 albums by Talking Heads on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Talking Heads is Remain In Light which is ranked number 26 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 27,462.

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  Track ratings 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

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Overall rank: 44,871st | 2000s rank: 8,528th | 2004 rank: 828th

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79/100 (from 46 votes)
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01/13/2026 06:33 nextorgd  Ratings distribution  1,16984/100
 
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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 79.4/100, a mean average of 78.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.

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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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