A Charlie Brown Christmas
by Vince Guaraldi
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A Charlie Brown Christmas is ranked as the best album by Vince Guaraldi.
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A Charlie Brown Christmas 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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A Charlie Brown Christmas rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 49 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 44/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  Charade | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 65/100 | 34 |
| 2026 |  AwaitingAndrew | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 10/100 | 89 |
| 2026 | jlsfourth | Top 60 Music Albums of the 1960s | 55/60 | 2 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 85/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | My AAA Roster: 101-200 All-Time | 71/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 78/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 14 Music Albums of 1965 | 3/14 | 4 |
| 2026 | sweetness | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 30/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 16 Music Albums of 1965 | 8/16 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 254 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,885 | |||
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A Charlie Brown Christmas ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/01/2026 15:10 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/29/2026 23:36 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/10/2026 11:24 |  MetalMan67 | 6,250 | 71/100 |
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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 80.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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A Charlie Brown Christmas forum mentions
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ShaneSpear TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/22/2011 04:35 | #30986 | TOP COMMENT
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What has Beethoven got to do with Christmas? Everyone talks about how "great" Beethoven was. Beethoven wasn't so great. He never got his picture on bubblegum cards, did he? Have you ever seen his picture on a bubblegum card? Hmmm? How can you say someone is great who's never had his picture on bubblegum cards?
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pearljammer13 TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/10/2011 01:51 | #30269 | TOP COMMENT
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I think a lot of people either forget or don't qualify this album since its Christmas songs. It's unfortunate because this is honestly one of the best piano cds in existence. Skating is my favorite song. To be honest I can't stand christmas music, yet I can listen to this album any day of the year. (Edited)
IanFrance 02/28/2020 21:25 | #248317 | TOP COMMENT
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Christmas music has its fair share of detractors, and usually for good reason: the same few, tired old hits, trotted out year after year on the radio - it's enough to reduce the genre to little more than a joke. However... there are a few notable exceptions. Phil Spector's album is probably the best known, but this, often sultry little jazz affair (it's a soundtrack to the 1965 TV special of the same name), is another Christmas album worthy of your time. Cool, without ever slipping into slick, and nostlagic without ever becoming cloying, this is a great LP and features some excellent arrangements of Christmas classics (the real classics, not the pop tunes!). You might only listen to it for one month of the year, but it will beat anything on the radio.
High Points: My Little Drum; O Tannenbaum; Für Elise (Edited)
If this doesn't bring a smile to your face, I don't want to know you. (Edited)
jdenny2018 05/17/2018 21:32 | #215048 | TOP COMMENT
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This, along with a phil spector christmas, is the only christmas album that matters (Edited)
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