Greatest Hits
by James Taylor
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James Taylor bestography
Greatest Hits is ranked 5th best out of 28 albums by James Taylor on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by James Taylor is Sweet Baby James which is ranked number 1592 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,078.
(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 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Greatest Hits rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1970s | 26/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 97 Music Albums of 1976 | 76/97 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum albums Pt 2 | 39/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum artists Pt 2 | 31/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | All Time Pt 3 | 63/100 | - |
| 2026 | machiaj | Top 60 Complication Albums | 14/60 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1976 | 8/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Artists Pt 2 | 49/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1970s | 68/100 | - |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 60 Music Albums of 1976 | 60/60 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 34 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 104 | |||
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Greatest Hits ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/10/2026 10:41 |  MetalMan67 | 6,250 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/24/2025 19:59 | bcole19 | 629 | 89/100 |
| ! | 05/20/2025 19:07 | machiaj | 805 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 77.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.
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Greatest Hits forum mentions
Liedzeit 01/03/2021 11:25 in What album are you listening to right now?Greatest Hits comments
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Yes its not a regular album but a greatest hits album but to me it was my introduction to james taylor. For that I am thankful for it.
A fine collection which sold pretty well in its day, it is apparently 11xPlatinum, but it does somehow omit two of his finest songs from this era in Long Ago And Far Away and You Can Close Your Eyes.
It also only just preceded the JT album which would feature essential Greatest Hits type songs in Your Smiling Face and Handy Man but, regardless, this particular Greatest Hits is still a very good place to start.
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