Greatest Hits (compilation album)
by James Taylor
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James Taylor bestography
Greatest Hits is ranked 5th best out of 27 albums by James Taylor on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by James Taylor is Sweet Baby James which is ranked number 1532 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,107.
(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
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1970s | 26/100 | - |
| 2025 |  Liedzeit | Top 90 Music Albums of 1976 | 76/90 | 1 |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Platinum albums Pt 2 | 38/100 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | List 1976 | 9/100 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Platinum artists Pt 2 | 30/100 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Decade 1970s | 68/100 | - |
| 2025 |  ExTeaSea | Top 59 Music Albums of 1976 | 59/59 | 0 |
| 2025 | fabm0 | All Time Pt 3 | 62/100 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1976 | 4/64 | - |
| 2025 | munson | Top 36 Music Albums of the 1970s | 34/36 | 2 |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Artists Pt 2 | 48/100 | - |
| 2023 | Woodchips | Top 39 Greatest Music Albums | 3/39 | 67 |
| 2023 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2022 | arnellarsen | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 53/100 | 2 |
| 2022 | salvador | Favourite Compilations | 27/99 | - |
| 2021 | jon5417 | Top 24 Music Albums of 1976 | 23/24 | 0 |
| 2021 |  CharlieBarley | 501-600 Favourite Songs | 48/100 | - |
| 2021 | CharlieBarley | Top 70 Music Albums of 1976 | 51/70 | 1 |
| 2021 | traistboar | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 26/50 | 28 |
| 2020 | caseygow | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 100/100 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 31 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 115 | |||
Greatest Hits collection
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Greatest Hits ratings
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n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/24/2025 19:59 | bcole19 | 589 | 89/100 |
| ! | 05/20/2025 19:07 | machiaj | 780 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/27/2023 09:31 | fabm0 | 6,506 | 59/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2023 19:57 | Igtonumama | 10,790 | 63/100 |
| ! | 11/13/2022 17:57 | Fevernova | 3,136 | 82/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 78.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.
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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.
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.
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