That's The Way It Is
by Elvis Presley

That's The Way It Is by Elvis Presley
Year: 1970
Release date: 1970-11-11
Overall rank: 9,793rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 55 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (146th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,417th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,793rd)

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Elvis Presley bestography

That's The Way It Is is ranked 21st best out of 154 albums by Elvis Presley on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Elvis Presley is Elvis Presley which is ranked number 338 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,986.

Elvis Presley album bestography « Higher ranked (9,640th)
Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3
This album (9,793rd)
That's The Way It Is
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That's The Way It Is

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 9,793rd | 1970s rank: 1,417th | 1970 rank: 146th

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72/100 (from 55 votes)
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01/06/2026 11:07 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,31870/100
 
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12/05/2025 00:55 culwin  Ratings distribution  1,42875/100
 
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10/12/2025 19:18 Superunknown  Ratings distribution  28771/100
 
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02/26/2024 15:25 Liedzeit  Ratings distribution  2,37974/100
 
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01/22/2024 10:58 swed  Ratings distribution  1,21480/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.7/100, a mean average of 71.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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From 04/08/2016 13:27 | #163489
best pop LP of 1970.
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From 07/25/2011 02:43 | #24814
In the late '60s and early '70s Elvis was quite inspired and in the best voice of his life. This album brings some of his best recordings: "Mary In The Morning", "I´ve Lost You", "Twenty Days And Twenty Nights", "Stranger In The Crowd", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", etc. The only problem is the lack of unity, mixing live and studio recordings, unfortunately, a common thing in the complicated and mishandled Elvis discography in the 70´s. Still, a great and historic album.
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