Magical Mystery Tour (soundtrack album)
by The Beatles
The Beatles bestography
Magical Mystery Tour is ranked 6th best out of 71 albums by The Beatles on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Beatles is Abbey Road which is ranked number 3 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 57,311.
(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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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 86 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/10/2025 21:55 | Exist-en-ciel | 3,949 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/02/2025 16:59 | IkoIko6 | 107 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/02/2025 13:30 | Alex04 | 28 | 96/100 |
| ! | 11/30/2025 09:17 | culwin | 1,302 | 75/100 |
| ! | 11/27/2025 21:31 | colabunga | 586 | 80/100 |
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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 85.5/100, a mean average of 84.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.
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three of the songs are previously released singles
and the 2 george songs are terrible
however the rest of the album is good
1967 was just the top year for the Beatles with both this plus Sgt Peppers being two of the greatest albums ever released. An amazing achievement. Hence why the Beatles are one of the greatest bands ever. EVER!!!!
This was shortlisted for album of the year at the Grammy's in 1969. The eventual winner was By The Time I Get To Phoenix by Glenn Campbell
Quite simply, this album does what Sgt. Pepper tries to do. This is peak psychedelic Beatles, and the height of what everyone was expressing in the Summer of Love. Too bad George’s song is the worst. Don’t worry, he’ll get better songs.
Overrated for me, not one of their best. All You Need Is Love, The Fool On The Hill and Hello Goodbye are great but there's too many tracks that don't offer anything for me.
ChrisPBacon 11/25/2023 19:00 | #300138
How many albums have at least 3 of the greatest songs of all time (Strawberry Fields Forever, I Am the Walrus, Penny Lane)? I think it is underated, because you could say it is not an album. It is a double EP combined with 5 non-album singles.
In my opinion the best Beatles album. Contains a killer mix of psychedelia (Blue Jay Way) and perfect pop songs (Penny Lane, Hello Goodbye). A good point also for the booklet.
HoldenM 04/17/2023 17:26 | #296159
I undervalued this for years. But I'm lying if I say this isn't one of The Beatles' absolute finest. It's so good that it's the one U.S. release that is accepted as canon for Christ's sake! The first half is a vibey soundtrack that hones the band's sonic ambitious into moody gems, while the second half compiles some killer highlights. And even if the back half singles aren't the absolute S-tier best, they're still fantastic. What's not to like?
It's not my favourite Beatles-album, but it's still really good. Side-B is probably one of the best made by any band, if not the best.
Amazing set of songs! The diversity of the songwriting, the studio experimentation, the arrangements and the instrumentation is second to no other album I've ever heard. This would be my desert island disc if I could only choose the one.
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