War Babies
by Daryl Hall & John Oates
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Daryl Hall & John Oates bestography
War Babies is ranked 10th best out of 27 albums by Daryl Hall & John Oates on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Daryl Hall & John Oates is Abandoned Luncheonette which is ranked number 3805 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 390.
(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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War Babies track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
War Babies rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 42 Music Albums of 1974 | 30/42 | 2 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 21 Music Albums of 1974 | 16/21 | 1 |
| 2025 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top 60r albums (61), #0201-0300* | 19/37 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 31 Music Albums of 1974 | 25/31 | 1 |
| 2025 |  flamingyesdept | Top 36 Music Albums of 1974 | 18/36 | 3 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 63/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 22 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 28 | |||
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War Babies ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/07/2026 18:46 | culwin | 1,584 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/05/2026 09:13 |  MetalMan67 | 6,215 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/28/2026 11:19 | Leginlists | 3,837 | 83/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.0/100, a mean average of 68.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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neilgee 03/19/2017 13:50 in What album are you listening to right now?War Babies comments
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flamingyesdept 05/26/2017 01:47 | #191422
Brilliant underrated H&O record
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