That Was The Year That Was
by Tom Lehrer
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Tom Lehrer bestography
That Was The Year That Was is ranked 3rd best out of 5 albums by Tom Lehrer on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tom Lehrer is Songs By Tom Lehrer which is ranked number 6948 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 187.
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That Was The Year That Was track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
That Was The Year That Was rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 1 hour ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  spigelwii | Top 30 Music Albums of the 1960s | 5/30 | 17 |
| 2026 |  BozoTyrannus | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 81/100 | 20 |
| 2025 |  Wasinski | Top 20 Music Albums of 1965 | 18/20 | 1 |
| 2025 | spigelwii | Top 3 Music Albums of 1965 | 2/3 | 3 |
| 2025 | spigelwii | Favorite Albums #101-200 | 53/100 | - |
| 2024 | arnellarsen | Top 100 Music Albums of 1965 | 2/100 | 5 |
| 2024 | LosWochos | Best Ever Comedy Albums | 27/99 | - |
| 2023 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1965 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2022 | BozoTyrannus | Top 75 Music Albums of the 1960s | 12/75 | 17 |
| 2021 |  Listmeister | Top 19 Music Albums of 1965 | 8/19 | 3 |
| 2021 | Listmeister | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 65/100 | 7 |
| 2017 | newjlp | Top 77 Music Albums of the 1960s | 26/77 | 14 |
| 2014 | CameronMB | Top 2 Music Albums of 1965 | 1/2 | 5 |
| 2013 |  sheep21 | Top 47 Music Albums of 1965 | 47/47 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 95 | |||
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That Was The Year That Was ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/21/2025 12:12 | spigelwii | 645 | 85/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2023 16:53 | LosWochos | 47,314 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2023 10:57 |  Tamthebam | 23,098 | 69/100 |
| ! | 02/07/2022 13:30 | TonySayers61 | 25,030 | 64/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2020 15:04 | BozoTyrannus | 438 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.
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BozoTyrannus 06/09/2020 15:05 | #253191
One of the most gifted satirists of all time. A perfect blend of real world commentary, humour, and excellent music.
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