Heavy Soul
by Paul Weller
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Paul Weller bestography
Heavy Soul is ranked 7th best out of 28 albums by Paul Weller on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Paul Weller is Stanley Road which is ranked number 1848 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 922.
(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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Heavy Soul track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Heavy Soul rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 80 Music Albums of 1997 | 23/80 | 4 |
| 2026 |  CharlieBarley | Top 63 Music Albums of 1997 | 52/63 | 1 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 16/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | covecove | Favorite Albums 300-201 | 29/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Oaza Best Albums 1997 | 20/30 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 6/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 41/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top albums of the '90's (101 - 200) | 23/100 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Indie albums of the year 1997 by Radio X | 15/25 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 51 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 147 | |||
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Heavy Soul ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/04/2026 04:33 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,351 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/22/2026 14:19 | Gedi | 367 | 83/100 |
| ! | 02/10/2026 17:19 | covecove | 6,735 | 74/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.4/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.
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Heavy Soul forum mentions
pedro1976 06/23/2025 05:24 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 10/19/2022 19:04 in What album are you listening to right now?Heavy Soul comments
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jojoexile 09/22/2011 03:14 | #27740
RECORDED LIVE IN THE STUDIO !!!! RAW JAMMING..."PEACOCK SUIT", "MERMAIDS" AND TITLE TRACK "PARTS 1&2" ARE AMAZING...OTHER FAVS ARE: "FRIDAY STREET","INSPIRE YOU" AND "BRUSHED"...HIS BAND IS PROBABLY THE BEST OF THE DECADE...
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