The Kids Are Alright
by The Who
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The Who bestography
The Kids Are Alright is ranked 13th best out of 51 albums by The Who on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Who is Who's Next which is ranked number 40 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 20,211.
(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 Kids Are Alright track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Kids Are Alright rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1979 | 38/75 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1979 | 58/100 | - |
| 2026 |  nitomano | Top 33 Music Albums of 1979 | 2/33 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 27 Music Albums of 1979 | 8/27 | 4 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 71 Music Albums of 1979 | 41/71 | 2 |
| 2026 | nitomano | Live Albums | 6/88 | - |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 8/100 | 19 |
| 2025 | Igtonumama | Favourite Album Covers | 28/73 | - |
| 2025 | dukeboxkool | Top 69 Music Albums of 1979 | 30/69 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 44 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 149 | |||
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The Kids Are Alright ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 02/28/2026 18:10 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 01/19/2026 20:48 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,070 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 16:31 |  NowhereMan | 1,494 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.6/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.
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The Kids Are Alright comments
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Listmeister 01/26/2014 00:04 | #101532 | TOP COMMENT
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Alternate and live versions of your favorite Who songs.
Goliath 06/16/2020 14:12 | #253649 | TOP COMMENT
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Far better play list than 'Live at Leeds'.
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