The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl
by The Beatles

The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl by The Beatles
(Live album)
Year: 1977
Overall rank: 16,036th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 88 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1977 (187th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (2,061st)
Award Best albums of all time (16,036th)

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The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl is ranked 34th 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 54,917.

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Overall rank: 16,036th | 1970s rank: 2,061st | 1977 rank: 187th

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 88 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 72.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.0.

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95/100
From 09/21/2018 19:43 | #221408
Some folk complain about the screaming. But it’s Beatlemania!! The phenomenon of the century. An exhilarating listen. History in the making. And oh those songs !!! Wonderful.
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From 03/06/2017 17:58 | #187027
I'm sure this would be a good live album. The Beatles, within this album are basically just trying to emulate the studio recording of the songs played, which they do very well. This means that it lacks the charm of a changed lyric, an unheard intro or an alternative solo slightly. As well as this, the screaming is constant and unbearable. It does well to captulate the hysteria at the time, however, it is not a particularly enjoyable listen.
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60/100
From 01/28/2017 11:13 | #184428
I remember the day I heard this first on Radio Luxemburg. (I taped it. Which helps). And the DJ (forgot his name) said: "The most magnificent and influential group of all time: The Beatles live at the Hollywood Bowl". Great and sad at the same time. The hysteria is unbelievable.
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70/100
From 07/14/2016 13:02 | #171285
An album that's more significant for the time it was recorded at rather than musically enjoyable. The screaming is relentless, but it beautifully captures the time when Beatlemania was at it's crazy peak.
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