King Of The Surf Guitar
by Dick Dale And His Del-Tones
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Dick Dale And His Del-Tones bestography
King Of The Surf Guitar is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by Dick Dale on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Dick Dale is Surfer's Choice which is ranked number 6517 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 204.
(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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King Of The Surf Guitar track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
King Of The Surf Guitar rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 20 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Olli | Top 98 Music Albums of 1963 | 19/98 | 4 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 29 Music Albums of 1963 | 29/29 | 0 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 47 Music Albums of 1963 | 46/47 | 0 |
| 2026 | arnellarsen | Top 100 Music Albums of 1963 | 20/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1963 | 40/50 | 1 |
| 2025 | TastyandTemptin | Top 28 Music Albums of 1963 | 18/28 | 2 |
| 2024 |  meccalecca | Top 67 Music Albums of 1963 | 45/67 | 2 |
| 2023 |  sssvnnn | guitarists | 97/100 | - |
| 2022 |  Jboy56 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1963 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2022 | LosWochos | Top 99 Music Albums of 1963 | 96/99 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 27 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 66 | |||
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King Of The Surf Guitar ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/11/2025 05:12 | MadhattanJack | 6,029 | 66/100 |
| ! | 09/25/2025 10:09 |  Tamthebam | 23,379 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/31/2024 19:37 | baystateoftheart | 2,890 | 72/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.2/100, a mean average of 68.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.5.
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bobbyb5 11/08/2017 21:16 in Guitar Nerd Albums - post 'emKing Of The Surf Guitar comments
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Jboy56 10/26/2022 16:18 | #290817
Like the Finnish rautalanka, but this is tad louder and heavier
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