Caribou
by Elton John
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Elton John bestography
Caribou is ranked 11th best out of 56 albums by Elton John on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Elton John is Goodbye Yellow Brick Road which is ranked number 207 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,218.
(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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Caribou track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Caribou rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  nitomano | Top 35 Music Albums of 1974 | 33/35 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1974 | 19/100 | - |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 68 Music Albums of 1974 | 26/68 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 17 Music Albums of 1974 | 15/17 | 1 |
| 2026 | mikepen | Top 40 Music Albums of 1974 | 30/40 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 71 Music Albums of 1974 | 18/71 | 4 |
| 2026 | dukeboxkool | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1974 | 9/49 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 79 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 170 | |||
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Caribou ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/25/2026 12:23 |  VictorVale | 3,900 | 81/100 |
| ! | 03/05/2026 03:51 | CrazyDiamond84 | 110 | 64/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2026 09:08 | Leginlists | 3,840 | 83/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.8/100, a mean average of 69.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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Shortlisted for album of the year at the Grammys in 1975. The winner was Fulfiilingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder (Edited)
The Bitch is Back, Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me and Ticking are all among John's best tracks, the latter being an unappreciated gem. The rest of the record is a mostly disappointing mixed bag. Its sandwiched between two of his best records, but Caribou appears to have been quite rushed.
Este álbum fue el que siguió al descomunal Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Quizás eso hizo que parte de la crítica no lo valorará como merece. Para mí, es de los mejores trabajos de Elton John. Fue número 1 tanto en USA como en UK.
Not his best from his amazing early 70s stretch, but certainly better than Too Low for Zero, which is ranked higher here.
'You're so static' best album track in my opinion ,'Stinky','Pinky'are ok tracks,the two hits are clearly the best here though as mentioned several times before.
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