A Hard Day's Night
by The Beatles
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A Hard Day's Night is ranked 8th 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 53,414.
(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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A Hard Day's Night track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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A Hard Day's Night 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 | fabm0 | Platinum albums Pt 4 | 63/100 | - |
| 2026 | habibi333 | Top 26 Music Albums of the 1960s | 4/26 | 18 |
| 2026 |  Larcx13 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 73/100 | 6 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 8/100 | 19 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 99 Music Albums of 1964 | 4/99 | 5 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 11 Music Albums of 1964 | 6/11 | 3 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 34 Music Albums of 1964 | 2/34 | 5 |
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 67 Music Albums of the 1960s | 32/67 | 11 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 57 Music Albums of 1964 | 12/57 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Rock Albums by DDD | 72/80 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 976 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 6,858 | |||
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A Hard Day's Night ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/29/2026 09:42 | Siromynian | 1,769 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/26/2026 23:46 | dsavard | 680 | 77/100 |
| ! | 09/09/2026 09:44 | kinginsomniac12 | 600 | 99/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.3/100, a mean average of 80.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.
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A Hard Day's Night forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/23/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5444): By Romanelli BestEverAlbums 09/21/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5442): By martinthoA Hard Day's Night comments
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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/15/2012 03:08 | #44466 | TOP COMMENT
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Pure joy. Don't overlook their early work and paint it all as silly pop-music. These boys knew how to construct melody, and we're always adding in beautiful and perfect musical touches. Little riffs, added harmonies, runs of notes, harmonica here, Rickenbacker there. These guys were geniuses, but we think it has to be profound to count. Not so here - pure pop excellence. (Edited)
btener11 08/05/2011 02:43 | #25779 | TOP COMMENT
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This album was the first time a band released a real, full-length, rock/pop album filled with originals. It is the template for the LP as we know it today. One brilliant song after another...one could argue that this is the greatest rock/pop album of all time. I won't argue that...but one could. (Edited)
It's my second favorite album of all time. My favorite Beatles song is "I'll Be Back," believe it or not. There isn't a weak cut here even if the songs aren't "thought provoking"... they're just damn good. No fat, no waste. (Edited)
This album is incredibly underrated. Many people tend to overlook The Beatles' work prior to Rubber Soul. This is unfortunate, because albums like Please Please Me, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles For Sale, and Help! are well-constructed albums.
This album contains quite a few favorite songs of mine; "A Hard Day's Night," "I Should Have Known Better," and "I'm Happy Just To Dance With You" come to mind.
In terms of pure cohesiveness, A Hard Day's Night is right up there with Revolver, Rubber Soul, and The Beatles.
colonelchibbers 05/20/2015 04:59 | #141995 | TOP COMMENT
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The first album I ever remember listening to, period!! I used to think I was so awesome in like 2nd grade when I would turn my Walkman up to 25 with this album on. Really every bit as good as their latest stuff - the sequencing of the tracks on this album is so good too! (Edited)
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