Good Old Boys
by Randy Newman
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Randy Newman bestography
Good Old Boys is ranked 2nd best out of 35 albums by Randy Newman on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Randy Newman is Sail Away which is ranked number 1748 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 979.
(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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Good Old Boys track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Good Old Boys 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 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 90/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 71/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 14/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 40 Music Albums of 1974 | 11/40 | 4 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1974 | 90/100 | - |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 35 Music Albums of 1974 | 18/35 | 3 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1701-1800* | 38/84 | - |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Top 94 Music Albums of 1974 | 3/94 | 5 |
| 2026 | dukeboxkool | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 60/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 131 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 524 | |||
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Good Old Boys ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/02/2026 15:29 | Pluto11 | 12,288 | 72/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 18:43 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 02/07/2026 08:08 | PurplePiePete | 1,839 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.2/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.
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Forum mentions
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VictorVale 02/20/2022 12:55 | #281598
Mais um álbum bonitinho e superestimado.
I enjoy these Americana lyrical piano-based songs (ditties)
A very clever record, but it doesn't hold back emotionally. Great arrangements too.
poppmusic 05/23/2017 05:38 | #191262 | TOP COMMENT
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My favorite of the 70s albums. I think it's successful because he's not just parodying the "good old boys" of the South, but really capturing the conflicted sense of being that haunts their conscience everyday. And perhaps, more than we realize, Newman as well.
Like all great satire, it opens itself up to a world of interpretation, rather than didactic preaching. This is the tour de force of Newman's method painting vivid portraits in the first-person-narrators of his songs.
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