Let It Be
by The Replacements
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Let It Be is ranked as the best album by The Replacements.
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Let It Be track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Let It Be 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 | JamesMowbray | Top 99 Music Albums of 1984 | 33/99 | 3 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1984 | 2/20 | 5 |
| 2026 | craab | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 68/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 89 Music Albums of 1984 | 7/89 | 5 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Greatest albums of all time (201 - 300) by Acclaimed Music | 5/100 | - |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1984 | 10/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 65/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 3/100 | 20 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | 20th Century | 51/51 | - |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 101-200 Greatest Music Albums | 20/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 845 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 7,323 | |||
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Let It Be ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/01/2026 15:22 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/27/2026 22:46 | Melway94 | 118 | 83/100 |
| ! | 08/25/2026 10:22 | AledJames | 1,682 | 69/100 |
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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 81.6/100, a mean average of 80.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 3 days ago in Chart of the day (#5435): By flamingyesdept BestEverAlbums 09/06/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5427): By StreakyNuno BestEverAlbums 08/29/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5419): By MasterOfPuppetsLet It Be comments
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VictorVale 08/16/2026 18:59 | #315702
Repleto de uma energia juvenil, mas não infantil. Guitarras deliciosas.
one of the best punk albums ever (Edited)
I loved this album when it came out and still do although, I feel that it is one or two track shy of being a classic album for me but I still love it.
The previous two albums had been good but not great, this was Paul Westerberg's peak of his career although I do love a couple of his solo albums.
They were never quite punk and never quite rock but fell in that gap between the two occupied by others like R.E.M, The Wipers and the many Bob Mould fronted projects. A seriously good album (Edited)
A great but inconsistent record that is let down by the filler songs which there shouldn't really be any of with how short the release is. We're Comin' Out and Black Diamond are the worst offenders in my opinion as they could be cut and I think the record would be better. Despite this, the album has two of my favourite songs of all time on here in the form of Unsatisfied and Androgynous. Both just feel so raw emotionally and just have such a power behind them that I can't help but play them over and over again. This sound they captured on these two songs and a few more is the best the group have ever sounded and if they could maintain this then this album would be phenomenal. Overall, the lack of consistency on here dampers an album that I absolutely love but the quality just isn't there to rank it any higher.
I got this due to reviews and how highly placed it is amongst members. I've had it for a few years now and listened to it multiple times. There's hints of 'The Clash' in there but as a whole it doesn't really resonate with me. I find it slightly dull. They could of done without the Kiss cover as well.
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