To The Hilt
by Golden Earring
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Golden Earring bestography
To The Hilt is ranked 3rd best out of 49 albums by Golden Earring on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Golden Earring is Moontan which is ranked number 3592 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 417.
(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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To The Hilt track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
To The Hilt rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Train/Railway Themed Sleeves pt 1 | 2/99 | - |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Progressive Rock #201-300 | 86/100 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 74/100 | 27 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 30 Music Albums of 1976 | 26/30 | 1 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 33/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 41/100 | 12 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | 1970s 60rating (60), #0001-0100* | 56/100 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | top 60r albums (60), #0301-0400* | 11/95 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 68 | |||
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To The Hilt ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/30/2026 08:26 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/21/2026 03:18 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,555 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/12/2025 04:20 | RockyRaccoon | 7,278 | 84/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.7/100, a mean average of 71.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.
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To The Hilt forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/08/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5429): By Steppenwolf666View latest topic →
To The Hilt comments
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Although I am a huge fan of Golden Earring, I am still objective enough to know crap from the jewels. They tend to produce either inconsistent albums or they suffer from quality production. Unfortunately this album probably has some of the worst production I have ever experienced (or is it due to transfer onto cd?) Great songs such as To The Hilt, Nomad and Facedancer just sound muffled. Still it is worthy of a Top 100 placing. Other classic tracks: Sleepwalking and Violins.
Brilliant album, almost as good as Moontan. Quality of tracks ranges from good to outstanding. I think stevengnz must have a very dodgy CD, I couldn't fault the production on my vinyl L.P..
One of the best Prog-rock album ???
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