Wings Greatest
by Wings (UK)

Wings Greatest by Wings (UK)
(Compilation album)
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 13,658th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 66 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (198th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,817th)
Award Best albums of all time (13,658th)

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Wings (UK) bestography

Wings Greatest is ranked 27th best out of 49 albums by Paul McCartney on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Paul McCartney is Band On The Run which is ranked number 257 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,275.

Wings (UK) album bestography « Higher ranked (13,658th)
Wings Greatest
This album (13,658th)
Wings Greatest
Lower ranked (18,250th) »
Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)

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Wings Greatest track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Wings Greatest rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 13,658th | 1970s rank: 1,817th | 1978 rank: 198th

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Wings Greatest ratings

Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 66 votes)
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01/16/2026 05:35 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100
 
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12/17/2025 00:33 Devilwoac  Ratings distribution  1,20797/100
 
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06/11/2025 11:26 machiaj  Ratings distribution  80571/100
 
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03/10/2025 20:04 CokeBabies  Ratings distribution  52983/100
 
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01/27/2025 04:21 Kinkyluis66  Ratings distribution  10762/100

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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 81.0/100, a mean average of 81.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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100/100
From 07/25/2020 17:02 | #256192
Nearly the perfect greatest hits album. could have been even better with Listen to What The Man Said!
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From 10/16/2019 20:36 | #243827
70s guilty pleasure.tucked behind all the punk/new wave lps. I love it.
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From 03/12/2016 22:26 | #161823
Yes I gave it a high rating, how can I not it's full of number 1 hits and the best of Wings and McCartney at the time of release. However, it's a compilation and the second problem is that it gives an impression that this is Wings Greatest hits which is not true. The same problem with Wingspan released years later. However, for a compilation of Sir McCartney's works during the 70's it's ideal. No real flaws and an entertaining listen.
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