Abbey Road
by The Beatles

Abbey Road by The Beatles
Year: 1969
Release date: 1969-09-26
Overall rank: 3rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
92/100 (from 4,662 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Best album of 1969 (1st)
Award Best album of the 1960s (1st)
Award Top 10 albums of all time (3rd)

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Abbey Road is ranked as the best album by The Beatles.

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Lower ranked (4th) »
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Abbey Road track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 87 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 91 (1,419 votes)Comments: View 31
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Average Rating: 93 (1,505 votes)Comments: View 31
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Average Rating: 92 (1,524 votes)Comments: View 28

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Abbey Road rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3rd | 1960s rank: 1st | 1969 rank: 1st
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2026roberto71Top 100 Greatest Music Albums2/10096
2026 AleJohnMariTop 100 Greatest Music Albums17/10083
2026 RasmVMy 100 most listened albums in 202598/100 -
2026JantjeTop 100 Greatest Music Albums7/10093
2026matterhornriderTop 100 Greatest Music Albums5/10096
2026 neilgeeTop 100 Music Albums of 196961/1002
2026stareaterogni0nTop 100 Greatest Music Albums8/10093
2026 LeonardTop 100 Greatest Music Albums6/10092
2026TroutMaskGregTop 100 Greatest Music Albums11/10090
2026jdizzle123456Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s1/10020
2026smahonachieTop 40 Greatest Music Albums4/4092
2026RiveraTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s3/10020
2026mrmcrookTop 13 Music Albums of 19697/133
2026bonnequestionBest UK Albums12/100 -
2026jlsfourthTop 100 Greatest Music Albums2/10098
2026gloriousgooTop 99 Greatest Music Albums23/9978
2026PurpleHazelTop 100 Greatest Music Albums23/10078
2026BurndenAceTop 100 Greatest Music Albums5/10092
2026fabm0Platinum year 19691/37 -
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s7/10019
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 3,763
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 55,558
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Average Rating: 
92/100 (from 4,662 votes)
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90/100
 
05/27/2026 10:22 JoshN125  Ratings distribution  24688/100
 
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05/22/2026 09:23 ciposbt  Ratings distribution  697/100
 
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05/20/2026 15:52 prettybug  Ratings distribution  977/100
 
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05/19/2026 00:29 golrab67  Ratings distribution  17391/100
 
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05/13/2026 04:40 JonathanFisk02  Ratings distribution  789/100

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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 91.7/100, a mean average of 90.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.

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95/100
From 05/13/2026 04:46 | #314428
The fact that this album was even made, knowing how much friction was going on in the band, is nothing short of outstanding! Paul McCartney has limitless creativity and pop sensibility. Though I believe that Maxwell’s Silver Hammer is a weak point on the album, he redeemed himself with the medley of songs at the close of the album. Also, as a big George fan, this album shows probably his highest watermark in both Something and in Here Comes The Sun. Ringo has a good track and John’s contributions are also incredibly strong with some prog rock influences. The production and instrumentation throughout the album might be the band’s apex during their run as a group. It doesn’t get much better than this, folks.
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75/100
From 03/21/2026 23:10 | #313603
I love The Beatles. This is good with some of their best songs on it, but I don't understand how this is heralded as their best album. They've so many other albums that fuck all over this. Good album, just massively over rated.
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Rating:  
55/100
From 01/16/2026 00:01 | #312652
Quite a poor album full of B side songs from Lennon and McCartney. The best songs by far are by George Harrison with Here Comes The Sun, and Something. If you take this album in isolation you would declare that he was the major songwriter of the band. The rest of the album has very quirky songs. One or two of them are decent but on the whole a disappointing album. This is one of their worst albums imo.
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Rating:  
100/100
From 08/07/2025 20:54 | #310464
Masterpiece from one the greatest Rock bands ever.
Abbey Road is the final proof that, even in the midst of chaos, the magic of these four geniuses was unstoppable.
It's not just a collection of songs; it's an epic musical journey, a tapestry of fragments that come together seamlessly, creating a bittersweet farewell that still makes your skin crawl.
It wasn't the ending we wanted, but it was a perfect ending.
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10/100
From 05/10/2025 23:50 | #308939
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30/100
From 05/06/2025 08:36 | #308839
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95/100
From 05/03/2025 13:52 | #308802
in my opinion this is the greatest album ever made
it is jam packed with great tunes. every song on the
album is a winner. george harrison steals the show
by writing the 2 best songs on it.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 02/23/2025 10:49 | #307746
Shortlisted for the album of the year at the 1970 Grammys. The eventual winner was the self titled album by Blood, Sweat & Tears
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100/100
From 12/04/2024 23:03 | #306369
What else needs to be said about this album that hasn't been said? Every song on side 1 is amazing on their own, as well as every song on side 2 flowing perfectly together into one of the greatest, if not the greatest medleys ever written. Abbey Road is something you can never get tired of, and is the closest thing I've heard to a perfect album.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 07/07/2024 20:01 | #304199
This album contains some of the best, Come Together & I Want You, and some of the worst, octopus’ garden and maxwells silver hammer, of the Beatles.

Rather a mixed bag and not the Beatles best album I’m afraid. Decent enough listen though
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