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 4,677 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Best album of 1969 (1st)
Award Best album of of the 1960s (1st)
Award Top 10 albums of all time (3rd)

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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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Abbey Road rankings

Abbey Road rankings summary
Overall rank: 3rd | 1960s rank: 1st | 1969 rank: 1st  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
92/100 (from 4,677 votes)
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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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From BestEverAlbums 09/02/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5423): By serpico
Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by serpico () 1. (1966) 2. by (1967) 3. by (1967) 4. by (1975) 5. by (1977) 7. by (1985) 8. by (1986) 9. (1990) 10. by by (1965) 12. by (1967) 13. by (1969) 14. by (1969) 15. (1970) 16. by (1970) 17. by (1971) 18. by (1971) 19. by (1972) 20. by…
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From BestEverAlbums 08/31/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5421): By Simon_bramhall
Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Simon_bramhall () 1. by (1973) 2. by by (1969) 4. by (1977) 6. by (1969) 7. (1966) 8. by (1975) 9. by (1968) 11. by by by by (1969) 15. by by by (1973) 18. (1972) 19. by (2009) 20. (1973) 21. by (1987) 22. by (1971) 23. by by (1973) 25.…
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From neilgee 08/30/2026 10:35 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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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. (Edited)
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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. (Edited)
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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. (Edited)
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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. (Edited)
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10/100
From 05/10/2025 23:50 | #308939
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