Anthology
by Tommy James & The Shondells
Tommy James & The Shondells bestography
Anthology is ranked 4th best out of 12 albums by Tommy James & The Shondells on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tommy James & The Shondells is Crimson & Clover which is ranked number 6572 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 197.
(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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Anthology track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (5 out of 27 tracks have been rated).
Anthology rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  CharlieBarley | My Next 100 Favourite Songs 101-200 | 59/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 79 Music Albums of 1989 | 57/79 | 1 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1801-1900 | 46/100 | - |
| 2025 | blueandthemoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 23/100 | 16 |
| 2025 | blueandthemoon | Top 33 Music Albums of 1989 | 5/33 | 4 |
| 2023 |  TheDude85 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2021 |  NickVolos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2018 |  bobbyb5 | 100 Greatest Hit Singles | 46/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 25 | |||
Anthology collection
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Anthology ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/14/2023 22:30 | cozlen | 52 | 82/100 | |
| 05/23/2020 18:53 | LosWochos | 46,891 | 75/100 | |
| 11/11/2019 21:16 | CharlieBarley | 3,251 | 81/100 | |
| 09/24/2019 15:24 | TheDude85 | 9,536 | 83/100 | |
| 07/10/2019 05:56 | Pluto11 | 12,138 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 79.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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I knew virtually only about Tommy James And The Shondells via the two hits "Hanky Panky" and "Crimson and Clover". Both numbers are in their own ways both catchy and durable, so I thought it would be interesting to learn more about the group.
I learned thst the group had several big hits, but besides the two aforementioned, I recognized only "Mony Mony", which has a nice catchy beat, and "Ball of Fire", which is also worth a re-listen. "Sugar on Sunday" is decent, but otherwise, I must say that the rest of the songs on this compilation do not make any impression on me. The individual songs may seem nice and well done, but they lack an overall profile, and it can actually be both tiring and enervating to hear one uninteresting popsong after the other
I could really well have contented myself with the five songs mentioned. A lengthy experience.
A good CD for exploring the work of this band. All of their famous songs are here, although the butcher job done to Crimson & Clover is a crime.
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