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by The Beatles
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1 is ranked 19th best out of 71 albums by The Beatles on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Beatles is Abbey Road which is ranked number 3 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 53,444.
(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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1 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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1 rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List Zone 12 Europe British Isles | 40/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 2000s | 9/100 | - |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 48 Music Albums of 2000 | 43/48 | 1 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 80 Music Albums of 2000 | 27/80 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum artists | 1/100 | - |
| 2026 | glynspsa | Top 99 Music Albums of 2000 | 2/99 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 2000s | 1/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 89 Music Albums of 2000 | 16/89 | 4 |
| 2026 |  katerpillar | Top 31 Music Albums of the 2000s | 17/31 | 10 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 130 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 336 | |||
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1 ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/01/2026 23:35 | traistboar | 1,792 | 79/100 |
| ! | 03/25/2026 22:44 | Menelao | 183 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/24/2026 15:31 | Fritz | 1,369 | 77/100 |
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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 85.2/100, a mean average of 83.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.4.
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Onater and Ledzep. The whole point of this album was to include all The Beatles number one hit singles (not album tracks) both UK and US on one CD. It's not a 'best of' or 'personal favourites' it's the songs that reached number one on the singles charts in the UK and the US in chronological order. Nothing less, nothing more. You may love, Tomorrow never knows, I am the walrus, and, Blackbird, but they weren't released as singles, let alone reach number one, and that's why they are not included. The clue to the album is in the title. (Edited)
Good compilation that could serve as a fantastic introduction to the Beatles. But once you learn to love the albums themselves you don't have much need for this.
Greatest Hits albums should not be considered for this sort of list. Any album worthy of 'best ever' should have been recorded and released as such, and the Beatles have oh so many contenders for the crown. I would maybe allow this comp as an intro for a 10-yr-old, but even then I would much more highly recommend the double disc collections from the 70s (the Red and the Blue) as a starter set. Certainly, the Beatles created great hit songs, and this album has many, but they were so much more than a singles band. The music here probably rates as 100/100, but I score it a 60 for the reasons stated, and for being mostly unnecessary.
Nowhereman1965 09/20/2018 20:32 | #221361 | TOP COMMENT
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Arguably the best compilation album of all time. All killer and no filler. Absolute perfection from start to finish. It doesn’t get better than this. (Edited)
Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/16/2017 04:34 | #203230 | TOP COMMENT
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This could be a compilation of the best tracks ever in the history of music, yet it’s by the ONE band! . Think about that for a minute? Even in 2017 that thought still blows my mind. As easy 100/100 rating I will ever rate on this site. Timelessly perfect from track 1 to 27
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