The Whole Wide World
by Wreckless Eric

The Whole Wide World by Wreckless Eric
(Compilation album)
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 61,729th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 6 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (565th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (5,602nd)
Award Best albums of all time (61,729th)

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Wreckless Eric bestography

The Whole Wide World is ranked 3rd best out of 10 albums by Wreckless Eric on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Wreckless Eric is Wreckless Eric which is ranked number 47122 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15.

Wreckless Eric album bestography « Higher ranked (58,893rd)
Construction Time & Demolition
This album (61,729th)
The Whole Wide World
Lower ranked (65,232nd) »
Leisureland

(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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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (4 out of 13 tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 61,729th | 1970s rank: 5,602nd | 1979 rank: 565th

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72/100 (from 6 votes)
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75/100
 
12/30/2025 19:49 Johnnyo  Ratings distribution  9,80377/100
 
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12/30/2025 18:28 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  5,02681/100
 
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06/13/2023 16:58 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,67673/100
 
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05/26/2018 11:35 bobbyb5  Ratings distribution  2,77782/100
 
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03/31/2018 00:47 TodFitz  Ratings distribution  27,36763/100
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