Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (compilation album)
by The Rolling Stones

Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) by The Rolling Stones
(Compilation album)
Year: 1969
Overall rank: 16,219th   
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 56 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1969 (205th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (1,091st)
Award Best albums of all time (16,219th)

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Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) is ranked 38th best out of 102 albums by The Rolling Stones on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Rolling Stones is Exile On Main St. which is ranked number 45 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 19,809.

The Rolling Stones album bestography « Higher ranked (14,495th)
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This album (16,219th)
Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)
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Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) track list

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Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) rankings

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Overall rank: 16,219th | 1960s rank: 1,091st | 1969 rank: 205th

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 77.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.

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One of the first CDs I ever bought. This collection was the beginning of my love for the Rolling Stones and music itself. It's what made me want to seriously begin my music collection. 2000 Light Years and She's a Rainbow quickly became favorites and still are today. I remember visiting family listening to this in the dark with headphones while everyone else was sleeping. I'd just lay there and rock out to the entire album, it was one of my favorite musical experiences.
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