Wingspan: Hits And History
by Paul McCartney
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Paul McCartney bestography
Wingspan: Hits And History is ranked 30th best out of 50 albums by Paul McCartney on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Paul McCartney is Band On The Run which is ranked number 261 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,102.
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Wingspan: Hits And History track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Wingspan: Hits And History rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 92 Music Albums of 2001 | 34/92 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 2001 | 70/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2001 | 76/100 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 65/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | dukeboxkool | Compilations | 7/7 | - |
| 2024 |  pedro1976 | Most listened to albums - July 2022 | 3/20 | - |
| 2023 |  NowhereMan | Essential Compilations/Best Ofs: | 20/81 | - |
| 2022 | salvador | Favourite Compilations | 17/99 | - |
| 2022 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2021 | lwarner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 82/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 20 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 48 | |||
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Wingspan: Hits And History ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/30/2025 12:24 | Tamthebam | 23,310 | 69/100 |
| ! | 01/27/2025 04:21 | Kinkyluis66 | 107 | 62/100 |
| ! | 12/20/2024 21:58 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,763 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.1/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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joyofdivision 04/28/2023 08:48 in Albums You Added To Your Collection Today pedro1976 11/20/2022 08:15 in What album are you listening to right now?Wingspan: Hits And History comments
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To me this is an expansion upon Wings Greatest Hits with additional singles, B-sides, album tracks, etc. The problem with that album and this album is it gives you the impression that this is Wings and not Paul McCartney's solo work as well. I'm also puzzled by the selection. Maybe it's difficult to ever compile a prolific artist onto an album or two, but why No More Lonely Night (Play Out Version), Lovely Linda, Call Me Back Again [overrated], or Waterfalls [horrible lyrics]. Was this Sir McCartney's selections or the record company? No matter what, this is a slice of music from one of the greatest songwriters in musical history - simply put it can't be that bad.
Great overview and intro to Paul's post-Beatles work. Seek out the unedited versions of Junior's Farm and With a Little Luck, though.
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