The Essential Billy Joel (compilation album)
by Billy Joel
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Billy Joel bestography
The Essential Billy Joel is ranked 17th best out of 26 albums by Billy Joel on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Billy Joel is The Stranger which is ranked number 236 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,878.
(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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The Essential Billy Joel track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Essential Billy Joel rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | fabm0 | List 2001 | 50/100 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Platinum year 2001 | 47/100 | - |
| 2024 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 16/100 | 4 |
| 2017 | thestun06 | Top 21 Greatest Music Albums | 1/21 | 16 |
| 2015 |  Applerill | Canonical My Ass: Comps That Should Be Treated Like Art | 52/78 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 5 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 20 | |||
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The Essential Billy Joel ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/01/2024 21:25 | BorderFreeAndrew | 14,411 | 74/100 |
| ! | 05/01/2024 09:27 | Johnnyo | 9,517 | 77/100 |
| ! | 10/03/2023 11:26 | fabm0 | 6,505 | 59/100 |
| ! | 03/01/2022 01:20 | Moondance | 19,803 | 72/100 |
| ! | 09/16/2021 05:31 | Pluto11 | 11,725 | 72/100 |
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Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.4/100, a mean average of 80.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
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Crumpet 02/14/2018 12:43 | #208165
One of the better collections, this includes plenty of nice little songs that alot of the other collections don't. I would still recommend Greatest Hits Vol. 1-3, but if you can't afford all 3 of those then get this.
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