Rock Of The Westies
by Elton John
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Elton John bestography
Rock Of The Westies is ranked 22nd best out of 56 albums by Elton John on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Elton John is Goodbye Yellow Brick Road which is ranked number 210 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,189.
(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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Rock Of The Westies track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Rock Of The Westies rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 8 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1801-1900* | 70/79 | - |
| 2026 | dukeboxkool | Top 86 Music Albums of 1975 | 64/86 | 1 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 60 Music Albums of 1975 | 29/60 | 3 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | F2LF: Elton John | 4/26 | - |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 29 Music Albums of 1975 | 26/29 | 1 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1975 | 25/60 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 46 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 60 | |||
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Rock Of The Westies ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | Siromynian | 1,708 | 76/100 |
| ! | 04/27/2026 11:49 |  VictorVale | 3,900 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 17:13 | DJStuart79 | 5,983 | 59/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.5/100, a mean average of 70.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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I think this is an underrated and overlooked album. The reason why is probably it's lack of a true Elton John classic. Island girl, is the only reasonably well known track. Also it's more of a rock album than previous records and that makes it an extremely enjoyable one. Not Elton's best, but worth re-evaluation.
ChrisPBacon 03/27/2020 00:54 | #249132
This album is underrated. These songs have been forgotten, even though "Island Girl" was a #1 hit in the USA. I like "I Feel Like a Bullet (in the Gun of Robert Ford) Not one of his very best albums, but I like it. It rocks a little harder than most of his albums.
Elton John switches up his band with Rock of the Westies. Some of the songs are pretty funky. The first side is definitely stronger than the second, but there are some solid songs on here.
Key tracks: Dan Dare, I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford), and Grow Some Funk of Your Own.
ExTeaSea TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/15/2021 00:49 | #270650
Underrated Elton John. Always remembered this being in my dad's record collection. After they moved he gave me his collection! Island Girl is so nostalgic! One of the catchiest songs of all time.
Goliath 11/29/2018 15:25 | #225862
Don't Go Breaking My Heart (with Kiki Dee) is a bonus track on my copy of this album, a track that this album really needs.
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