The Hits (compilation album) by REO Speedwagon

The Hits by REO Speedwagon
(Compilation album)
Year: 1988
Overall rank: 23,910th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 42 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (304th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (3,100th)
Award Best albums of all time (23,910th)
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REO SPEEDWAGON - THE HITS: VINYL LP, 1988 EPIC, OE-44202, VG+ / EX+, TESTED
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REO Speedwagon bestography

The Hits is ranked 5th best out of 22 albums by REO Speedwagon on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by REO Speedwagon is Hi Infidelity which is ranked number 3730 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 391.

REO Speedwagon album bestography « Higher ranked (18,103rd) This album (23,910th) Lower ranked (27,961st) »
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The Hits track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Hits ratings

Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 42 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.8/100, a mean average of 66.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.3.

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70/100
From 01/28/2016 12:23
One of the earlier "Best Of" packages. There are better remastered releases that have been issued. Great tunes though.
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From 10/09/2014 03:18
all their essential tracks are here
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From 04/15/2014 01:52
Decade of Rock and Roll is a much better hits package than this.
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From 07/22/2013 19:35
One of the best road trip albums of all time.
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