Forty Licks (compilation album)
by The Rolling Stones

Forty Licks by The Rolling Stones
(Compilation album)
Year: 2002
Overall rank: 9,549th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 216 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2002 (190th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,689th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,549th)

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The Rolling Stones bestography

Forty Licks is ranked 34th 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 20,057.

The Rolling Stones album bestography « Higher ranked (8,855th)
Singles Collection: The London Years
This album (9,549th)
Forty Licks
Lower ranked (9,830th) »
Undercover

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Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 216 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.9/100, a mean average of 80.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.

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90/100
From 12/14/2016 09:41
This album shouldn't be allowed to be on the list....it's a compilation!
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From 06/18/2015 20:12
I don't really care for The Rolling Stones albums as a whole. Thats why this album is perfect for me. All the good songs I like and not having to listen to the many songs I do not like on each album.
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From 01/06/2012 05:59
Honestly Ive always struggled to really get into The Rolling Stones on an album level, but have always enjoyed their top tier songs. The first disc of this compilation is just pure heaven.
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From 08/19/2011 22:29
Not bad for a compilation album... The first disc is perfect. The second on the other hand contains some of their later material I'm forced to skip.
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From 01/09/2011 01:06
Why are greatest hits albums allowed? It's ridiculous.
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From 03/18/2009 00:54
A cowards choice to pick a collection maybe, but ooh so many good songs!
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