Rubber Soul
by The Beatles
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Rubber Soul is ranked 5th best out of 71 albums by The Beatles on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Beatles is Abbey Road which is ranked number 3 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 53,559.
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Rubber Soul track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 86 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Rubber Soul 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 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1965 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 19 Music Albums of 1965 | 7/19 | 3 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 9 Music Albums of 1965 | 1/9 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 33/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 17/100 | 17 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 5/100 | 19 |
| 2026 | DaveH68 | Top 60 Greatest Music Albums | 7/60 | 85 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 20/100 | 81 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | #1 albums per year since 1960 | 6/66 | - |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 71/100 | 30 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 2,358 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 24,922 | |||
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Rubber Soul ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 48 hours ago | tmurf | 70 | 80/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2026 20:10 | ikeguy | 45 | 86/100 |
| ! | 08/13/2026 09:01 | TitoVampir | 197 | 76/100 |
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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 88.1/100, a mean average of 86.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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Rubber Soul forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 11 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5448): By Glitterboiii BestEverAlbums 3 days ago in Chart of the day (#5446): By RasmV BestEverAlbums 09/21/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5442): By martinthoRubber Soul comments
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KHAN2705 03/14/2014 20:38 | #106251 | TOP COMMENT
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This might not be a popular opinion but I consider this album to be better than both "The White Album" and "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". The compositions, songwriting, the emotions, the singing... just top-notch. Some of the songs even at their most simplest, really do have a long-term emotional and transfixing effect on me. Not that the two above mentioned albums aren't great or anything but this one is something that I prefer. The fact is, The Beatles are just perfection. Their music is the best kind and there never was, is or will be any other ingenious artists like them.
My favorite songs from this album are:
1. In My Life
2. Norwegian Wood
3. Michelle (Edited)
The real deal for the beatles, help and a hard days night are very good, but this is just excellent, Lenoon have the best songs in here, Paul is excellent, george helps and deliver songs and ringo drums are precise
From rubber soul to abbey road, thats the best album run for any artist (Edited)
The Beatles sixth album is where it truly begins, in terms of their artistic genius. It's really the Mersey beat sound taken to it's peak. The band's use of marijuana was now really influencing their music. It contains some of the Beatles greatest songs. In my life, Norwegian wood, Michelle, and girl are all brilliant. Other strong songs are Paul's I'm looking through you, George's think for yourself, and the wonderful the word. It's not a perfect album though, closing track run for your life though musically fine, lyrically is nasty and doesn't suit the album's overall tone. Worst song on the album though is Ringo's what goes on. It really does bring the record down. Still, it's an essential album, and it really is the last Beatles album to feature any hint of their early material. This is also the record where the band's different personalities started to evolve musically , and where they would positively shine on the next LP. Yes, next up is, revolver, but this is without doubt, the best fab four album up to this point. (Edited)
Most consistent, raw, best harmonies, best everything. Cannot believe this is 56 years old. Not one weak track on here in my opinion. My favorite Beatles record as well as my favorite record. (Edited)
Komorebi-D 03/23/2017 07:52 | #187925 | TOP COMMENT
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My favourite Beatles album. The grandeur from track to track is consistently unstoppable. No Beatles is like The Beatles trying to be The Byrds trying to be The Beatles.
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