A Single Man
by Elton John
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Elton John bestography
A Single Man is ranked 33rd 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 207 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,251.
(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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A Single Man track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
A Single Man 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 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1978 | 50/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 76 Music Albums of 1978 | 59/76 | 1 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 41 Music Albums of 1978 | 19/41 | 3 |
| 2026 | Squonk007 | Top 37 Music Albums of 1978 | 18/37 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1978 | 39/62 | - |
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Elton John (UK) incl. non-solo - Ranked | 13/62 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 31 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 30 | |||
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A Single Man ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/08/2026 18:02 | Jakor | 5,525 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2026 15:26 |  VictorVale | 3,896 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 12:28 | Tamthebam | 23,216 | 69/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 64.2/100, a mean average of 61.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 62.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.0.
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Titled "A Single Man" in reference to it being his first album/songwriting effort without Bernie Taupin, this record is the first of the post-classic-era Elton John albums, and as such I hadn't heard many good things about it going in. But I'm pleasantly surprised; it's a pretty solid album that, no, isn't as strong in the lyrical department as his prior works with Taupin, but has a lot of classic Elton instrumental and vocal moments. It's definitely on the uneven side, and at 49 minutes long, it could have been helped by trimming some of the fat, but the highlights here are worth checking out—I liked both It Ain't Gonna Be Easy and Madness quite a bit, and Song for Guy is rightly regarded as an understated classic. Perhaps it doesn't reach the highs of his previous golden period, but there are some great moments here on what should be a record regarded higher than it is. (Edited)
Embarrassingly bad, coming off the string of the '70-'77 albums.
Nothing outstanding but enjoyable enough. Not his best but not his worst either. Just about okay.
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