The Essential Beatles
by The Beatles
The Beatles bestography
The Essential Beatles is ranked 57th 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 56,963.
(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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The Essential Beatles track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Essential Beatles rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | stevengnz | Top 93 Music Albums of 1972 | 14/93 | 4 |
| 2024 | lwarner | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1970s | 39/99 | 12 |
| 2024 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - The Beatles - Ranked | 66/72 | - |
| 2018 |  bobbyb5 | Best Beatles Songs | 2/42 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 4 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 17 | |||
The Essential Beatles collection
The Essential Beatles ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 30 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/04/2024 18:02 |  serpico | 662 | 89/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2024 07:13 | Tuur | 947 | 67/100 |
| ! | 02/11/2024 07:19 | stevengnz | 2,608 | 73/100 |
| ! | 01/05/2024 20:18 | TonySayers61 | 23,460 | 64/100 |
| ! | 11/09/2022 23:00 |  Arthurknight | 9,595 | 72/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.9/100, a mean average of 66.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 22.1.
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