The Beatles (The White Album)
by The Beatles

The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles
Year: 1968
Release date: 1968-11-22
Overall rank: 14th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
89/100 (from 3,842 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Best album of 1968 (1st)
Award Top 10 albums of the 1960s (6th)
Award Top 20 albums of all time (14th)

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The Beatles (The White Album) is ranked 4th 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 56,224.

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The Beatles (The White Album) track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Beatles (The White Album) rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 14th | 1960s rank: 6th | 1968 rank: 1st
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2026LittleM1971Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s4/10019
2026Marswolf68Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s8/10019
2026 CharadeTop 100 Greatest Music Albums81/10020
2026 eclabTop 100 Greatest Music Albums6/10094
2026 johnnerTop 100 Greatest Music Albums46/10054
2026martinthoTop 55 Music Albums of 19683/555
2026Garyf1972The Beatles Albums Rated4/12 -
2026 AAL2014Top 100 Greatest Music Albums32/10068
2026FelipeBoorkesTop 100 Greatest Music Albums49/10052
2026areminderTop 100 Greatest Music Albums22/10077
2026adbrack1988Top 29 Music Albums of 19683/295
2026 JoaoMoreiraTop 61 Music Albums of the 1960s21/6113
2026 PurplepashYa joking? Should've been higher! All Time edition27/100 -
2026LittleM1971Top 100 Greatest Music Albums19/10081
2026 andy_hunterTop 46 Music Albums of the 1960s36/465
2026brent13Top 96 Music Albums of the 1960s5/9619
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of 19681/1005
2026 ffudnebbuhTop 100 Greatest Music Albums20/10080
2026UntitledTop 100 Greatest Music Albums35/10066
2026pinkfreud1981Top 99 Greatest Music Albums70/9930
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 2,956
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 36,616
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Average Rating: 
89/100 (from 3,842 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 88.7/100, a mean average of 87.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.

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30/100
From 06/21/2025 22:50 | #309656
there is a lot of crap on this album.
fortunately there are also some good songs.
"Back in the U.S.S.R."
"Dear Prudence"
"Blackbird"
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
"Mother Nature's Son"
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Rating:  
100/100
From 04/30/2025 11:49 | #308768
THE BOMB! (and I generally never use capital letters on the internet).
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Rating:  
80/100
From 09/03/2024 15:57 | #305123
En general, "The Beatles [White Album]" es genial, muestra el lado más rockero y experimental de la banda, hay muchas cosas interesantes aquí y me encanta el sonido del álbum; solo escucha "Back in the U.S.S.R.", "Helter Skelter", "Revolution 9" y "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" y sabrás a lo que me refiero.

El problema es que este álbum es tan largo y con tantas canciones de relleno, que varias de ellas pasaron desapercibidas para mí, a tal punto que llega a ser un poco cansado su escucha.

De cualquier forma y a pesar de sus inconsistencias, sigue siendo muy disfrutable.


English review:
Overall, "The Beatles [White Album]" is good, it shows the more rock and experimental side of the band, there are a lot of interesting things here and I love the sound of the album; just listen to "Back in the U.S.S.R.", "Helter Skelter", "Revolution 9" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and you'll know what I mean.

The problem is that this album is so long and with so many filler songs, that several of them went unnoticed by me, to the point that I just wanted it to end.

In any case and despite its inconsistencies, it is still very enjoyable.
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Rating:  
30/100
From 08/11/2024 08:40 | #304712
They are highly regarded as a fore runner in music of the time, which possibly they were, but this album isn't that good.
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100/100
From 07/20/2024 08:21 | #304426
Revolution of The Beatles makes Helter-Skelter in head, so came Revolution no 9 by sounded tunes, because It's beatless, so it's Beatles.
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95/100
From 05/21/2023 22:50 | #297145
This is their most expansive and experimental album The Beatles have ever created. This is primarily due to the sheer number of genres they go into on this record and it is almost like they are trying to cover the whole of music history in a 90 minute run time. As a result of this, we get a rollercoaster ride of an album that is one of the most interesting and engaging releases of all time. I remember my first time listening to this record and being in complete shock every time I went onto a new song as you really can't predict what you are going to get next. One of the best surprises I got on my first listen was Helter Skelter which is an absolute classic Beatles track with its heavy guitar work and frantic drumming never failing to fill me with energy. There are so many more moments like this that I have with this record but with just how diverse it is going through them all might take all day. Not only is their genres and styles diverse on here but so is the instrumentation with there being so much to explore and analyse. Pretty much all of the instrumentation feels significant as well with all of it serving a purpose and it always suits the style of music they are going for on whatever song these unique instruments show up on. The song writing is also fantastic on here with the range of themes and ideas they go into depth about being seriously impressive. Overall, for a 90 minute record this is extremely consistent in terms of its quality and this is probably the most enjoyable album of theirs to listen to even if it isn't their strongest.
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Rating:  
95/100
From 05/10/2023 16:41 | #296861
Poster example of the whole being bigger than the sum of its parts.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 04/17/2023 19:30 | #296164
A monument of ragged, strange, often masturbatory opulence. It's as adventurous as rock music gets, and even for a 90-minute behemoth, it moves at a breakneck pace. For every idea that may not land or inspire, there are a handful more to do the job.
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100/100
From 10/23/2022 02:19 | #290711
My favorite Beatles album
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From 10/06/2022 00:23 | #290223
Fab four album
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