Sunflower
by The Beach Boys
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Sunflower is ranked 6th best out of 77 albums by The Beach Boys on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Beach Boys is Pet Sounds which is ranked number 11 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 36,278.
(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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Sunflower track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Sunflower rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | villagegreen831 | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 42/50 | 17 |
| 2026 |  Graeme2 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 39/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1970 | 46/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1970 Pt 2 | 5/17 | - |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | June 26: 401-500 | 49/100 | - |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 49 Music Albums of 1970 | 44/49 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 20 Music Albums of 1970 | 17/20 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 98 Music Albums of 1970 | 65/98 | 2 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 54 Music Albums of 1970 | 15/54 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 63/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 271 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,252 | |||
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Sunflower ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/25/2026 16:39 | ecocruzr | 246 | 69/100 |
| ! | 04/05/2026 16:18 | RemainInLight | 3,814 | 36/100 |
| ! | 03/28/2026 20:58 | Hyggevinyl | 4,474 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.4/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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Sunflower forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026 BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - August 2026 BestEverAlbums 08/10/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5400): By BLOSunflower comments
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Boltzmann TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/16/2018 22:03 | #211074 | TOP COMMENT
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This album shows off everything that's great about The Beach Boys: the fact that they could do almost any genre from that time (maybe they should've left rock & roll, but okay); Brian Wilson's genius production techniques; Brian Wilson's out of the box thinking, he basically made Shoegazing with "All I Wanna Do" twenty years before it was a thing; their perfect harmonies; and of course the way too sweet (almost sickening), lovey dovey lyrics. (Edited)
My second favorite Beach Boys album to Pet Sounds (of course). It has the group at the peak of creativity and cohesion, although Brian had already begun to slip into his whole situation...everyone's contributions here are essential to the final product, which is amazing (Edited)
The beach boys first album of the seventies, and the first release on their own brother label. It's a very good album. It's slick, in a good way, and it's a very summery album. Dennis Wilson contributes four tracks, the best being the opener, slip on through and the beautiful ballad, forever. There's plenty of other good songs here, from Brian's, this whole world, the sweet, add some music to your day, and Bruce Johnston's, tears in the morning. A nice album, perfect for a summer's day. (Edited)
The most consistent album I've ever listened to. So happy and brilliantly produced. You get to see not just Brian Wilson, but the whole band a peak creativity. (Edited)
Sunflower attempted to relaunch The Beach Boys to commercial success on a new record label. The group is more democratic than ever with all of the members contributing material and taking lead vocals. Don’t go in expecting the same depth of emotion as Pet Sounds – perhaps Sunflower‘s greatest flaw is a lightweight aura – but it’s consistently well crafted pop music. (Edited)
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