1962-1966
by The Beatles
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1962-1966 is ranked 18th 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 54,007.
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1962-1966 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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1962-1966 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 |  ExTeaSea | Top 88 Music Albums of 1973 | 83/88 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | 3 My Chart 1963 Bonus | 1/2 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1970s | 37/100 | - |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 21 Music Albums of 1973 | 19/21 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 85 Music Albums of 1973 | 34/85 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1970s | 11/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1973 | 4/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 32/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 125 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 371 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/27/2026 11:09 | kinginsomniac12 | 589 | 99/100 |
| ! | 06/26/2026 08:25 | Tamthebam | 23,289 | 69/100 |
| ! | 03/25/2026 22:44 | Menelao | 183 | 71/100 |
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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 85.2/100, a mean average of 83.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.5.
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Forum mentions
pedro1976 07/16/2026 09:53 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 06/13/2025 14:00 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 05/15/2025 17:46 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)1962-1966 comments
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In my view, along with The Blue Album, the best Compilation Albums of all time. The 2023 mix is a revelation as the tracks have a fuller sound with better clarity of each instrument (Ringo's Drums!) & vocal, especially on 'I Saw Her Standing There,' 'This Boy,' 'You Can't Do That,' 'Eight Days A Week,' 'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away,' 'We Can Work It Out,' 'Day Tripper,' 'Nowhere Man' and 'If I Needed Someone!' (Edited)
En realidad este álbum hay que considerarlo como una unidad junto al 1967-1970. Entre los dos tienen 54 canciones de lo mejor de los Beatles. Representan la recopilación oficial de su trayectoria, ordenando cronológicamente su contenido. (Edited)
Fantastic compilation of the early stuff. Together with the 'Blue 1967-1970' you've got the greatest compilation set ever. (Edited)
Eleanor rigby fav track,not a huge fan of early stuff. (Edited)
I always found it strange that this compilation has only 26 songs while 1967-1970 has 28. The songs are all under 3.5 minutes - they should have put more songs on it, not less, than 1967-1970 where the songs were mostly more than 3.5 minutes. 1966 is particularly underrepresented on this compilation with only 3 songs. Just think how much better this compilation would have been with the addition of Tomorrow Never Knows and Rain, at the very least. Even better with I Saw Her Standing There, Taxman, I'm Only Sleeping and For No One. Then it becomes an excellent summary of 1962 - 1966, and with 32 songs, would still be shorter than 1967-1970. (Edited)
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