The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988
by John Mellencamp
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John Mellencamp bestography
The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988 is ranked 24th best out of 33 albums by John Mellencamp on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by John Mellencamp is Scarecrow which is ranked number 1941 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 873.
(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 Best That I Could Do 1978-1988 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (13 out of 14 tracks have been rated).
The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988 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 | fabm0 | List 1997 | 89/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 93 Music Albums of 1997 | 64/93 | 2 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1901-2000 | 4/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1997 | 87/100 | - |
| 2023 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2022 | arnellarsen | Top 76 Music Albums of the 1990s | 66/76 | 3 |
| 2022 | arnellarsen | Top 73 Music Albums of 1997 | 51/73 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 7 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 9 | |||
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The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988 ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/10/2025 00:42 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,716 | 74/100 |
| ! | 10/02/2023 09:58 | fabm0 | 7,009 | 58/100 |
| ! | 05/08/2023 12:20 | Johnnyo | 9,811 | 77/100 |
| ! | 02/23/2023 15:15 |  MetalMan67 | 6,203 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/18/2022 04:01 | traistboar | 1,768 | 79/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.7/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.
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