Watertown
by Frank Sinatra

Watertown by Frank Sinatra
Year: 1970
Overall rank: 9,912th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 58 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (146th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (1,419th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,912th)

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Frank Sinatra bestography

Watertown is ranked 16th best out of 105 albums by Frank Sinatra on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Frank Sinatra is In The Wee Small Hours which is ranked number 361 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,588.

Frank Sinatra album bestography « Higher ranked (9,070th)
Nice 'N' Easy
This album (9,912th)
Watertown
Lower ranked (9,912th) »
Watertown

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Watertown rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 9,912th | 1970s rank: 1,419th | 1970 rank: 146th
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2026JakorTop 100 Music Albums of 197084/1001
2026matterhornriderTop 72 Music Albums of 197063/721
2026MalcolmpTop 5 Greatest Music Albums4/5 -
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 197062/1002
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 100 Music Albums of 197027/1004
2025BorderFreeAndrewTop 100 Music Albums of 197099/1000
2025Foxforce5Top 26 Music Albums of 197010/263
2025 WasinskiTop 85 Music Albums of 197034/853
2025JohnnyoGreatest Albums of 1970 by U R C26/56 -
2024cmoshierTop 100 Music Albums of 197013/1004
2024JohnnyoGreatest albums of the '70's (201 - 300) by U R C59/100 -
2024conallmaloneTop 53 Music Albums of 197010/534
2024LosWochosTop 100 Music Albums of 197079/1001
2023WayneMCUncut: The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1970s (201-300)59/100 -
2023 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s10/10018
2023conallmaloneTerribly Underappreciated3/46 -
2022uDiscoverMusicThe Best Albums of 197053/711
2021 SkinnyTop 99 Music Albums of the 1970s64/997
2021HeliconTop 40 Greatest Music Albums27/4018
2021Kingbee78Top 17 Greatest Music Albums3/1747
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 31
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 123
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Watertown ratings

Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 58 votes)
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03/14/2026 03:27 davidleewrong  Ratings distribution  2,35781/100
 
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01/05/2026 02:38 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  12,73570/100
 
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12/23/2025 03:45 Olli  Ratings distribution  7,36362/100
 
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09/01/2025 18:44 RockingRoll666  Ratings distribution  1,67973/100
 
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06/19/2025 06:29 idiotican  Ratings distribution  2,80374/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.7/100, a mean average of 68.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 23.2.

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From 08/24/2020 08:30 | #257374 | TOP COMMENT
Very very underrated, my second favourite after In The Wee Small Hours. Best songs: For A While and I Would Be In Love (Anyway)
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From 01/03/2016 02:40 | #155637 | TOP COMMENT
So evocative of a lost time and place. Really an art piece.
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From 06/25/2015 20:03 | #144583 | TOP COMMENT
A lost classic.
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90/100
From 12/31/2012 13:50 | #59574 | TOP COMMENT
There is a great website that studies Sinatra's album, Watertown. Just google watertownology.
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