M.I.U. Album
by The Beach Boys

M.I.U. Album by The Beach Boys
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 37,594th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
57/100 (from 49 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (398th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (3,904th)
Award Best albums of all time (37,594th)

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The Beach Boys bestography

M.I.U. Album is ranked 32nd best out of 76 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 38,120.

The Beach Boys album bestography « Higher ranked (34,740th)
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This album (37,594th)
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M.I.U. Album rankings

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Overall rank: 37,594th | 1970s rank: 3,904th | 1978 rank: 398th

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M.I.U. Album ratings

Average Rating: 
57/100 (from 49 votes)
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02/06/2026 08:57 Siromynian  Ratings distribution  1,62978/100
 
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01/18/2026 10:51 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,96470/100
 
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07/02/2025 04:09 daCritic  Ratings distribution  4,43773/100
 
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04/03/2025 13:59 BurndenAce  Ratings distribution  1,13676/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 56.8/100, a mean average of 53.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 53.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.7.

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From 10/15/2017 16:52 | #199522
Winds of Change is beautiful. The rest is average to bloody awful. Start of the rapid downwards spiral for America's greatest band
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