Rollin'
by Bay City Rollers
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Bay City Rollers bestography
Rollin' is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Bay City Rollers on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bay City Rollers is Greatest Hits which is ranked number 27942 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 32.
(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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Rollin' track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Rollin' 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 | Gendjar | Best Album of 1974 | 1/1 | 5 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | top 65r albums (62), #0001-0100* | 26/98 | - |
| 2024 |  Dankel | Top 26 Music Albums of 1974 | 25/26 | 0 |
| 2023 | paladisiac | 1970s 65rating (62), #001-100* | 4/91 | - |
| 2020 |  CharlieBarley | Caledonia: You're Calling Me! Fave albums by Scottish Artists | 16/86 | - |
| 2018 | CharlieBarley | Top 60 Music Albums of 1974 | 15/60 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 7 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 11 | |||
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Rollin' ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 04/16/2026 11:33 | Gendjar | 4,749 | 56/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2025 14:13 |  spigelwii | 660 | 85/100 |
| ! | 07/14/2025 12:34 |  MetalMan67 | 6,251 | 71/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 59.4/100, a mean average of 49.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 49.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 25.3.
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spigelwii 12/06/2025 14:09 | #312034
Ever since I first listened to Nick Lowe's masterpiece, "Jesus of Cool," I was enthralled by the idea of listening to a Bay City Rollers record. Surely, if Basher himself would write such an endearing song about a specific, contemporary act, they'd have to be worth their wait in gold, right!? So, I threw "Rollin'" on the immense backlog of music I planned to listen to when I had the time.
Imagine my surprise when I finally listened to this debut record and figured out that Nick was probably just being sarcastic. This first BCR record, likely their best, is a collection of totally passable pop songs and mostly subpar covers of better, older songs. We've now passed the 50 year anniversary of defending this absolutely ordinary pop group, Edinburgh, what gives? (Edited)
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