40 Greatest Hits
by Hank Williams

40 Greatest Hits by Hank Williams
(Compilation album)
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 3,968th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 167 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (71st)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (678th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,968th)

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Hank Williams bestography

40 Greatest Hits is ranked 4th best out of 21 albums by Hank Williams on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Hank Williams is Moanin' The Blues which is ranked number 2307 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 697.

Hank Williams album bestography « Higher ranked (3,446th)
Hank Williams Sings
This album (3,968th)
40 Greatest Hits
Lower ranked (7,711th) »
Honky-Tonkin'

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40 Greatest Hits track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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40 Greatest Hits rankings

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Overall rank: 3,968th | 1970s rank: 678th | 1978 rank: 71st

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 167 votes)
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02/13/2026 14:25 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,02473/100
 
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06/16/2025 10:34 CellarDoor  Ratings distribution  8,25979/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.0.

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From 11/22/2020 19:58 | #261245
Hard to ignore how many iconic songs he wrote.
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From 10/04/2020 13:42 | #258993
Compêndio da música popular americana!!
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From 05/30/2015 20:56 | #142713
This is missing a lot of fantastic early stuff. His early stuff (as found on disc one of "The Complete Hank Williams") is ESSENTIAL listening. Really laid down the foundation for American country music there, and he wrote very emotional songs of redemption on the plains. He wasn't just a sad, lonely dude!
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From 05/08/2014 18:39 | #111191
Bucket had a hole in it before I listened to this album. Hank is the godfather of country music. Without him, none of the modern greats would exist. It's super twangy and full of lost love, but it reminds me of a much simpler time.
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From 09/10/2013 20:47 | #85668
The first time my dad put in the double CD I thought he was nuts....but he opened my world to Hank. Each song became a classic and I finally got what my dad got about hank - and what my mom could not understand.
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From 08/30/2010 00:43 | #14757
The country's giant. In the tower of song (Cohen dixit), Hank Williams composed every night a piece of truth, love, betrayal, despair,life.
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