Retrospective (compilation album)
by Buffalo Springfield

Retrospective by Buffalo Springfield
(Compilation album)
Year: 1969
Overall rank: 16,902nd   
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 73 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1969 (208th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (1,125th)
Award Best albums of all time (16,902nd)

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Buffalo Springfield bestography

Retrospective is ranked 4th best out of 8 albums by Buffalo Springfield on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Buffalo Springfield is Buffalo Springfield Again which is ranked number 950 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,816.

Buffalo Springfield album bestography « Higher ranked (9,130th)
Last Time Around
This album (16,902nd)
Retrospective
Lower ranked (16,902nd) »
Retrospective

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Retrospective track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Retrospective rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 16,902nd | 1960s rank: 1,125th | 1969 rank: 208th

Retrospective collection

Retrospective ratings

Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 73 votes)
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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 78.6/100, a mean average of 79.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.

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From 06/28/2021 02:28 | #271108
As far I've heard, this is the best greatest hits album ever. It fully captures Buffalo Springfield at their greatest. They picked their twelve best songs, though it could easily been expanded a couple songs or so.
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From 03/09/2016 22:17 | #161641
A good compilation by a seminal band of the 60's.
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