Surfin' Bird
by The Trashmen

Surfin' Bird by The Trashmen
Year: 1964
Overall rank: 16,188th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 27 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1964 (77th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (1,083rd)
Award Best albums of all time (16,188th)

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Surfin' Bird is ranked as the best album by The Trashmen.

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Overall rank: 16,188th | 1960s rank: 1,083rd | 1964 rank: 77th

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 27 votes)
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65/100
 
01/14/2026 19:58 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,69370/100
 
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12/31/2025 08:22 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,00569/100
 
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03/16/2025 01:44 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distribution  2,94972/100
 
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12/31/2024 22:10 ExTeaSea  Ratings distribution  5,13382/100
 
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12/14/2023 20:31 Hyggevinyl  Ratings distribution  4,23372/100

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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 71.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.5.

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From 12/02/2022 11:58 | #291711
This album has one of the best sounds of the instrumental surf/rock guitar, many times imitated and used in countless movies....
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Best Albums of 1964
1. A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles
2. Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz & João Gilberto
3. The Times They Are A-Changin' by Bob Dylan
4. Beatles For Sale by The Beatles
5. Out To Lunch! by Eric Dolphy
6. Another Side Of Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan
7. Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica by The Ronettes
8. Ain't That Good News by Sam Cooke
9. Where Did Our Love Go by The Supremes
10. Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus by Charles Mingus
11. Kinks by The Kinks
12. The Sidewinder by Lee Morgan
13. Empyrean Isles by Herbie Hancock
14. Folk Singer by Muddy Waters
15. The Animals by The Animals
16. Meet The Beatles! by The Beatles
17. Song For My Father (Cantiga Para Meu Pai) by Horace Silver Quintet
18. "Live" At The Star-Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis
19. Wednesday Morning, 3AM by Simon & Garfunkel
20. The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones
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