For Once In My Life
by Stevie Wonder
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Stevie Wonder bestography
For Once In My Life is ranked 9th best out of 39 albums by Stevie Wonder on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Stevie Wonder is Songs In The Key Of Life which is ranked number 67 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,688.
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For Once In My Life track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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For Once In My Life rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Weepingguitarman | Top 38 Music Albums of 1968 | 26/38 | 2 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1601-1700* | 68/85 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 47/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Tamla Motown | 55/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 28/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 33 Music Albums of 1968 | 15/33 | 3 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 90 Music Albums of 1968 | 29/90 | 3 |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Best of The 60s Pt.2 (101-200) | 42/100 | - |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 20 Music Albums of 1968 | 6/20 | 4 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Funk & Soul | 64/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 60 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 151 | |||
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For Once In My Life ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/08/2026 15:06 | smithc4jc | 84 | 74/100 |
| ! | 05/06/2026 16:32 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2026 22:16 | davidleewrong | 2,357 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.
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For Once In My Life forum mentions
ExTeaSea 08/03/2025 00:39 in Underrated Stevie Wonder albums? neilgee 04/16/2025 14:49 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) neilgee 05/01/2023 07:06 in What album are you listening to right now?For Once In My Life comments
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Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/13/2019 06:31 | #242528 | TOP COMMENT
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Stevie's best album from the 60's , the title track, Shoo Be Doo & I Don't Know Why being the stand out tracks. I'd Be A Fool.., You Met Your Match & I'm More Than Happy are also great tracks. The last 4 tracks however drag the album down to 80/100. (Edited)
AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/09/2024 20:43 | #305207 | TOP COMMENT
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After many years of knowing, loving and practically hero-worshipping Stevie Wonder, it’s only been the last year or so I’ve gone back from the beginning of his discography and listened to all of the records and material I hadn’t previously listened to. This album being one of them.
Don’t be like me and sleep on this album for years and years haha.
Through compilations and hits collections, I’ve known and loved about a quarter of this album already, the opening title-track being one of the great pop/soul songs of the 60’s. But there are overlooked gems here like I’d Be A Fool Right Now and Ain’t No Lovin’ that showcase Stevie’s ever-growing writing and singing to accompany the handful of great singles that ultimately do end up front-loading the album a bit. (Edited)
Jboy56 02/20/2023 09:05 | #294243 | TOP COMMENT
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Stevies song-making and singing abilities start to show in full bloom. Strong and solid his best 60's album definetely (Edited)
Really good...especially loved the track ‘I Don’t Know Why’. (Edited)
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