Past Masters • Volume Two
by The Beatles
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Past Masters • Volume Two is ranked 21st best out of 71 albums by The Beatles on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Beatles is Abbey Road which is ranked number 3 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 53,486.
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Past Masters • Volume Two track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 86 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Past Masters • Volume Two 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 |  Romanelli | Top 75 Music Albums of 1988 | 36/75 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1988 | 55/83 | - |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 99 Music Albums of 1988 | 85/99 | 1 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 41/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1401-1500 | 3/100 | - |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 16/100 | 17 |
| 2026 | Fritz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 38/100 | 13 |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 94/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 83 Music Albums of 1988 | 71/83 | 1 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 9/100 | 18 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 62 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 225 | |||
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Past Masters • Volume Two ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/24/2026 15:32 | Fritz | 1,374 | 77/100 |
| ! | 03/14/2026 10:27 | Leginlists | 3,844 | 83/100 |
| ! | 03/03/2026 21:33 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,308 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 84.2/100, a mean average of 82.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.
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Past Masters • Volume Two forum mentions
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ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/01/2010 03:57 | #13925 | TOP COMMENT
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I agree and I believe that it was the Beatles 'showing off' to the rest of the rock bands out there that they had so much creative power that they could record these great songs and not make people buy a whole album to listen to them...it is not really a compilation in the normal sense, it is not a collection of previously released albums tracks assembled as a greatest hits..these were all, with the exception of "let it be", released as 'singles'only (called throw away singles in the record business), never on any album, so for that reason I put it in a different category than greatest hits compilations. But I understand the reasons why purists want to put only original studio albums on greatest album charts. I count it as an album better than Sgt. Pepper and so include it here. I also put it here because I don't think that many of the younger members don't realize that these songs existed only as singles.
It was a VERY big deal when they released all of the Beatles catalog on CD (yes, that was a long time ago). This was the final CD, and I found it quite astonishing how so many of their "hits" never actually made it to a studio album. That they were so prolific with their genius in such a short time is astonishing - and this collection proves it. (Edited)
Mattdup279 10/16/2016 01:54 | #176964 | TOP COMMENT
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Hey Jude is my favorite Beatles track, and I really think it should have been fit into the White Album (as it was recorded during those sessions). It fits in and would make the White Album maybe their best album, and it would give a home to Hey Jude, which must find its place on compilations like this. (Edited)
This collection of latter day non-album singles contains some of their best ever songs. (Edited)
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/28/2010 20:01 | #15420 | TOP COMMENT
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I think that "Paperback Writer" is my favorite Beatles track. As I recall, this was the first Beatles single after an 8 month hiatus where they really started changing their sound..."Rain" was on the flip side of the single, so it was a great buy for a 9 year old. I get so angry that these great songs were left off albums. "Paperback Writer" and "Rain" would have fit perfectly on "Revolver".
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