461 Ocean Boulevard
by Eric Clapton
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Eric Clapton bestography
461 Ocean Boulevard is ranked 3rd best out of 61 albums by Eric Clapton on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Eric Clapton is Unplugged which is ranked number 1625 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,053.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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461 Ocean Boulevard track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
461 Ocean Boulevard rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 97 Music Albums of 1974 | 22/97 | 4 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 34 Music Albums of 1974 | 11/34 | 4 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 63/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | bertdepoortere | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 62/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 19 Music Albums of 1974 | 15/19 | 1 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 34 Music Albums of 1974 | 18/34 | 3 |
| 2026 | Kettwig | Top 18 Music Albums of 1974 | 14/18 | 1 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 54 Music Albums of 1974 | 31/54 | 2 |
| 2026 | Rivera | 201-300 | 70/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 233 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 671 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/03/2026 21:37 |  serpico | 907 | 85/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2026 18:16 | gmessian | 385 | 60/100 |
| ! | 04/29/2026 10:07 | classicjoe | 507 | 78/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.
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dihansse 02/11/2026 21:45 in My discoveries per year461 Ocean Boulevard comments
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It obvious from listening to this album that Clapton listened to a lot of blues. I'm fairly new to collecting his albums and it is additive to listen to his style of rock and blues. This is my favorite album of his and I do like equally his self-title album, Backless, and Slow hand. Now for some "Willie And The Hand Jive" and "I Can't Hold Out" (Edited)
VictorVale 05/02/2023 22:09 | #296548
Grande musicalidade, mas suga bastante de outros artistas, principalmente negros.
Jboy56 12/09/2021 16:05 | #277302
461 Ocean Boulevard:
When an album is evaluated eg reviewed, it is sometimes a difficult task, because it is usually a subjective task and tastes differ.
TO make it easier I like to test it here. There are at least 9 technical/artistical matters to take into account
1) Production quality: Mixing, instrumentation, recording etc = 90
2) Musicianship, quality of musicians = 100
3) Track order and amount of fillers = 75
4) Genre, feel, and continuity consistency = 90
5) Song & arrangement quality = 75
6) How unique, original or groundbreaking this album is =65
7) Relation of the album to artists´' other production = 88
8) Relation to contemporary music (avantgarde or dated) = 60
9) Entertainment/accessibility value = 80
10) Cover = 70
really liked this. jive, reggae blues, country and western, pop. quite a mix
Brandon8 03/21/2021 21:37 | #267606
Comparable to his debut album where there are stone cold classics such as I Shot the Sheriff & Let It Grow but the rest is a bit bland although better this time with good vibes throughout. I don’t think this is his best solo album that for me is Slowhand.
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