Anthology
by The Temptations
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The Temptations bestography
Anthology is ranked 5th best out of 44 albums by The Temptations on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Temptations is The Temptations Sing Smokey which is ranked number 5862 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 233.
(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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Anthology track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Anthology rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 16/100 | 78 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 16/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 12/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | neilgee | Tamla Motown | 2/100 | - |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Best of The 70s Pt.2 (101-200) | 13/100 | - |
| 2024 |  CharlieBarley | 701-800 Favourite Songs | 41/100 | - |
| 2021 | Tony58 | Top 95 Music Albums of the 1970s | 87/95 | 2 |
| 2018 |  bobbyb5 | Best-ofs / Greatest Hits Albums | 81/100 | - |
| 2018 |  21stCenturySchiz | If Rolling Stone Magazine did 1 album per Artist Part 3 | 14/73 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 15 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 106 | |||
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Anthology ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/26/2025 12:39 | machiaj | 805 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/18/2025 20:08 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,759 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/12/2022 20:26 | Johnnyo | 9,849 | 77/100 |
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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 78.2/100, a mean average of 80.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.9.
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Anthology forum mentions
neilgee 04/09/2026 06:55 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) neilgee 02/11/2023 03:07 in What album are you listening to right now?
planetneutral 01/18/2021 02:50 in planetneutral's Master Rating Log 2021-View all forum mentions
Anthology comments
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neilgee 09/20/2015 20:28 | #150124 | TOP COMMENT
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This is not the album I mean to include in my chart , this one has tracks from the 80's on it but says it's released in 73, wish someone would put it right.
planetneutral 01/18/2021 02:46 | #264586 | TOP COMMENT
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What a remarkably strong collection of singles they had in a relatively short time, evolving seamlessly from a pop soul outfit to funky R&B beasts.
swhaze TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/30/2014 14:53 | #130435 | TOP COMMENT
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This is the ONE definitive collection. The Temptations were as good as it got back in the day.
VictorVale 08/19/2022 23:34 | #288716
Bílbia da boa música pop!
neilgee 08/06/2021 21:43 | #272308 | TOP COMMENT
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Thanks to whoever amended this album to the correct 73 version (sorry but I can no longer edit my original comment to reflect the changes). I kept meaning to do it myself once I realised how easy editing was but it's a triple album, the whole track order needed rearranging, and somehow I never got around to it, so thankyou again to whoever did. Will just add that there were a whole series of Anthologies released that year to celebrate 25 years of Mowtown but as I was a schoolboy on pocket money this was the only one I could afford at the time of their release I didn't hear any others until years later when I tracked down the Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder versions. How disappointing the Smokey double album and Stevie triple were compared to this one by the Temps. It seems that I really made a great choice for my pocket money!
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