20 Golden Greats
by The Beach Boys
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The Beach Boys bestography
20 Golden Greats is ranked 27th best out of 76 albums by The Beach Boys on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Beach Boys is Pet Sounds which is ranked number 11 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 38,402.
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20 Golden Greats track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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20 Golden Greats rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 22/100 | 4 |
| 2025 |  NowhereMan | Top 15 Music Albums of 1976 | 9/15 | 2 |
| 2025 | munson | Top 36 Music Albums of the 1970s | 18/36 | 11 |
| 2025 | tim0505 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1976 | 36/50 | 2 |
| 2024 | LosWochos | Top 99 Music Albums of 1976 | 23/99 | 4 |
| 2024 |  CharlieBarley | 601-700 Favourite Songs | 4/100 | - |
| 2024 | CharlieBarley | 701-800 Favourite Songs | 87/100 | - |
| 2023 | TonyF12345 | Top 26 Music Albums of 1976 | 19/26 | 2 |
| 2022 | salvador | Favourite Compilations | 37/99 | - |
| 2020 |  Goliath | The Most Iconic Songs | 43/50 | - |
| 2019 | Johnnyo | The band of band of band of bands chart | 4/59 | - |
| 2016 | iancrockert141 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 25/100 | 4 |
| 2013 | munson | Top 3 Music Albums of 1976 | 2/3 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 31 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/26/2025 12:17 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,437 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/21/2024 12:32 |  Ulysses60 | 1,296 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/09/2023 15:38 | MickLord | 3,967 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/09/2022 12:40 |  Arthurknight | 9,594 | 72/100 |
| ! | 05/02/2022 16:59 | Fevernova | 3,137 | 82/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.4/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.2.
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I’m not a huge beach boys fan but even for me this compilation ticks all the right boxes. Excellent selection
Sure, there are countless hit compilations by the Beach Boys. Some of them leaving out their post "Pet Sounds" hits. Some of them including later 80's songs, that sound totally out of place. Most of them packed to the max or released as overloaded double/triple disc sets, which obviously have some filler material as well. This one instead serves as a brilliant, normal length overview of their most successful years on Capitol Records up to 1969. There is next to no filler on this set - "You're So Good To Me" might be the only semi-hit included. To date, this is still the most definite of the Beach Boys' greatest hits releases, and back in 1976 it was also one of the biggest sellers in the UK.
ffudnebbuh 03/07/2010 21:32 | #6395
My favorite Beach Boys songs are the early ones..(It sounds like I'm talking about Woody Allen)..although I love all of their albums, it was difficult to find an album that has all of the songs I like, although this album doesn't have my favorite "In my room"..I could have put "Pet Sounds" which of course is a great album, but I wanted to put up an album that I felt captured all of the dimensions of the Beach Boy sound. Watched on the T.A.M.I. video last night, really great DVD from 1964.
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