Mad Dogs & Englishmen
by Joe Cocker
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Joe Cocker bestography
Mad Dogs & Englishmen is ranked 2nd best out of 36 albums by Joe Cocker on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Joe Cocker is With A Little Help From My Friends which is ranked number 2535 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 626.
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Mad Dogs & Englishmen track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Mad Dogs & Englishmen 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 |  Romanelli | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 93/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 87 Music Albums of 1970 | 58/87 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | 201-300 | 28/100 | - |
| 2026 | Pluto11 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 45 Music Albums of 1970 | 7/45 | 4 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 29/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 20/100 | 16 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 101-200 | 13/100 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | My top 100 live albums | 27/84 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 71 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 172 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/23/2026 10:41 | Leginlists | 3,842 | 83/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2026 11:22 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,920 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2025 02:04 | MaxStorm98 | 3,798 | 89/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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BestEverAlbums 09/23/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5444): By Romanelli Romanelli 04/25/2026 16:45 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Mad Dogs & Englishmen comments
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ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/20/2010 19:48 | #11931 | TOP COMMENT
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I always really liked Joe Cocker. The thing about him was that he always picked good songs and surrounded himself with great musicians.
A great live record. I wish someone would clean up the mix and re-master it the way it deserves to be.
IanFrance 11/14/2020 23:00 | #260830 | TOP COMMENT
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Joe Cocker’s voice is an institution, there’s no doubting that. Where this album falls down is the arrangements. The dirge of Bird On The Wire falls way short of the twinkling piece that was originally conceived. A couple of tracks would work fine were they shorter (several minutes shorter in places), but as it is, they drag somewhat. Long running times are not a problem where the track is lively or delicate, but sadly what’s on offer here is, for the most part, neither. Where the album works best are the points where the tempo is raised and we really get down to some upbeat bluesy rock music. This is an album to listen to more than once - but have something else on the go whilst you’re doing it.
High Points: Honky Tonk Woman; The Letter; Sticks And Stones
Sandrof1969 02/15/2018 19:22 | #208326
Disco dove Joe piega il materiale altrui ( siano i Beatles, gli Stones, Cohen, Redding o chiunque altro ) a suo piacimento tanto da farlo diventare suo. Uno dei più bei live di sempre, con la ciliegina sulla torta rappresentata da una "Superstar" resa eterna da Rita Coolidge.
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