Whole Oats
by Daryl Hall & John Oates

Whole Oats by Daryl Hall & John Oates
Year: 1972
Overall rank: 43,131st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 22 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1972 (425th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (4,256th)
Award Best albums of all time (43,131st)

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Daryl Hall & John Oates bestography

Whole Oats is ranked 14th best out of 27 albums by Daryl Hall & John Oates on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Daryl Hall & John Oates is Abandoned Luncheonette which is ranked number 4170 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 344.

Daryl Hall & John Oates album bestography « Higher ranked (42,978th)
Change Of Season
This album (43,131st)
Whole Oats
Lower ranked (65,378th) »
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(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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Whole Oats rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 43,131st | 1970s rank: 4,256th | 1972 rank: 425th

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Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 22 votes)
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01/10/2026 17:58 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,16470/100
 
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03/11/2025 11:59 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,02169/100
 
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.2/100, a mean average of 69.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.

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Very underrated debut
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