The Great Twenty-Eight
by Chuck Berry
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Chuck Berry bestography
The Great Twenty-Eight is ranked 4th best out of 44 albums by Chuck Berry on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Chuck Berry is Berry Is On Top which is ranked number 492 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,489.
(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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The Great Twenty-Eight track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 01/11/2026 16:13 | Slewkey | 279 | 80/100 |
| ! | 05/25/2025 15:22 | cicadelic | 11,632 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/15/2025 12:17 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,731 | 82/100 |
| ! | 01/08/2025 01:46 | BorderFreeAndrew | 14,609 | 74/100 |
| ! | 10/02/2024 20:06 | Banner | 4,906 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.9/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.
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planetneutral 11/04/2020 23:32 | #260197
There are so many great songs on here. But not 28 of them. Berry borrowed heavily from himself, which becomes really noticeable when you string all his hits together.
VictorVale 09/06/2020 21:59 | #257833
Pilar do rock!
junodog4 01/29/2015 03:09 | #132874
It is a compilation, so it's tough for me to include this as a best-ever-album. But Chuck Berry was in an age of singles, and no single alubm comes remotely close to the collection of tracks here. Hmm...
swhaze 04/23/2014 06:28 | #109820
For someone on a budget who is interested in the music of this legendary artist, look no further than this single disc album. The sound and track selection here are excellent. Anyone interested in early Rock 'N Roll needs to have at least one Chuck Berry album in their collection and you can't go wrong here.
Great guitarist, great songs indeed, but why this compilation above all the other numerous Chuck Barry compilations? Having said that any is better than none.
ffudnebbuh 11/04/2013 13:39 | #90653
what he said....I remember Berry trying to show keith richards a particular guitar riff, but richards had trouble getting the subtle string bending that berry was playing..I love richards and can really combine blues and rock as well as any out there...it was a fascinating lesson from one of the blues/rock masters.
He knew how to craft a perfect song for the audience he knew would listen...Chuck Berry maybe the backbone of Rock & Roll from the Beatles to Springsteen to the Stones you can hear his influence
ffudnebbuh 02/15/2012 13:47 | #36924
Few songs from any rock genre rock as hard as "Maybelline".
Without Chuck Berry, there is no rock n' roll
Chuck Berry didn't really make any great albums; not his fault, they were singles artists in that era. Of course he may be the greatest singles artist EVER, so why not give he and the others (Elvis, Buddy, Little, etc.) the opportunity to appear on a list like this. I don't usually consider comps for that reason, but gotta make an exception here. This album is absolutely essential.
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