The Great Twenty-Eight
by Chuck Berry

The Great Twenty-Eight by Chuck Berry
(Compilation album)
Year: 1982
Overall rank: 2,843rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 299 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1982 (49th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (426th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,843rd)

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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 478 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,559.

Chuck Berry album bestography « Higher ranked (1,799th)
One Dozen Berrys
This album (2,843rd)
The Great Twenty-Eight
Lower ranked (3,023rd) »
St. Louis To Liverpool

(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

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Great Twenty-Eight rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,843rd | 1980s rank: 426th | 1982 rank: 49th

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The Great Twenty-Eight ratings

Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 299 votes)
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65/100
 
01/11/2026 16:13 Slewkey  Ratings distribution  27980/100
 
75/100
 
05/25/2025 15:22 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,10673/100
 
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03/15/2025 12:17 SomethingSpecial  Ratings distribution  1,73982/100
 
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01/08/2025 01:46 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  14,90574/100
 
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10/02/2024 20:06 Banner  Ratings distribution  4,90780/100

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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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75/100
From 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.
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80/100
From 09/06/2020 21:59 | #257833
Pilar do rock!
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From 08/02/2017 20:08 | #195387
This is ageless. It's good to get back to the roots of rock music. This music still has a great feel and is totally refreshing in its simplicity and authenticity.
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From 04/23/2015 22:01 | #140093
This album rocks. Just does.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 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...
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95/100
From 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.
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80/100
From 04/02/2014 11:55 | #108307
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.
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100/100
From 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.
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100/100
From 06/23/2012 12:29 | #45144
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
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From 02/15/2012 13:47 | #36924
Few songs from any rock genre rock as hard as "Maybelline".
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