The Great Twenty-Eight
by Chuck Berry
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Chuck Berry bestography
The Great Twenty-Eight is ranked 5th best out of 46 albums by Chuck Berry on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Chuck Berry is Berry Is On Top which is ranked number 481 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,531.
(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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The Great Twenty-Eight 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 |  AAL2014 | Top 55 Music Albums of 1982 | 20/55 | 3 |
| 2026 |  JR | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 42/100 | 59 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 56 Music Albums of 1982 | 5/56 | 5 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top Compilations | 11/35 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 99 Music Albums of 1982 | 57/99 | 2 |
| 2026 | jlsfourth | Top 80 Music Albums of the 1980s | 37/80 | 11 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | 60 Favorite Compilation Albums | 9/60 | - |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 40/100 | 12 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 121 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 517 | |||
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The Great Twenty-Eight ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/22/2026 07:19 |  slatsheit | 2,074 | 81/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2026 07:47 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
| ! | 03/15/2026 18:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,055 | 70/100 |
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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 79.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.
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The Great Twenty-Eight forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026 BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - August 2026 BestEverAlbums 08/25/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5415): By JRThe Great Twenty-Eight comments
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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.
swhaze TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/23/2014 06:28 | #109820 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/29/2015 03:09 | #132874 | TOP COMMENT
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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...
Without Chuck Berry, there is no rock n' roll
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/04/2013 13:39 | #90653 | TOP COMMENT
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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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