Buddy Holly
by Buddy Holly

Buddy Holly by Buddy Holly
Year: 1958
Overall rank: 650th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 290 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1958 (5th)
Award Top 20 albums of of the 1950s (17th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (650th)

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 650th | 1950s rank: 17th | 1958 rank: 5th
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2026BoxFLTop 5 Music Albums of the 1950s3/512
2026 Squonk007Top 6 Music Albums of 19583/63
2026jdizzle123456Top 20 Music Albums of the 1950s18/203
2026SiromynianTop 74 Music Albums of the 1950s15/7416
2026 RomanelliTop 29 Music Albums of the 1950s2/2919
2026Juneof44Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s7/10019
2026 UofTBluesTop 18 Music Albums of the 1950s13/187
2026 JRTop 34 Music Albums of the 1950s28/344
2026JakorTop 50 Music Albums of the 1950s40/504
2026javicho07Top 61 Music Albums of the 1950s14/6116
2026ShenBapiroTop 50 Greatest Music Albums50/502
2026 Squonk007Top 20 Music Albums of the 1950s15/206
2026 junodog4Top 85 Music Albums of the 1950s11/8518
2026leniadTop 29 Music Albums of the 1950s29/291
2026 neilgeeTop 38 Music Albums of 19587/384
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s96/1001
2026downandoutTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s18/10017
2026WeepingguitarmanTop 17 Music Albums of 195813/171
2026 HaydenTop 98 Music Albums of 195831/983
2026SiromynianTop 14 Music Albums of 19584/144
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 319
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 2,636
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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 290 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.7/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.8.

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85/100
From 07/12/2022 10:56 | #287312
Rock died when Buddy Holly Died..
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75/100
From 01/08/2022 15:39 | #278859
Obviously I had heard of Buddy Holly and his main tracks - but only got this album to listen to in last year or so. I knew I would like it based on what I had already heard. And I did like it - I think Rave On shows a great maturity and the future and development of Rock without the Roll
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75/100
From 11/11/2021 17:07 | #276163
SO crazy to think that this is the last music Buddy Holly would ever record.
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100/100
From 10/03/2021 19:16 | #274626 | TOP COMMENT
In hopes of doubling their airplay, the Crickets' second album was titled Buddy Holly and released on the Coral label. The only difference is the absence of backing vocals, but that's it. It's a Crickets record, another classic, and the last Crickets album before Holly's death. The Crickets would record and tour until 2016 but they would never have the impact they had with Holly.

It's funny that a small guitar band from Texas continue to be so influential. Guitar groups were around before this, but The Crickets had all the elements: Pop melodies and structures, cheery harmonies, love and heartbreak, and catchy riffs. It is the prototype for rock n' roll.

Track Pick: Every Day
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Rating:  
80/100
From 10/29/2020 18:25 | #259916
Grande obra de rock. Ecoou por gerações!
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65/100
From 09/23/2020 21:04 | #258608 | TOP COMMENT
'Peggy Sue', 'Rave On', 'Words of Love' and 'Everyday' are some fantastic highlights here. Overall, this album has some peaks and valleys, but ends up as a pretty good record overall.
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75/100
From 08/14/2019 19:49 | #241172
Awesome, loved this.

Favorites: Peggy Sue, Everyday.
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80/100
From 06/19/2018 20:13 | #217027
Such a good collection of songs it could pose as a Greatest hits.
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From 06/24/2017 07:02 | #193144
Unlike some user's comments here, this was not influenced by the Beatles as it came out before their records in 1958. This is one of the first classic rock albums. An amazing vocal performer and songwriter.
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75/100
From 03/05/2017 22:42 | #186925
A major classic, used to be one of my favorites
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