20/20
by The Beach Boys
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The Beach Boys bestography
20/20 is ranked 15th best out of 77 albums by The Beach Boys on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Beach Boys is Pet Sounds which is ranked number 11 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 36,302.
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20/20 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
20/20 rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 37 Music Albums of 1969 | 18/37 | 3 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 84/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 47 Music Albums of 1969 | 14/47 | 4 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1969 | 96/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 60 Music Albums of the 1960s | 47/60 | 5 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 81 Music Albums of 1969 | 62/81 | 1 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 78 Music Albums of 1969 | 35/78 | 3 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 41 Music Albums of 1969 | 35/41 | 1 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 42 Music Albums of 1969 | 28/42 | 2 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | The Beach Boys | 12/30 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 97 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 254 | |||
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20/20 ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/29/2026 10:47 | Siromynian | 1,746 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/18/2026 14:18 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/06/2026 22:58 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,913 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 71.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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There are some of the best songs the Beach Boys ever laid to tape here, "Do it Again", "Time to Get Alone", "Be With Me" and of course the material sourced from Smile, but as an album, 20/20 is a little inconsistent and jarring for my tastes. Smiley Smile, Holland, Friends etc. stick to a distinct sound and in doing so, they create a unique world in which I can get lost in. This album doesn't have that same cohesiveness, so the magic I get when listening to my favourite Beach Boys albums isn't present. That being said, it's very much a product of its context and as a historical document, it is very revealing of the band's dynamics. Brian had just been institutionalised, and so to fill his creative void, other band members began truly stepping up to the plate to contribute material, but at this stage, they lacked the confidence and expertise to truly work together as a democratic unit. Even though Sunflower is equally diverse in the genres covered, there's a consistency there that they lacked during the making of this record.
Bottom line: amazing songs, okay album. (Edited)
Boltzmann TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/02/2018 21:21 | #220425 | TOP COMMENT
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It is ingenious on “Do It Again” how they made that beat: a normal drum sound with a couple milliseconds echo. For a minute I thought they were using a drum machine.
Anyway, the album is indeed not very consistent, but that doesn’t mean the tracks are bad. Al Jardine finally got the chance to make a folk song, and it’s great. Furthermore, of course Cabinessence is interesting, the rest ranges from nice to awful. Charles Manson’s songwriting is as dumb as his interpretation of The White Album. (Edited)
SuedeSwede TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/29/2014 18:51 | #118065 | TOP COMMENT
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Yeah, there's some great songs here, then there's some weaker. And it's ordered so strangely, that it feels so wrong and fractured. I like it, but it's all over the place. I mean ending on Our Prayer/Cabinessence? Like, for starters, ending on the pair isn't exactly a strong end. Second of all, why pair Our Prayer with Cabinessence? The mind boggles. (Edited)
LebowskiRams TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/01/2020 23:33 | #250792 | TOP COMMENT
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A few awesome songs but a lot of mediocrity, too.
A hotchpotch album of singles, b-sides, new songs, and others left over from the aborted smile album. Really, the album's all over the place. Best tracks are, do it again, the cover I can hear music, and the Charles Manson contribution, never learn not to love. The rocking, all I want to do, sounds like the boys had been listening to the Beatles' revolution. All in all, it's ok, it just sounds like a compilation album, which in truth, is what it really is.
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