The Early Beatles
by The Beatles
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The Early Beatles is ranked 45th best out of 71 albums by The Beatles on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Beatles is Abbey Road which is ranked number 3 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 54,308.
(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 Early Beatles track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Early Beatles 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 |  NowhereMan | Top 18 Music Albums of 1965 | 17/18 | 1 |
| 2025 |  MadhattanJack | Top 46 Music Albums of 1965 | 37/46 | 1 |
| 2025 | lwarner | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1960s | 32/99 | 14 |
| 2024 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - The Beatles - Ranked | 69/72 | - |
| 2020 | caseygow | Top 50 Music Albums of 1965 | 31/50 | 2 |
| 2020 | Rovers | Top 60 Music Albums of 1965 | 60/60 | 0 |
| 2019 | ReelBigToph | Top 100 Music Albums of 1965 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2018 |  21stCenturySchiz | My Record Collection | 7/95 | - |
| 2018 | glynspsa | Top 66 Music Albums of 1965 | 39/66 | 2 |
| 2018 | OstrichGoat | Top 40 Music Albums of the 1960s | 37/40 | 2 |
| 2018 | saacsquatch | Top 30 Music Albums of 1965 | 23/30 | 1 |
| 2017 | platus | Top 7 Music Albums of 1965 | 4/7 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 27 | |||
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The Early Beatles ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/08/2025 04:11 |  pranafilms | 236 | 91/100 |
| ! | 03/30/2025 05:03 | matterhornrider | 5,126 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/01/2025 02:21 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,702 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/04/2024 18:01 |  serpico | 892 | 85/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2024 07:11 | Tuur | 952 | 67/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.9.
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pranafilms 01/21/2024 06:08 | #301356
Just 11 unreleased Please Please Me tracks that Capitol did not release. (They managed to forget two other tracks.) Mostly follows the original tracklisting, though the big change is it starts off really strong with the Beatles' first single "Love Me Do"... but then takes a nosedive by having the second track be "Twist and Shout", an ultimate conclusion track if any. Out of all the North America versions of these sessions, just stick with the UK album. (Edited)
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