Back Up Train (studio album)
by Al Green
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Al Green bestography
Back Up Train is ranked 14th best out of 37 albums by Al Green on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Al Green is Call Me which is ranked number 1489 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,141.
(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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Back Up Train track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Back Up Train rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | LittleM1971 | Top 71 Music Albums of 1967 | 23/71 | 3 |
| 2025 | spinout | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1960s | 42/99 | 12 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2024 | Jakor | Top 60 Music Albums of 1967 | 31/60 | 3 |
| 2024 | Steppenwolf666 | Train/Railway Themed Sleeves pt 1 | 65/100 | - |
| 2021 |  skelter54 | Top 40 Music Albums of 1967 | 26/40 | 2 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2019 | ReelBigToph | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 87/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 21 | |||
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Back Up Train ratings
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n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/31/2025 18:06 | spinout | 3,164 | 81/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2025 07:29 | dukeboxkool | 1,961 | 72/100 |
| ! | 10/23/2024 14:07 | Philly28 | 879 | 69/100 |
| ! | 11/11/2023 22:43 | LittleM1971 | 5,806 | 81/100 |
| ! | 10/26/2023 06:57 | TonySayers61 | 23,025 | 64/100 |
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Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.2.
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OldToad 02/23/2019 05:14 | #232433
Four years before his first big hit, recording with his high school buddies on their own label, his name still spelled 'Al Greene', this is a surprisingly great album. His vocal style is fully there already...what a singer! The arrangements and tunes are varied and sophisticated. Apparently, the title track was a minor hit on R&B charts, but the album didn't do anything--they could have expected better, because it's good from start to finish. It's not top-shelf Al Green, but it is pretty great 1967 soul and very listenable as an album.
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