Goats Head Soup
by The Rolling Stones
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Goats Head Soup is ranked 11th best out of 105 albums by The Rolling Stones on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Rolling Stones is Exile On Main St. which is ranked number 49 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,301.
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Goats Head Soup track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Goats Head Soup rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1973 | 9/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | davidhuret | Top 47 Music Albums of 1973 | 19/47 | 3 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | The Rolling Stones Studio Albums Ranked | 9/13 | - |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 500 Albums: 301-400 | 43/100 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top Greatest Music Albums 201-300 | 57/100 | - |
| 2026 | brent13 | Top 21 Music Albums of 1973 | 17/21 | 1 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 19/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 54 Music Albums of 1973 | 51/54 | 0 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 69 Music Albums of 1973 | 13/69 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 302 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 965 | |||
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Goats Head Soup ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/11/2026 12:48 |  ExTeaSea | 5,239 | 83/100 |
| ! | 05/08/2026 13:55 | Jakor | 5,525 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/05/2026 14:55 |  NowhereMan | 1,464 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.6/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/05/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5364): By steve397
pedro1976 06/23/2026 22:40 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Goats Head Soup comments
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Not one of their best. A few decent tracks - Angie, Winter, 100 years ago - but nothing I'd rush to listen to again. (Edited)
This is the best their album in career
VictorVale 09/30/2022 00:44 | #290065
Logo após a maior fase deles, mas ainda em boa fase. Esse álbum poderia ser mais valorizado.
Goats Head Soup is a bit overlooked by some because it does drop off a bit compared to the 4 excellent records that came out before it, but I think there's plenty to like here. Side A is particularly strong. The second half isn't quite on the same level, but Winter and Star Star are both great Stones songs. Heartbreaker and Angie are classics. (Edited)
This is quite a bland and boring release in my opinion. I struggle to get into most of the songs and find them all to be very similar making the album very repetitive. It just doesn't add anything new to the table for me and like they a have lost their experimentation and edge a little. Also, I never really seem to immerse myself in the music as my mind is being distracted as I can't find anything to keep me that engaged. There is obviously moments of magic on here though as it is the Stones. The song Angie is an obvious exception along with a few other cuts on the record. There is also some great performances scattered throughout the album but it isn't incredibly consistent. Furthermore, I think the last 4 tracks are all filler and could be cut which would make the album more enjoyable. Overall, this isn't a bad record but it isn't anything special and if it wasn't released by this group I don't think it would be as well known as it is.
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