Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1
by The Traveling Wilburys

Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 by The Traveling Wilburys
Year: 1988
Release date: 1988-10-18
Overall rank: 826th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 393 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1988 (13th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (128th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (826th)

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Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 826th | 1980s rank: 128th | 1988 rank: 13th

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 393 votes)
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01/19/2026 07:19 brent13  Ratings distribution  1,91968/100
 
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01/15/2026 00:21 This_is_handsome  Ratings distribution  76979/100
 
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01/12/2026 09:30 platus  Ratings distribution  5,82774/100
 
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12/15/2025 00:47 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,88870/100
 
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12/09/2025 23:35 AbsurdCheesecake  Ratings distribution  33587/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.4/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.

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75/100
From 04/14/2025 10:01 | #308509
Shortlisted for album of the year at the Grammys in 1990. The winner was Nick Of Time by Bonnie Raitt
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From 11/21/2022 23:29 | #291462
This feels more like a passion project and that allows the listener to be able to just enjoy the music without having to think too deeply into it which is a very refreshing feeling. The music is a lot of fun and feels unique in its style and tone which makes for an engaging listen. While a few tracks might not be great, none of them are weak and they all match each other in terms of atmosphere. This record is just a joy to listen to as it is something that I never thought would ever happen and so listening to it just makes me happy. Overall, just sit back and enjoy these legends performing together as something like this will never happen again.
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85/100
From 05/05/2022 17:34 | #284974
Album of the year, 1988
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90/100
From 01/09/2022 12:17 | #278924
El mayor supergrupo de la historia del rock.
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From 10/25/2021 02:38 | #275334
The first and last songs are really great but what makes the album is the overall sound and tone which is just fun. We need more music like this.
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80/100
From 12/10/2020 00:32 | #262441
Learned about them in a contemporary class for Rock'N'roll history in Cegep and bought this record. I definitely don't regret it. It's nothing epic but it's definitely a fun album by a group of legends.
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80/100
From 06/25/2020 19:38 | #254504
This was a fun album!
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80/100
From 06/19/2020 13:51 | #253902
A fun records by a group made up of legends in a time where music wasn't at it's best.
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55/100
From 05/14/2020 11:28 | #251409
It's what you'd expect from a group of class musicians (and Jeff Lynne) coming together to make music. Good songs, quite fun, nothing special. Bet they enjoyed making it.
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From 02/08/2020 01:16 | #247582
Underrated gem made by 5 legends.
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