The Band 
The best album credited to The Band is The Band which is ranked number 259 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 6,130.
The Band is ranked number 162 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 13,645.
The Band official website: http://www.thebandmusic.net
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- Richard Manuel
- Garth Hudson
- Robbie Robertson
- Levon Helm
- Rick Danko
- See also:
- Robbie Robertson & Alex North
- Rick Danko, Richard Manuel & Paul Butterfield
- Garth And Maud Hudson
- Bob Dylan & The Band
- Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
- Rick Danko, Jonas Fjeld & Eric Andersen
- Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks
- Mavis Staples & Levon Helm
- Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band
- The Levon Helm Band
- Burrito Deluxe
- Bow Thayer Featuring Levon Helm
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The Band best albums
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The Band best tracks
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| ! | 10/10/2026 22:53 | tmurf | 7 | 94/100 |
| ! | 05/05/2026 17:24 | gmessian | 69 | 67/100 |
| ! | 04/17/2026 07:47 | pago82 | 1,406 | 67/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 3% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 80.4/100, a mean average of 79.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.9/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 16.3.
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The Band forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/30/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5451): By ffudnebbuhView latest topic →
CharlieBarley 10/12/2016 07:50 in What album are you listening to right now? CharlieBarley 10/11/2016 20:58 in Albums You Added To Your Collection TodayThe Band comments
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Captain_Dude 07/05/2011 16:42 | #23937
Wonderful musicianship! My recommendation? MUSIC FROM BIG PINK
Trickington 11/03/2012 16:10 | #54082
Stage Fright, The Band and Music from Big Pink are really great albums.
The Band did them all amazingly.
I'm surprised how little attention Stage Fright has been given, its got some excellent songs on there.
Few bands have achieved the critical acclaim of that afforded to the Band. Although four members of the Band were in fact Canadian, they are credited with creating a new genre of white ‘American‘music which, whilst most definitely rock music, is steeped in the history and tradition of America. It is fair to say that with their superb close harmony singing, peerless musicianship (on both electric and traditional instruments) and lyrics that evoke old America in almost every syllable that the Band to some extent ‘invented’ the genre of country/folk rock and gave it credibility.
The Band were no overnight success having served a long and valuable apprenticeship firstly as the backing band to Ronnie Hawkins (The Hawks) and then to Bob Dylan. Their first period with Dylan was during the highly controversial ‘electric’ world tour of 1965 and the group played or recorded with Dylan on and off for another decade. Robbie Robertson was particularly close to Dylan and was a very willing and able pupil becoming the Band’s principle songwriter.
Their first two albums set a standard that they found impossible to maintain and after their third album in 1970 the group appeared to have lost the link to their musical roots becoming just another rock band. Their reputation was to some extent re-established with the release of Northern Lights – Southern Cross in 1975 but this was their last great album and the Band split in 1978. Their legacy is immense and it is rare that such a talented group of musicians come together with the vision to create music that pushed out the boundaries of rock music into new territory.
I implore you to listen to Arcadian Driftwood - Superb in every way
O.T. 01/22/2016 00:56 | #157301
Richard Manuel, to me the most beautiful male voice in rock music, tragedy impending from the first moment on. And he was just one fifth of equal talents. Something burned in them, something very dark, reaching out for the light, don't know, if it ever got there, maybe for one moment in "Rags & bones" as a story of the past.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/30/2012 23:14 | #47490
I don't think Levon Helm would be traumatized by being lumped in with Canadians...
The Band are epic - grossly overlooked in the reputation of the 60s and 70s. They trump CSN and the Byrds, easily. Top playing, top songwriting, top melody.
Well done, Robbie & co.
