Sloop John B (track)
by The Beach Boys

Sloop John B by The Beach Boys
Year: 1966
From the album Pet Sounds (track #7)
Average Rating: 
90/100 (from 756 votes)
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Sloop John B ratings

Average Rating: 
90/100 (from 756 votes)
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3 hours ago Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  80,68870/100
 
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03/01/2026 10:51 bkrkrts  Ratings distribution  3091/100
 
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02/17/2026 20:41 Sup3rCondor  Ratings distribution  15585/100

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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 89.6/100, a mean average of 88.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.8.

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From 01/16/2017 14:51 | #182871
Awesome version of this old classic :)
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From 04/01/2016 21:56 | #163119
The Beach Boys were never a philosophical lyrical group, all I expect from them is beautiful melodies and harmonies and Sloop John B more than delivers. I don't understand the hate by some people against this very fun song.
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From 12/07/2015 23:40 | #154099
Good track that sounds out of place on the album imo.
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From 09/01/2015 22:36 | #149066
How anyone could give this a rating lower than, like, 85 or 90 is baffling to me
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From 08/25/2015 16:44 | #148492
Nice song
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From 06/28/2015 20:54 | #144741
THEY PLAY THIS SONG ON THE CLOSING PLAYLIST WHERE I WORK!!! Haha.
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From 03/02/2015 19:16 | #135932
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From 09/16/2014 20:52 | #122065
This song is just fantastic
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From 07/22/2014 12:49 | #117422
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From 12/02/2013 16:48 | #96051
A work of art
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