Anthology Collection

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Anthology Collection
File:Beatles Anthology Collection.jpg
Box set with sleeve, the set without the sleeve on it looks identical to Anthology 4.
Box set by
the Beatles
Released21 November 2025 (2025-11-21)
Recorded12 July 1958 – 1 May 2022
Genre
Length517:05
LabelApple
Producer
The Beatles chronology
Anthology 4
(2025) 		Anthology Collection
(2025)

Anthology Collection is a boxed set by English rock band the Beatles, released on 21 November 2025 as a part of the 30th anniversary of the Beatles Anthology series of archival material.[1]

Background

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The set was announced on 13 August 2025 on the band's website,[1] music news sites would later publish articles about the announcement 8 days later, on 21 August,[2] with an announced release date of 21 November.[3]

Content

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Main articles: Anthology 1, Anthology 2, Anthology 3, and Anthology 4

Anthology Collection contains all four Anthology albums, those being Anthology 1 (1995), Anthology 2 (1996), Anthology 3 (1996), and Anthology 4 (2025). The first three volumes were compiled by George Martin, and the fourth one was compiled by Martin's son Giles.[4] All of the albums were remastered by Giles, with Jeff Lynne also creating new mixes of "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" for Anthology 4.[5]

Release and promotion

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The box set was released on 21 November 2025,[6] and was released alongside Anthology 4,[5] and on 26 November, the Anthology docuseries was released onto Disney+.[7] All of the releases are a part of the 30th anniversary edition of the Beatles Anthology.[8]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[9]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svg[10]
Record CollectorStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[11]
Rolling StoneStarStarStarStarHalf star[12]
The TelegraphStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[13]
Uncut9/10[14]

Writing for Rolling Stone, Rob Sheffield concluded the set "bristles with that kind of nonstop restless creative spirit — the raw Hamburg punk rock of Volume One, the trippy studio experiments of Volume Two, [and] the mature world-weary grit of Volume Three."[12] Tim Sendra noted in a review for AllMusic that "The added brightness and clarity given to the songs is a nice upgrade, so is the more compact packaging", concluding that "It will definitely appeal to Beatles' fans who don't have the original versions[,] and that seems like a very good reason for this set to exist."[10]

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for Anthology Collection
Chart (2025) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[15] 32
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[16] 13
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17] 21
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[18] 73
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[19] 13
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[20] 38
French Albums (SNEP)[21] 60
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22] 2
German Pop Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23] 1
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[24] 15
Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon)[25] 18
Japanese Rock Albums (Oricon)[26] 3
Japanese Download Albums (Billboard Japan)[27] 34
Japanese Top Albums Sales (Billboard Japan)[28] 15
Norwegian Physical Albums (IFPI Norge)[29] 2
Scottish Albums (OCC)[30] 7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[31] 8
UK Albums (OCC)[32] 29
US Billboard 200[33] 113
US Top Rock & Alternative Albums (Billboard)[34] 22

Monthly charts

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Monthly chart performance for Anthology Collection
Chart (2025) Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[35] 40
Japanese Rock Albums (Oricon)[36] 7

References

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  33. ^ "The Beatles Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
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