The Hurdy Gurdy Man (studio album) by Donovan

The Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 4,362nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 92 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (64th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (362nd)
Award Best albums of all time (4,362nd)
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Donovan - The Hurdy Gurdy Man - Vinyl LP Epic BN 26420 - 1967
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Donovan bestography

The Hurdy Gurdy Man is ranked 4th best out of 37 albums by Donovan on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Donovan is Sunshine Superman which is ranked number 1434 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,209.

Donovan album bestography « Higher ranked (4,199th) This album (4,362nd) Lower ranked (6,440th) »
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The Hurdy Gurdy Man track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Hurdy Gurdy Man ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 92 votes)
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11/03/2023 21:03 CharlieBarley  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,11281/100

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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 76.0/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.8.

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From 05/19/2013 13:42
Tracklist should stop at "Teas". The rest is Reissue bonus track material.

Whatever. Great record, both naive and very clever, instantly appealing, Donovan's best from what I've heard.
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