The Family That Plays Together (studio album) by Spirit

The Family That Plays Together by Spirit
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 5,035th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 83 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (75th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (409th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,035th)
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Spirit bestography

The Family That Plays Together is ranked 3rd best out of 25 albums by Spirit on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Spirit is Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus which is ranked number 1857 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 901.

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The Family That Plays Together track list

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 83 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.4/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.

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75/100
From 01/30/2023 12:13
Some of the recording quality things on this album restrained my feelings at first listening, but this album has got many possibilities to reveal its secrets. A true psychedelic-era classic. Criminally underrated and known among the basic music-playing stations and DJs altogether.
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From 09/26/2017 20:36
This album must have sounded years ahead of its time when it came out in 68. After the brilliant upbeat opener, 'It Shall Be' is a much more deep and soulful track which then moves seamlessly into Fresh Garbage, upbeat and original. The strings created on the album sound like something from a Prophet Five, a synth which hadn't been invented in 68! 'Drunkard' has it all, cellos, flute, possibly a string quartet to boot! One of those albums where you hear more with each listen.
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From 10/01/2014 15:16
Best album of the band with "Spirit" (1968) and the psychedelic "Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus" (1970). The Spirit style is a mixture of rock, blues, jazz but especially psychedelic and early progressive rock. In brief, delightful melodies and very influent work!
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From 08/14/2012 19:11
Solid psychedelic rock. “I Got a Line on You” is one of the great songs of the era—of any era.
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1. The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles
2. Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
3. Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
4. Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies
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