Swaddling Songs (studio album) by Mellow Candle

Swaddling Songs by Mellow Candle
Year: 1972
Overall rank: 5,822nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 32 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1972 (95th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (969th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,822nd)
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Swaddling Songs is ranked as the best album by Mellow Candle.

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Swaddling Songs track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Swaddling Songs rankings

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YearSourceChartRankRank Score
2024 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of 197245/1003
2024TonyF12345Top 41 Music Albums of 197216/413
2024 VikaGatlingTop 100 Greatest Music Albums34/10066
2024Steppenwolf666Pt1 Most expensive records sold on Discogs website43/100 -
2023 Graeme2Folk75/100 -
2023MoondanceMy top 100 artists/albums: Ireland5/100 -
2023 flamingyesdeptTop 72 Music Albums of 197255/721
2023Steppenwolf6661972 3RD 10055/99 -
2023 Graeme2Top 62 Music Albums of 197246/621
2023Steppenwolf666Rarest albums in the U.K. in 2020 by Record Collector Magazine20/100 -
2023 WasinskiTop 60 Music Albums of 197241/602
2023mianfeiTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s69/1006
2022MOgnjenovicTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s10/10018
2022MOgnjenovicTop 100 Greatest Music Albums53/10041
2022MOgnjenovicTop 20 Music Albums of 19723/205
2021Steppenwolf666Vinyl wish list8/100 -
2021 Jimmy Dread101-200, The Waiting Room (Or The Obligatory Next Ton) of Dread60/100 -
2021 JamethTop 66 Music Albums of 197263/660
2021 Jimmy DreadTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s74/1005
2020Steppenwolf666UK obscure psych/Prog/Folk/Rock masterpieces28/100 -
Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 38
Total Rank Score: The total rank score. 226

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74/100 (from 32 votes)
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11/07/2023 01:07 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 10,16675/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.

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From 06/29/2019 05:09
There are some good tracks here, particularly Boulders On My Grave and Sheep Season, but the album is very uneven in song quality. It also lacks the overall variety of style and tone found on albums by better known bands of the genre like Steeleye Span. Still, there’s no reason to not give this a spin, if you’re a fan of the British folk rock scene.
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I wish everyone knew and loved this album as much as I do; but even though it's been easier to get hold of for a good ten years now, it seems there are still many who haven't caught on to its lyrical loveliness - I'm the first to post a comment on this, a site for the musical cognoscenti. Come on, folks - give your ears a treat!
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