Desperate Straights (studio album) by Slapp Happy / Henry Cow
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (10 out of 13 tracks have been rated).
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Desperate Straights rankings
All 16 charts that this album appears in:
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2024 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2023 | sonicdiscourse | Woebot's 100 Lost Rock Albums of the 1970s | 50/90 | - |
| 2023 |  sssvnnn | Top 82 Music Albums of 1975 | 28/82 | 3 |
| 2022 |  NoisyBeast | 1960's / 70's ~ Wish List | 79/91 | - |
| 2022 |  drstuey | Top 33 Music Albums of 1975 | 13/33 | 3 |
| 2022 |  Jameth | Top 35 Music Albums of 1975 | 10/35 | 4 |
| 2020 | Red0510 | Top 95 Music Albums of the 1970s | 86/95 | 2 |
| 2020 | Red0510 | Top 51 Music Albums of 1975 | 5/51 | 5 |
| 2019 |  bertrandu | Best Experimental Rock Albums | 86/100 | - |
| 2018 | bertrandu | 1960s and 1970s Experimental Rock | 39/100 | - |
| 2017 | bertrandu | *All Time* Avant-Prog | 8/40 | - |
| 2015 | vancevisuals | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2014 | vmp | Top 30 Music Albums of 1975 | 29/30 | 0 |
| 2014 |  philbutrin | Top 57 Music Albums of 1975 | 43/57 | 1 |
| 2010 | studiobl | Top 36 Greatest Music Albums | 1/36 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 25 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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70/100  | 12/31/2023 02:42 | BorderFreeAndrew | | 75/100 |
45/100 | 07/12/2023 15:02 | replacementlevel | | 70/100 |
85/100 | 01/01/2022 02:12 | Jameth | | 68/100 |
75/100 | 01/09/2021 15:36 | Skerns | | 79/100 |
80/100 | 10/24/2020 15:51 | Red0510 | | 66/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.2/100, a mean average of 67.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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Jameth 01/01/2022 02:26
I was already in love with Henry Cow after listening to their first two albums. But here, I'm then introduced to the voice of Dagmar Krause, which is a world unto itself. Then to cap it off, I get treated to "Caucasian Lullaby", which I'm certain is a spiritual descendant of perhaps my favorite classical piece, Charles Ives' "The Unanswered Question".
I can't wait to dive into Slapp Happy and Art Bears.
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