Fred Neil (studio album) by Fred Neil

Fred Neil by Fred Neil
Year: 1966
Overall rank: 3,409th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 81 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1966 (32nd)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (298th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,409th)
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75/100 (from 81 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.

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60/100
From 01/31/2021 17:05
pretty good c and w - pop mixture
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70/100
From 12/12/2019 15:45
Great songwriting, vocals and guitar-playing. This is a very clean album with high quality original songs on it. "Dolphins", "Faretheewell" and "Everybody's Talkin'" are fantastic. The honesty that Fred is able to convey is remarkable, especially on the previously mentioned tracks and especially especially on "Dolphins". I love how that song basically embodies his whole being while remaining sop simple. Every song is enjoyable. A clear influence on Tim Buckley.
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From 01/11/2018 00:20
I liked this much more than I anticipated. Quality songwriting.
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85/100
From 10/19/2017 20:32
Listening to this was an interesting experience. The whole dreamy vibe, with the strange echoey production especially on the classic opener "The Dolphins" sounded so unique. Also it does sound like it had a slight influence on Buckley. Fred Neil's vocals here are the usual unaffected cool, velvety excellence. And the themes are consistently fascinating.

It is interesting to see how far he went in the more dreamy experimentalism with this album compared to his previous album "Bleecker and MacDougal". While I personally feel like the songwriting and the actual songs on his previous album are more engaging and fun, the production and general flow of this album makes it ascend slightly over his excellent debut.

Also that last song, the 8 minute weird psychedelic instrumental, is cool as hell.

Grade: 8.7/10
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From 09/03/2013 22:17
Magnificient folk album. A must have.
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From 09/25/2009 14:59
'Everybody's talking', 'Dolphins', here are the originals!
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