Songs For Beginners
by Graham Nash
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Songs For Beginners is ranked as the best album by Graham Nash.
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Songs For Beginners track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Songs For Beginners rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1971 | 17/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 35 Music Albums of 1971 | 8/35 | 4 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (66), #0001-0100* | 34/78 | - |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 47/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Connections 8 (Edgar Winter to ????? | 6/11 | - |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 58 Music Albums of 1971 | 28/58 | 3 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 41 Music Albums of 1971 | 33/41 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Taka | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 96/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 58 Music Albums of 1971 | 49/58 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 80 Music Albums of 1971 | 77/80 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 105 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 344 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/21/2026 20:33 | RemainInLight | 3,826 | 36/100 |
| ! | 08/03/2026 07:07 | Juneof44 | 2,633 | 69/100 |
| ! | 01/22/2026 21:17 | cicadelic | 14,192 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/21/2010 20:28 | #10818 | TOP COMMENT
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Forgot how much I liked this album, one of the true classics of the 70s..."Chicago" was the hit single from this, but "I used to be a King" was the track that AOR played and it is one of my all time favorite album tracks. It could have easily fit on a CSNY album. This album has so many good songs from "Sleep Song" to 'Military Madness" to "Chicago", I would definitely recommend this to any CSNY fans. (Edited)
Acquired this in a collection of LPs I bought from a buddy. Never heard it before and was very pleasantly surprised. Nash is greatly underrated as a songwriter. (Edited)
Jameth 08/21/2019 19:27 | #241500 | TOP COMMENT
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I pulled this album up today, along with the other three albums released by the members of CSNY following the release of Déjà Vu, because they all appear to be acclaimed and After The Gold Rush was the only one of the four I'd heard.
I do not understand the praise for this album, since the bulk of the album features Nash whinily singing songs of self-pity over mostly hokey or ugly backing and production, occasionally switching to politically-charged songs that are no less nauseating.
I only give it a 55 because of "Sleep Song".
UofTBlues 12/12/2019 21:46 | #245651 | TOP COMMENT
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His best solo release but prefer his album w/ Crosby.
Jboy56 05/05/2022 08:03 | #284960 | TOP COMMENT
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Not very different from CSN or CSNY. Usable for background and Sunday mornings
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