Sundown
by Gordon Lightfoot

Sundown by Gordon Lightfoot
Year: 1974
Release date: 1974-04-00
Overall rank: 6,616th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 80 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1974 (95th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (1,010th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,616th)

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Sundown is ranked as the best album by Gordon Lightfoot.

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Overall rank: 6,616th | 1970s rank: 1,010th | 1974 rank: 95th

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 80 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.7/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.

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75/100
From 06/16/2023 04:56 | #297616 | TOP COMMENT
Accessible listening singer-songwriter material is well presented. Sweet and heartfelt. Some very songs and one banger
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From 02/09/2016 12:32 | #159182 | TOP COMMENT
This is his best record.
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From 06/29/2012 04:26 | #45563 | TOP COMMENT
Gordon Lightfoot writes poetry. Then he wraps it up in beautiful folk melodies that soothe your soul or stir your emotion. Pure genius, and should be noticed more.
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