Crimson & Clover
by Tommy James & The Shondells

Crimson & Clover by Tommy James & The Shondells
Year: 1969
Overall rank: 10,807th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 56 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1969 (140th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (720th)
Award Best albums of all time (10,807th)

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Crimson & Clover is ranked as the best album by Tommy James & The Shondells.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 10,807th | 1960s rank: 720th | 1969 rank: 140th
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2026 paladisiactop 65r albums (66), #0201-0300*63/77 -
2026Marswolf68Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s73/100 -
2026lanadeleswiftTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s28/100 -
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 100 Music Albums of 196957/1002
2026 PurplepashTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s31/100 -
2026 imacgillTop 62 Music Albums of 196939/622
2026matterhornriderTop 80 Music Albums of 196965/801
2026 RockyRaccoonEarly Psychedelic Rock Pt. 221/100 -
2026 baystateoftheartTop 80 Music Albums of 19699/805
2025lanadeleswiftTop 45 Music Albums of 19694/455
2025dhbarrettTop 29 Music Albums of 196929/290
2025 nitomanoTop 58 Music Albums of 19698/584
2025 paladisiacTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s95/100 -
2025 ExTeaSeaTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s52/100 -
2025 MadhattanJackTop 57 Music Albums of 196911/574
2025 Brandon8Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s92/100 -
2025WayneMCTop 100 Music Albums of 196995/1000
2025 ExTeaSeaTop 57 Music Albums of 196922/573
2025 PurplepashTop 43 Music Albums of 196910/434
2025Rivera701-80041/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 56
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 78
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 56 votes)
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75/100
 
01/06/2026 02:39 BurndenAce  Ratings distribution  1,19476/100
 
80/100
 
12/29/2025 16:07 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  5,02081/100
 
70/100
 
11/09/2025 05:40 MadhattanJack  Ratings distribution  5,82466/100
 
85/100
 
08/12/2025 19:10 RockyRaccoon  Ratings distribution  6,98584/100
 
80/100
 
11/02/2024 18:22 baystateoftheart  Ratings distribution  2,84972/100

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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 74.8/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.

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From 10/13/2020 03:50 | #259237
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Best tracks: Crimson and Clover, Crystal Blue Persuasion
Worst tracks: I Am a Tangerine, Sugar on Sunday, Breakaway
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