Only Visiting This Planet
by Larry Norman
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Larry Norman bestography
Only Visiting This Planet is ranked as the best album by Larry Norman.
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Only Visiting This Planet track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Only Visiting This Planet rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | replacementlevel | Top 50 Music Albums of 1972 | 44/50 | 1 |
| 2024 | AlienCinema | Top 99 Music Albums of 1972 | 34/99 | 3 |
| 2024 | AgainstMeAgainstYou | Top 59 Music Albums of 1972 | 36/59 | 2 |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 1970s 3 | 29/100 | - |
| 2022 | zgarrison88 | Top 32 Music Albums of the 1970s | 10/32 | 14 |
| 2021 | zgarrison88 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 36/100 | 30 |
| 2019 | rhvanmaaren | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 5/40 | 25 |
| 2019 | Rekko | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 6/40 | 26 |
| 2018 | dbone828 | Top 7 Music Albums of 1972 | 1/7 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 140 | |||
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Only Visiting This Planet ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/16/2026 16:28 | EyeKanFly | 8,986 | 65/100 |
| ! | 07/14/2026 19:22 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,767 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/16/2025 22:33 |  DommeDamian | 7,827 | 48/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.6/100, a mean average of 66.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 22.6.
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Jboy56 05/02/2023 15:19 in What album are you listening to right now?Only Visiting This Planet comments
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Still regarded as one of the most important and influential albums in the history of Christian music. If that kind of thing appeals to you then you must listen to this album.
I remember this on cassette I wore it out
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