Pearl
by Janis Joplin
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Janis Joplin bestography
Pearl is ranked as the best album by Janis Joplin.
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Pearl track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/19/2026 14:28 | xhitmanx | 1,572 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/15/2026 06:19 | blueandthemoon | 2,877 | 76/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 18:28 | liquidbottle | 775 | 82/100 |
| ! | 06/24/2026 14:15 | Grymer | 121 | 83/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 23:41 |  Robert Anton Wil | 1,149 | 84/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.2/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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I like her music but never fully understood the high accolades Janis got. But this surprised me greatly. Exceeded all expectations. It's given me a whole upgraded appreciation of her. The best from her I've heard. (Edited)
What might she have achieved if she hadn't passed away so young? Based on this album, which I think I'm right in thinking was a posthumous release, a huge amount.
It's an outstanding sophomore release, with great songs and accomplished vocals.
What a lose and what might have been. (Edited)
What a voice Janis Joplin has and it is best displayed on this record. She demonstrates to us all aspects of her vocal on this record as she commands songs such as Cry Baby, A Woman Left Lonely and the powerful Me And Bobby McGee. She proves to us on here that there will never be another vocalist like her and she is solely unique in her tone, style and quality making this a vital and special record in the history of music. The arrangements on here are pretty great as well with some brilliant guitar and piano work to back up her voice. The opening track shows us this right from the start with it being an incredible blend of both instrumentation and vocal. Overall, there is still room for improvement on the release and unfortunately we would never be able to see this come to fruition but we can see from this record alone how phenomenal she was as an artist and can only imagine the elite level records she most likely would have gone on to create.
Great record
Great voice and arrangements.
teague 08/26/2021 20:43 | #272877
Really love Janis's voice. Wish she would have been able to record more albums before her untimely demise, but I guess it's useless to think about that.
Move Over is one of the great track one, side ones of all time
an enigma and shooting star on the business of making music are indicated her in all their splendour
seb7 11/14/2020 06:43 | #260786
One of my favorite albums ever. Fav tracks are cry baby, woman left lonely, and get it while you can
llibnanoon 08/14/2020 15:07 | #257005
Classic! Rating (83.50)
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