Shine On Brightly (studio album)
by Procol Harum

Shine On Brightly by Procol Harum
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 2,864th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 111 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (48th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (260th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,864th)
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Procol Harum bestography

Shine On Brightly is ranked 3rd best out of 17 albums by Procol Harum on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Procol Harum is A Salty Dog which is ranked number 1693 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,002.

Procol Harum album bestography « Higher ranked (1,813th)
Procol Harum
This album (2,864th)
Shine On Brightly
Lower ranked (4,545th) »
Grand Hotel

(N.B. Bestographies do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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77/100 (from 111 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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From 01/05/2018 23:24
Easily one of the best albums of all time. No band, other than perhaps The Smiths, could produce an album of this quality.
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From 07/07/2016 19:47
Beautiful rock music. A totally underrated and overlooked band and album. Lovely.
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From 08/06/2013 18:56
My favourite Procol Harum album. Every song is brilliant and it works so well as an album. Very underrated.
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1. The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles
2. Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
3. Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
4. Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies
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7. Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones
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