Shaved Fish
by John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band

Shaved Fish by John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band
(Compilation album)
Year: 1975
Overall rank: 8,309th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 101 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1975 (120th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,229th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,309th)

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Shaved Fish is ranked as the best album by John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 8,309th | 1970s rank: 1,229th | 1975 rank: 120th

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77/100 (from 101 votes)
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02/02/2026 19:53 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,29974/100
 
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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 77.5/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.4.

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From 03/07/2017 18:44 | #187096
First released in 1975 it features all the singles released up to that point by Lennon/Plastic Ono Band also includes a different version of Mother than the one used as a single. A great collection of songs that fit well on the one album though the full version of Give Peace A Chance could have been included instead of Woman Is The ....Of The World. The single Stand By Me had also been released in 1975 but was available on the Rock N Roll album.
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From 03/09/2016 22:11 | #161639
A good compilation but the songs taken out the context of the original albums lose some of their impact.
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