Now And Zen
by Robert Plant
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Robert Plant bestography
Now And Zen is ranked 8th best out of 12 albums by Robert Plant on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Robert Plant is Lullaby And... The Ceaseless Roar which is ranked number 4215 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 345.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Now And Zen track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Now And Zen rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1988 | 55/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1988 | 48/83 | - |
| 2026 |  hoyquarlow | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1980s | 32/50 | 8 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 67 Music Albums of 1988 | 25/67 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 78 Music Albums of 1988 | 61/78 | 1 |
| 2025 |  MetalMan67 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | thenat | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 81/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | thenat | Top 16 Music Albums of 1988 | 7/16 | 3 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Classic Rock of the year 1988 by Radio X | 5/25 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 47 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 135 | |||
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Now And Zen ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/17/2026 17:07 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,630 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/02/2026 04:07 | Proto | 4,293 | 33/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2023 16:27 | fabm0 | 7,009 | 58/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.9/100, a mean average of 67.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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Forum mentions
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I have been after a decent vinyl copy of this album for years! Finally, at last, picked up a near mint copy at a second hand vinyl shop yesterday. It is an excellent album with, as the title would suggest, a bit of a middle eastern theme to it. Ship of Fools is undoubtedly the high point but the opener is very worthy also. Love the eighties synth textures and the very underrated Robbie Blunt guitar work. I can see myself listening to this quite often.
hoyquarlow 04/12/2019 23:23 | #234860 | TOP COMMENT
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Best Robert Plant album by far, it's a shame it is ranked so low among is discography (With "Mighty rearranger" at number 1, which is arguably is weakest album (!)) Absolute delight tracks in "Ship of fools", "Why" or "The way I feel", and the rest of the album is pretty listenable too.
A good album. Ship of fools, has got to be Robert Plant's greatest ever solo song. As for the album itself, it's a bit dated in parts, but decent enough.
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