Private Parts & Pieces
by Anthony Phillips
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Private Parts & Pieces is ranked as the best album by Anthony Phillips.
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Private Parts & Pieces track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Private Parts & Pieces rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 3 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 97 Music Albums of 1978 | 90/97 | 0 |
| 2026 | pctrooper | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 6/100 | 95 |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2023 | JamesMowbray | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 70/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 5 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 100 | |||
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Private Parts & Pieces ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/26/2026 21:11 | pctrooper | 957 | 83/100 |
| ! | 08/18/2023 13:09 | JamesMowbray | 5,570 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/15/2022 13:32 | TonySayers61 | 25,055 | 64/100 |
| ! | 08/16/2022 07:56 | mityam | 1,250 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/11/2022 02:40 | Skerns | 5,155 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.6.
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I think Anthony Phillips is my all-time favorite musician. His melodies and harmonies are so powerful and bittersweet, always bringing back memories and making you think deeply about life. I love this album even more than the Geese and the Ghost sometimes. It is extremely intimate sounding, as it the whole private parts and pieces series. My favorites are Tregenna Afternoons, Reaper, and the bonus track, Stranger
It may not be quite as extravagant as the geese and the ghost, but this is one of my favorite albums ever. These songs have a lot of character. I especially love Tregenna afternoons, Reaper, and the bonus track Stranger. Music for the soul.
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