S.F. Sorrow (studio album) by The Pretty Things
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S.F. Sorrow is ranked as the best album by The Pretty Things.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 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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80/100  | 28 hours ago | buntonc | | 78/100 |
90/100 | 5 days ago |  Arthurknight | | 78/100 |
90/100 | 05/21/2021 00:46 | MoggieMiner | | 89/100 |
75/100 | 05/06/2021 10:45 | OllieL | | 79/100 |
80/100 | 03/18/2021 02:09 | BrunoDMartins | | 76/100 |
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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 78.5/100, a mean average of 77.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.
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pretty things. musical. decent enough
An album that while very much of its time, is never a boring listen. It's often called the first rock opera, but the storyline becomes a bit incoherent lyrically. Interesting to listen to this against some of the albums doing the same thing in the era ("Tommy" and "Arthur" come to mind immediately) and compare/contrast.
llibnanoon 09/08/2020 13:01
Not sure what to expect going into this. Wasn't half bad. Rating (73.46)
S.F. Sorrow contains a lot of what makes music from the 60s appealing. The Beatles' pop sensibilities and chemistry, The Velvet Underground's willingness to push the boundaries of rock music, The Who's loudness and rock 'n' roll. And to tie it all together, this S.F. Sorrow may very well be the first ever rock opera. I'm glad to see it hasn't been completely forgotten on this website.
RIP Phil May, great singer and the first true long haired rock musician!!
Excellent album. Takes a few listens to get into but once you do you are rewarded time & time again
salahshoori 01/26/2020 14:19
Pretty much underrated! They are way ahead of their time.
Medelsvensson 10/28/2019 23:15
One of the best - and perhaps the most musically prophetic - albums of the 60’s. Aspects of it are so way ahead of its time that it shocks you on first listen.
In terms of comparisons to Tommy and whether it influenced that album. I don’t find it at all similar other than the conceptuality of it. It is also a way better album than Tommy which is a prime example of trying way to hard.
Underrated album. It's not as memorable as say, Tommy, is but then again, it's not as bombastically pretentious as that album. Sure, it's a period piece but it holds up pretty well. Good.
LoganGrube 05/07/2018 01:42
This is a psychedelic masterpiece that is brutally underrated. A tier down from Odessey and Oracle, Forever Changes, Sgt Pepper's or The Doors, but a must listen for fans of psychedelic rock. Even as a Pink Floyd fan, I prefer this album to The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
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