Sweet Revenge (studio album)
by John Prine

Sweet Revenge by John Prine
Year: 1973
Overall rank: 9,629th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 56 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (170th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,415th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,629th)

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John Prine bestography

Sweet Revenge is ranked 2nd best out of 22 albums by John Prine on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by John Prine is John Prine which is ranked number 1495 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,140.

John Prine album bestography « Higher ranked (1,495th)
John Prine
This album (9,629th)
Sweet Revenge
Lower ranked (10,507th) »
The Tree Of Forgiveness

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Sweet Revenge track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Latest 20 charts that this album appears in:

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2025 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 197329/1004
2025 MetalMan67Top 100 Music Albums of 197371/1002
2025 AAL2014Top 100 Music Albums of 197348/1003
2025 AAL2014John Prine: So Far..3/6 -
2025 RockyRaccoonTop 100 Music Albums of 1973100/1000
2025JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1973 by Ultimate Record Collector37/64 -
2025MaxStorm98Top 69 Music Albums of 197348/692
2025SkernsTop 96 Music Albums of 197369/961
2025amirmishaliTop 100 Music Albums of 197382/1001
2024Rm12398Top 57 Music Albums of 197328/573
2024JohnnyoGreatest albums of the '70's (201 - 300) by U R C57/100 -
2023PasteThe 25 Best Albums of 197319/251
2023 babyBlueSedanTop 10 Music Albums of 19735/103
2023 samistake2iceTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s55/1009
2023henrygreen0203Top 34 Music Albums of 197310/344
2023WayneMCUncut: The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1970s (201-300)57/100 -
2023 babyBlueSedanTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s60/1008
2021Steppenwolf666Guinness All Time Top 1000 Albums by Guinness 1994 (801-900)15/100 -
2021 baystateoftheartIn Remembrance: 202097/100 -
2021 BorkTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s87/1003
Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 32
Total Rank Score: The total rank score. 124

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78/100 (from 56 votes)
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04/20/2024 23:12 Revo55  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2488/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.1/100, a mean average of 77.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.

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65/100
From 07/27/2020 14:01
This is my first listen to a John Prine record. I have always been curious because of the critics love for him. A little too country for me however I had nothing to compare it too. I may revisit this one in the future. Rating (67.92)
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It may not feature his most famous songs, or his most emotionally charged, but I’d argue there is no better record to demonstrate who John Prine is as an artist. This blend of heart, humor, honesty and creativity could have come from no one else.
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From 06/13/2017 19:51
Just one great song after another. It is a shame more people don't know what a great lyricist and songwriter Prine is. He gets labeled more in the folk category but he actually is all over the map with some country and rock stuff among others.
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Best Albums of 1973
1. The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
2. Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
3. Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin
4. Selling England By The Pound by Genesis
5. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John
6. Quadrophenia by The Who
7. Band On The Run by Paul McCartney & Wings
8. Aladdin Sane by David Bowie
9. Raw Power by Iggy And The Stooges
10. Future Days by Can
11. (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) by Lynyrd Skynyrd
12. For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music
13. Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock
14. Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield
15. Closing Time by Tom Waits
16. Berlin by Lou Reed
17. The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle by Bruce Springsteen
18. Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye
19. Paris 1919 by John Cale
20. Larks' Tongues In Aspic by King Crimson
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