The Hurdy Gurdy Man
by Donovan
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Donovan bestography
The Hurdy Gurdy Man is ranked 4th best out of 38 albums by Donovan on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Donovan is Sunshine Superman which is ranked number 1449 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,168.
(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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The Hurdy Gurdy Man track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Hurdy Gurdy Man rankings
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The Hurdy Gurdy Man ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/30/2025 23:26 | thepardunk | 2,553 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/24/2025 16:22 |  travelful | 3,786 | 72/100 |
| ! | 06/24/2025 02:26 | lanadeleswift | 3,523 | 87/100 |
| ! | 06/23/2025 15:33 | MrOlan | 954 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/19/2024 00:46 |  RockyRaccoon | 6,762 | 84/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.8.
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Norman Bates 05/19/2013 13:42 | #76592
Tracklist should stop at "Teas". The rest is Reissue bonus track material.
Whatever. Great record, both naive and very clever, instantly appealing, Donovan's best from what I've heard.
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