The Book Of Secrets (studio album) by Loreena McKennitt

The Book Of Secrets by Loreena McKennitt
Year: 1997
Overall rank: 4,942nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 51 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1997 (76th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (838th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,942nd)
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Loreena McKennitt bestography

The Book Of Secrets is ranked 3rd best out of 17 albums by Loreena McKennitt on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Loreena McKennitt is The Visit which is ranked number 2942 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 515.

Loreena McKennitt album bestography « Higher ranked (4,537th) This album (4,942nd) Lower ranked (7,361st) »
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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 51 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.

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From 12/16/2018 02:41
If you could have just one Loreena McKennitt album, this should probably be it. It shows her in all her strengths including singing, composing and musical scholarship. It has some diversity and is a pleasure to listen to throughout.
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From 06/11/2013 16:49
There are some really nice moments here, but sadly there second half is full of nothing memorable.
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