Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (studio album)
by The Moody Blues

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour by The Moody Blues
Year: 1971
Overall rank: 5,833rd   
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 135 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (91st)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (936th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,833rd)

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The Moody Blues bestography

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is ranked 7th best out of 29 albums by The Moody Blues on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Moody Blues is Days Of Future Passed which is ranked number 349 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,939.

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This album (5,833rd)
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
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   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Every Good Boy Deserves Favour rankings

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Overall rank: 5,833rd | 1970s rank: 936th | 1971 rank: 91st

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75/100 (from 135 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.

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From 12/06/2021 12:28 | #277163
Listeneable, but not worth a revisit.
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From 10/28/2016 16:03 | #177647
An underrated gem in the Moodies oeuvre! This album is bursting with moody creativity. Even the deepest of the deep cuts have uniqueness in them that makes for a compelling listen. I never tire of this one.
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One More Time To Live is my best track ever.
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Best Albums of 1971
1. Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin
2. Who's Next by The Who
3. Hunky Dory by David Bowie
4. What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
5. Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
6. Blue by Joni Mitchell
7. Tago Mago by Can
8. Meddle by Pink Floyd
9. L.A. Woman by The Doors
10. Tapestry by Carole King
11. Fragile by Yes
12. Bryter Layter by Nick Drake
13. Master Of Reality by Black Sabbath
14. Aqualung by Jethro Tull
15. Ram by Paul & Linda McCartney
16. Electric Warrior by T. Rex
17. Imagine by John Lennon
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19. There's A Riot Goin' On by Sly & The Family Stone
20. At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band
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