Blaze
by Herman's Hermits
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Herman's Hermits bestography
Blaze is ranked 3rd best out of 16 albums by Herman's Hermits on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Herman's Hermits is Introducing Herman's Hermits which is ranked number 25191 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 38.
(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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Blaze track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Blaze rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Best Album Covers | 97/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Liedzeit | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 53/100 | 10 |
| 2024 | Liedzeit | Top 35 Music Albums of 1967 | 25/35 | 2 |
| 2023 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2020 | panapsal | 99 Classic rock albums of the 60's | 87/99 | - |
| 2020 | Rovers | Top 97 Music Albums of 1967 | 24/97 | 4 |
| 2019 | ReelBigToph | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2019 |  21stCenturySchiz | Top 32 Music Albums of 1967 | 16/32 | 3 |
| 2016 | iancrockert141 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 90/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 21 | |||
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Blaze ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/14/2026 00:46 | PapaShiz86 | 11,843 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/10/2026 20:33 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,795 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/16/2022 12:36 | TonySayers61 | 26,114 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.8/100, a mean average of 67.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.6.
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"Blaze" was Herman's Hermits' last regular album; first released in 1967.
Compared to other rock/pop albums that were released that year ( Sgt Pepper / Axis Bold as Love / Disraeli Gears etc. ), it's no surprise that this album did not 'cause much attension at it's time. Most of the album could just as well have been recorded in 1964-65, and clearly the heyday of the band was coming to an end.
But apart from this, it's actually a fine 1960's pop album; several fine songs, fine production etc.
The band members were even beginning to write fine songs themselves. On this album "Busy Line" and the bonus-track "Nobody Needs to Know" are good examples of this. Other highlights are Donovan's "Museum" and "Don't Go Out into the Rain". So this is probably their most consistent and mature album.
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