Common Sense (studio album)
by John Prine

Common Sense by John Prine
Year: 1975
Overall rank: 56,260th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 11 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1975 (535th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (5,216th)
Award Best albums of all time (56,260th)

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John Prine bestography

Common Sense is ranked 16th best out of 22 albums by John Prine on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by John Prine is John Prine which is ranked number 1494 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,141.

John Prine album bestography « Higher ranked (50,190th)
German Afternoons
This album (56,260th)
Common Sense
Lower ranked (57,839th) »
Pink Cadillac

(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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Common Sense track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 11 votes)
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01/02/2023 21:53 Moondance  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 19,70572/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.5/100, a mean average of 72.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.4.

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From 07/27/2020 19:49
Good songwriting, music is country, voice is Meh. I am really trying to get into Mr. Prine. Rating (70.91)
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Best Albums of 1975
1. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
2. Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
3. Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
4. Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin
5. A Night At The Opera by Queen
6. Another Green World by Eno
7. Horses by Patti Smith
8. Tonight's The Night by Neil Young
9. Fleetwood Mac by Fleetwood Mac
10. The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell
11. Mothership Connection by Parliament
12. Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith
13. The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett
14. Zuma by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
15. Young Americans by David Bowie
16. The Basement Tapes by Bob Dylan & The Band
17. Expensive Shit by Fela Kuti & Africa 70
18. Sabotage by Black Sabbath
19. Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John
20. Ommadawn by Mike Oldfield
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