Tons Of Sobs
by Free

Tons Of Sobs by Free
Year: 1969
Overall rank: 6,814th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 68 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1969 (113th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (517th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,814th)

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Free bestography

Tons Of Sobs is ranked 2nd best out of 14 albums by Free on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Free is Fire And Water which is ranked number 2372 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 670.

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Fire And Water
This album (6,814th)
Tons Of Sobs
Lower ranked (7,227th) »
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Overall rank: 6,814th | 1960s rank: 517th | 1969 rank: 113th

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 68 votes)
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03/03/2026 19:45 dukeboxkool  Ratings distribution  2,12572/100
 
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02/28/2026 21:55 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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10/28/2025 07:23 duelek  Ratings distribution  1,77176/100
 
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07/28/2025 17:31 iann97  Ratings distribution  2,01874/100
 
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05/19/2025 18:57 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  3,70675/100

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90/100
From 03/04/2023 10:24 | #294690
This album has it all, lots of blues and even hard-rocking elements with all the great ingredients for a fine album: fine guitar work. a strong vocalist and rhythm section. This album should have more attention when choosing the greatest influencers to the hard rock bands of the future. Fresh and solid
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From 03/24/2022 22:57 | #283353
An album that sets a real mood right from the cover art.
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From 12/21/2011 18:48 | #33436
Voice, guitar, songs. A classic rock album.
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