Parcel Of Rogues
by Steeleye Span
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Steeleye Span bestography
Parcel Of Rogues is ranked 4th best out of 23 albums by Steeleye Span on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Steeleye Span is Below The Salt which is ranked number 8304 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 152.
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Parcel Of Rogues track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Parcel Of Rogues rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 2301-2400 | 68/100 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 85 Music Albums of 1973 | 44/85 | 2 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 27/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 41 Music Albums of 1973 | 39/41 | 0 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 39/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Graeme2 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 95/100 | 0 |
| 2024 | TonyF12345 | Top 41 Music Albums of 1973 | 41/41 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 30 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 60 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/08/2025 04:20 | RockingRoll666 | 1,927 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/10/2024 08:36 |  ddeeddles64 | 2,820 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/03/2024 02:08 | mostlymor | 7,064 | 79/100 |
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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 74.5/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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Romanelli 10/31/2024 14:51 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Mexican Moon
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"Parcel of Rogues" was my first Steeleye Span album, purchased at a time when folk-rock peaked, and many music enthusiasts were looking for alternatives to Fairport Convention.
Seen in the back mirror, I think that "Parcel of Rogues" is the Steeleye Span album which have aged most gracefully. The melodies are all among their best, and there is great and refreshing variation in arrangement and style. It's obviously still relying on old traditional songs which are enlivened in new arrangements and added a little electricity - at this point there was still no drummer with the group.
Many songs could be highlighted, but I will settle with commneting on only some of them. The opening track "One Misty Moisty Morning" is a fresh catchy song that serves well to capture the listener's attention from the start - obesides it has a great instrumental break. Next track "Alison Gross" is probably the heaviest and most electric number on the album - the song may be seen as an arrow pointing out the direction of where the group was going.
"The Bold Poachers" is a beautifully melodic ballad with one of the male members on lead vocals. The magnificent a capella song, "Rogues in a Nation" caould be described as the album's title track, and in any case one of the really big numbers by the band.
The final two tracks "Can Ye O'ver Frae France" and "Hares on the Mountain" nicely show how broad group spans. The former is an easy up-beat song beautifully performed by Maddy Prior, while "Hares on the Mountain" is a waltzy ballad, sung by one of the male members.
Do you only wish to own a single album with the group, I would recommend this at any time.
That day that your patience expires, and you go ahead and open the windows, and the breeze blows in-- and miraculously brings with it the smell, not of ice and snow, but of mud. This album is for that day for me-- the wake up call to grass and flowers, building and repair projects, and return to life. "
Young women, they run like hares on the mountain-- and if I were a young man, I'd soon go a-huntin'" Not so politically correct, maybe, but it captures the hormonal and psychological impact of such a day perfectly... (Edited)
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