Over
by Peter Hammill

Over by Peter Hammill
Year: 1977
Overall rank: 12,576th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 48 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1977 (160th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,734th)
Award Best albums of all time (12,576th)

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Peter Hammill bestography

Over is ranked 6th best out of 45 albums by Peter Hammill on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Peter Hammill is The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage which is ranked number 3225 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 466.

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 12,576th | 1970s rank: 1,734th | 1977 rank: 160th
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2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 197792/1000
2026SkernsTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s70/1006
2026SkernsTop 100 Music Albums of 19773/1005
2026saltysurpriseTop 51 Music Albums of 197734/512
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of the '70's (301 - 400) by U R C78/100 -
2025 neilgeeTop 100 Music Albums of 197792/1000
2025 videoheadcleanerTop 85 Music Albums of 197785/850
2025mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of 197759/1002
2025JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1977 by Ultimate Record Collector39/44 -
2024LosWochosTop 100 Music Albums of 197786/1001
2024 meccaleccaTop 66 Music Albums of 197746/662
2024Rm12398Top 40 Music Albums of 197714/403
2023WayneMCUncut: The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1970s (301-400)78/100 -
2023AdvermonatTop 40 Greatest Music Albums21/4035
2023Steppenwolf666Top 100 Music Albums of 197755/1002
2023JamesMowbrayTop 100 Music Albums of 197738/1003
2021 MercuryTop 59 Music Albums of 197753/591
2020SkernsTop 100 Greatest Music Albums96/1002
2020 jnfbn1977: 100+12/36 -
2020Red0510Top 48 Music Albums of 197726/482
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 35
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 92
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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 48 votes)
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01/07/2026 05:40 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,70270/100
 
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10/26/2025 09:59 videoheadcleaner  Ratings distribution  12,22685/100
 
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01/30/2024 00:32 RockingRoll666  Ratings distribution  1,66873/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.1/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.

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From 08/20/2012 18:05 | #48899
The ultimate break-up album. When PH gets melodramatic it gets pretty darn melodramatic. A canon album.
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