Miss America
by Mary Margaret O'Hara

Miss America by Mary Margaret O'Hara
Year: 1988
Release date: 1988-11-00
Overall rank: 4,249th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 67 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (57th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (616th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,249th)

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Overall rank: 4,249th | 1980s rank: 616th | 1988 rank: 57th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 67 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.


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90/100
A great album. The production is excellent and her choice of material is very strong. If you like something challenging and different you'll like this.
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Mary Margaret O'Hara is one of the greatest singer songwriters of all-time. Her masterpiece, Miss America (1988), took four years to materialize but it was worth the wait. O'Hara's quirky voice is an instrument in itself, a super-human fusion of avantgarde techniques (such as those pioneered by Meredith Monk) and gospel/soul styling. Coupled with her sophisticated blues and jazz arrangements, the atmosphere of 'Miss America' is memorably intense.
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