Climbing!
by Mountain

Climbing! by Mountain
Year: 1970
Overall rank: 8,028th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 89 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (126th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,207th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,028th)

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Climbing! is ranked as the best album by Mountain.

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Overall rank: 8,028th | 1970s rank: 1,207th | 1970 rank: 126th

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 89 votes)
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70/100
 
01/06/2026 01:04 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,93970/100
 
70/100
 
12/13/2025 14:52 Imaybeparanoid  Ratings distribution  7,34871/100
 
75/100
 
06/17/2025 23:50 machiaj  Ratings distribution  80571/100
 
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03/20/2025 20:17 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distribution  3,08172/100
 
80/100
 
02/10/2025 05:55 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  3,65775/100

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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.6/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.

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75/100
From 02/02/2021 07:18 | #265567
This is the definitive Mountain album. Check it out to understand why Leslie West is so revered as a guitarist.

Mississippi Queen (the opening track) might stand as their greatest achievement, but the album offers some other engaging tunes, too (especially on the B side).

Fans of Foghat, Led Zeppelin and Steppenwolf will enjoy.
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80/100
From 10/21/2020 14:09 | #259531
I really enjoyed this one. Never In My Life is a rocker! Rating (80.55)
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From 11/29/2014 23:15 | #128266
Raw Hard Rock, fantastic!
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90/100
From 09/13/2014 14:31 | #121874
This plays like Cream stripped of the more psychedelic elements. What's left is a damn fine hard/blues/folk-rock album.
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