Four Sail (studio album)
by Love

Four Sail by Love
Year: 1969
Overall rank: 10,213th   
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 75 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1969 (149th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (743rd)
Award Best albums of all time (10,213th)

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Love bestography

Four Sail is ranked 4th best out of 18 albums by Love on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Love is Forever Changes which is ranked number 77 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,375.

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This album (10,213th)
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Four Sail track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Four Sail rankings

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Overall rank: 10,213th | 1960s rank: 743rd | 1969 rank: 149th

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Four Sail ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 75 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.8.

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From 06/06/2020 09:56 | #252934
Such a damn good album. I wish the whole world knew about it, instead of just a select few...
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70/100
From 12/11/2019 08:28 | #245526
From moment one it's clear who this is going to be inspired by, but it's done respectfully in my opinion. I hear some Paul McCartney here and there too (and Mick Jagger as usual), but other than that this is just an album with simply enjoyable tracks. Nothing that stands out though.
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From 12/04/2017 09:22 | #202584
The most underrated album ever? I mean Forever changes is underappreciated as it is one of the greatest albums ever made. But this is so overlooked! Every song is amazing and some are masterpieces. Nothing and always see your face especially! Perfect album!
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Rating:  
90/100
From 09/01/2016 09:52 | #173952
Underrated album with some really good tracks! More direct and harder sound than forever changes with some lengthy guitar solos. The album closer always see your face is a highlight.
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From 04/20/2016 14:46 | #164175
How is this so overlooked with Forever Changes in the top 75?
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From 05/17/2014 17:28 | #112078
Quite a good, consistent album. Nowhere near Forever Changes though.
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From 12/14/2013 10:32 | #97548
"Always See Your Face". What a haunting song! A perfect 10. Overall a very consistent album, the last of the four great Love albums.
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From 06/19/2012 05:43 | #44719
"Four Sail" was Love's fourth album, and their last with Elektra ( For Sale!). The album was following their much acclaimed masterpiece "Forever Changes", but before these new recordings began, the original band had split up. They actually recorded one more single "Your Mind and We Belong Together", which is now included as bonus-track on "Forever Changes".

The sound on the new version of Love is not as sophisticated as on the previous two albums, but not unlike the rawer sound of their 1966 debut album. During 1968 Arthur Lee and his new Love recorded numerous new songs of which some were chosen to fulfill their contract with Elektra, which would be the album "Four Sail". Most ot the other recordings from these sessions ended up on their debut album for "Blue Thumb Records" - the double album "Out Here".

Though the material on this album is not as consistent as on "Forever Changes" there are quite a few Love gems here. With the melodic beauty of "Your Friend and Mine", "I'm With You" and "Always See Your Face" that's where the album comes closest to the sound of "Forever Changes"

Some listeners may find that the lenghty and sometimes wild guitar solos spoil some of the tracks; especially on songs like "August", "Singing Cowboy" and "Nothing".
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