Four Sail
by Love

Four Sail by Love
Year: 1969
Overall rank: 10,271st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 74 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1969 (151st)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (737th)
Award Best albums of all time (10,271st)

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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 76 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,223.

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 10,271st | 1960s rank: 737th | 1969 rank: 151st
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2026LittleM1971Top 79 Music Albums of 196964/791
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 100 Music Albums of 196942/1003
2026 RockyRaccoonEarly Psychedelic Rock66/100 -
2026 flamingyesdeptTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s50/10010
2025dukeboxkoolTop 100 Music Albums of 196938/1003
2025dougcummingsTop 27 Music Albums of 196924/271
2025 MetalMan67Top 60 Music Albums of 196950/601
2025dougcummingsTop 90 Music Albums of the 1960s76/903
2025WayneMCTop 100 Music Albums of 196973/1001
2025 Brandon8Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s49/10010
2025 baystateoftheartTop 79 Music Albums of 196971/791
2024 meccaleccaTop 99 Music Albums of 196979/991
2024 flamingyesdeptTop 83 Music Albums of 196912/834
2024 PatrickDTop 88 Music Albums of 196926/884
2023BLOTop 67 Music Albums of the 1960s59/673
2023cmoshierTop 100 Music Albums of 196922/1004
2023 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 196998/1000
2022 flamingyesdeptHonourable Mentions: 201-30010/91 -
2022 buzzdainerTop 87 Music Albums of the 1960s64/876
2021 buzzdainerTop 23 Music Albums of 196918/231
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 49
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 116
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 74 votes)
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75/100
 
12/04/2024 09:29 cazorla19  Ratings distribution  92673/100
 
65/100
 
11/03/2024 19:14 baystateoftheart  Ratings distribution  2,82372/100
 
75/100
 
09/14/2024 09:53 Imaybeparanoid  Ratings distribution  7,34871/100
 
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07/26/2024 10:12 MetalMan67  Ratings distribution  5,99971/100
 
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02/14/2024 02:16 thepardunk  Ratings distribution  2,57269/100

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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 10.9.

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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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100/100
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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90/100
From 04/20/2016 14:46 | #164175
How is this so overlooked with Forever Changes in the top 75?
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80/100
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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70/100
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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