Four Sail
by Love
Listen & Collect
Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.
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 75 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 14,916.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
Listen to Four Sail on YouTube
Four Sail track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Four Sail rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 4 hours ago).
RockyRaccoon
Brandon8
MetalMan67
PatrickD
meccalecca
Igtonumama
buzzdainerFour Sail collection
Showing latest 20 members who have this album in their collection | Show all 29 members
Four Sail ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 75 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/25/2026 02:47 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,336 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2026 11:17 | Olli | 7,739 | 62/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2024 09:29 | cazorla19 | 931 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/03/2024 19:14 |  baystateoftheart | 2,877 | 72/100 |
| ! | 09/14/2024 09:53 | Imaybeparanoid | 7,396 | 71/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.9.
Four Sail favourites
Showing all 6 members who have added this album as a favourite
Four Sail comments
Showing all 8 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First |
Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)
Such a damn good album. I wish the whole world knew about it, instead of just a select few...
Boltzmann 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.
Medelsvensson 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!
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.
flamingyesdept 04/20/2016 14:46 | #164175
How is this so overlooked with Forever Changes in the top 75?
Quite a good, consistent album. Nowhere near Forever Changes though.
NickVolos 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.
"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".
Your feedback for Four Sail
The top-voted comments get featured on our charts, Album of the Day, and the site newsletter.
