Prologue
by Renaissance

Prologue by Renaissance
Year: 1972
Overall rank: 11,864th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 48 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1972 (165th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,661st)
Award Best albums of all time (11,864th)

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Renaissance bestography

Prologue is ranked 6th best out of 30 albums by Renaissance on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Renaissance is Scheherazade And Other Stories which is ranked number 2730 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 568.

Renaissance album bestography « Higher ranked (8,406th)
Live At Carnegie Hall
This album (11,864th)
Prologue
Lower ranked (16,093rd) »
Novella

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Prologue rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 11,864th | 1970s rank: 1,661st | 1972 rank: 165th

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 48 votes)
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5 days ago BoxFL  Ratings distribution  2,74651/100
 
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01/03/2026 00:40 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,19970/100
 
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11/26/2024 04:45 slatsheit  Ratings distribution  2,04181/100
 
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09/14/2024 15:44 duelek  Ratings distribution  1,73776/100
 
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06/12/2024 23:28 Skerns  Ratings distribution  5,07980/100

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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 74.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.

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