Walk Away Renée / Pretty Ballerina
by The Left Banke
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Walk Away Renée / Pretty Ballerina is ranked as the best album by The Left Banke.
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Walk Away Renée / Pretty Ballerina track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/01/2026 19:54 |  EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
| ! | 01/10/2026 04:21 |  imacgill | 2,824 | 79/100 |
| ! | 10/05/2025 16:28 | cicadelic | 13,748 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/16/2025 02:47 | Proto | 4,264 | 33/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2025 20:36 |  idiotican | 2,803 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.1/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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Excellent album. The "baroque pop" sound is very reminiscent of the late 1960s, and apparently the Left Banke were one of the lead groups of that era in that genre, but the sound also bled into other musicians from that era, like Zombies, John Hartford's RCA albums and the early albums from Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
Walk Away Renee and Pretty Ballerina are both excellent tracks. There are a lot of other tasteful tracks, like She May Call You Up Tonight and Lazy Day.
The lead singer went on to front power-pop bands, and judging by the hooky melodies, romantic subject material and assertive use of jangly guitars, one might call this proto-power pop. No matter, though. In an era where UK albums dominated the pop rock sound, the Left Banke is a nice American addition to the 60s cannon.
Banger: She May Call You Up Tonight
Ballad: Walk Away Renee
Jboy56 09/02/2022 14:28 | #289217 | TOP COMMENT
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Very mediocre albeit 2 good songs
Not one incredible song, middle of the road in the sense of being good.
73/100
Yes, those songs are the best, but I like most of the songs on this album. Then again, I am a sucker for any piece of pop with a harpsichord in it...
ffudnebbuh 04/08/2012 13:44 | #39767
what he said
"Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina" reviews itself. Walk Away Renee and Pretty Ballerina are absolutely fantastic tracks, and the rest, although not bad, aren't worth a mention.
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