Minstrel In The Gallery
by Jethro Tull

Minstrel In The Gallery by Jethro Tull
Year: 1975
Release date: 1975-09-05
Overall rank: 3,441st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 172 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1975 (55th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (591st)
Award Best albums of all time (3,441st)

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Jethro Tull bestography

Minstrel In The Gallery is ranked 7th best out of 48 albums by Jethro Tull on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Jethro Tull is Aqualung which is ranked number 318 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,244.

Jethro Tull album bestography « Higher ranked (3,221st)
Heavy Horses
This album (3,441st)
Minstrel In The Gallery
Lower ranked (3,832nd) »
This Was

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

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Overall rank: 3,441st | 1970s rank: 591st | 1975 rank: 55th

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 172 votes)
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05/10/2026 19:25 emnasut  Ratings distribution  15387/100
 
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04/30/2026 16:34 Pavloss  Ratings distribution  48850/100
 
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04/13/2026 17:13 Deckard  Ratings distribution  26780/100
 
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03/25/2026 22:46 Menelao  Ratings distribution  18371/100
 
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12/28/2025 04:45 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,49270/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.4/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.

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From 01/16/2025 17:03 | #307054
Another favourite of mine. Powerful rock and acoustic ballads, can you ask for more?
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From 12/27/2021 08:43 | #278035
Posiblemente, el disco más acústico de Jethro Tull con dos joyas monumentales (aunque todo el álbum es extraordinario): Minstrel In The Gallery y Baker Street Muse.
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From 06/25/2020 18:00 | #254499
Just a fantastic album. The musicianship on this one is just breathtaking. It's now my favorite Jethro Tull album. It should be SO much more well known than it is. But at least we Jethro Tull fans know this one is a classic. If you like Jethro Tull's music, pick this one up immediately if you don't already have it in your collection. Highly recommended.
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75/100
From 11/28/2018 20:15 | #225799
One of the more 'acoustic' sounding affairs which quite rightly befits the album title. More folky than the progressive leanings of Thicks As A Brick and Aqualung. A fine album. Baker St Muse is the standout track for me, this has a more 'progressive' feel to it.
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From 09/03/2015 14:22 | #149168
Vikings! Flutes! Dancers! Minstrels! Ian Anderson stuck in a recording booth! It's a great Tull record, sitting alongside their 'folk trilogy' very well as its sort of forgotten cousin.
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From 08/23/2012 15:35 | #49088
This album belongs with the top Tull albums. Excellent.
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