The Incredible String Band (studio album)
by The Incredible String Band

The Incredible String Band by The Incredible String Band
Year: 1966
Overall rank: 17,847th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 43 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1966 (127th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (1,184th)
Award Best albums of all time (17,847th)

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The Incredible String Band bestography

The Incredible String Band is ranked 3rd best out of 20 albums by The Incredible String Band on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Incredible String Band is The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter which is ranked number 1469 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,156.

The Incredible String Band album bestography « Higher ranked (3,150th)
The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion
This album (17,847th)
The Incredible String Band
Lower ranked (18,118th) »
Wee Tam And The Big Huge

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The Incredible String Band track list

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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 43 votes)
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09/05/2025 18:29 CaptainPain  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,23661/100
 
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06/11/2025 00:14 stangetzaway  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2,12285/100
 
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.9/100, a mean average of 70.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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From 10/22/2016 08:14
This gets kind of written off, quite unfairly. It's the most straight ahead folk that they put out and it's charming. It's the one by them I check the most. It does sound a bit like Dylan or Donovan in places. Though Dylan did praise the record at the time.
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From 08/12/2012 22:50
Some fine songs on here, October Song is beautiful, despite sounding more traditional than the other albums the lyrics are still very outlandish. Also has jigs played on Banjo and whistle. "Not chasing a hope or a dream or a plan and I'm not even chasing the sunset"
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