The Incredible String Band
by The Incredible String Band
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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 1557 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,101.
(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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The Incredible String Band track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Incredible String Band rankings
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The Incredible String Band ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/03/2026 10:32 |  Liedzeit | 2,500 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 20:12 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,468 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/05/2025 18:29 |  CaptainPain | 3,415 | 61/100 |
| ! | 06/11/2025 00:14 | stangetzaway | 2,322 | 84/100 |
| ! | 11/25/2024 04:42 | slatsheit | 2,042 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.8/100, a mean average of 70.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.
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Graeme2 10/22/2016 08:14 | #177300
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.
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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