Jack Orion
by Bert Jansch
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Bert Jansch bestography
Jack Orion is ranked 2nd best out of 34 albums by Bert Jansch on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bert Jansch is Bert Jansch which is ranked number 2241 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 730.
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Jack Orion track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Jack Orion rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 48 Music Albums of 1966 | 10/48 | 4 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 80 Music Albums of 1966 | 39/80 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Jimmy Dread | Folk Off! Pastoral Perfection for Pixie People | 19/100 | - |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 37 Music Albums of 1966 | 15/37 | 3 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 98 Music Albums of 1966 | 10/98 | 5 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 55 Music Albums of 1966 | 50/55 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 85 Music Albums of 1966 | 12/85 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 80 Music Albums of 1966 | 7/80 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 47 Music Albums of 1966 | 28/47 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Graeme2 | Folk | 26/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 64 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 161 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/02/2026 15:15 |  EyeKanFly | 8,985 | 65/100 |
| ! | 03/02/2026 23:23 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,763 | 74/100 |
| ! | 02/13/2026 13:05 | Norman Bates | 10,193 | 75/100 |
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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 74.9/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.
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Jack Orion forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/11/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5401): By Repo
Jameth 07/12/2019 17:04 in What album are you listening to right now? Repo 02/18/2017 03:26 in Rank 'Em: The Beach BoysJack Orion comments
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Recorded before his stint in Pentangle this is a folk album. Most of the cuts are not written by Mr. Jansch but traditional in origin. A nice record when your in the mood for such music.
Repo TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/15/2017 00:35 | #185595 | TOP COMMENT
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Let's get this out of the way right from the start. This is nowhere near as essential or awesome as his self-titled debut. That's not really too much a knock. I consider his debut one of the greatest albums of all time, and it could easily sit in my top 100. The guitar playing is awesome (of course), but the sound of the record all feels sort of samey and one-dimensional. Still you can tell that Jimmy Page used this album as a massive crib sheet, and since I'm a huge Zep fan that's really cool. It's certainly not a bad album. Just not one that gets me too excited.
I highly encourage fans of this album to show me the error of my ways!!!
Grade: C
Repo TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/18/2017 03:42 | #185871 | TOP COMMENT
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Before people start thinking I'm totally daft, I should point out that the first two tracks on Jack Orion are totally killer. Wagoner's Lad is badass mountain folk that positively rocks. And The First Time I Ever Saw Her Face is a lovely country ballad with heart. I positively love those two songs. It's just the rest of the album that seems to be a bit lacking at least after the first few spins.
Jboy56 08/12/2022 14:38 | #288414 | TOP COMMENT
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Solid and lonely
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