Song Of Innocence
by David Axelrod

Song Of Innocence by David Axelrod
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 9,580th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 51 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (127th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (691st)
Award Best albums of all time (9,580th)

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Song Of Innocence is ranked as the best album by David Axelrod.

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Overall rank: 9,580th | 1960s rank: 691st | 1968 rank: 127th
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2026 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 196847/1003
2026BorderFreeAndrewTop 100 Music Albums of 196870/1002
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of the year 1968 by U R C18/100 -
2025 baystateoftheartTop 64 Music Albums of 196836/642
2025TodFitzTop 100 Music Albums of 196883/1001
2025replacementlevelTop 50 Music Albums of 196829/502
2025WayneMCTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s39/10012
2025WayneMCTop 100 Music Albums of 196819/1004
2025TroutMaskGregTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s57/1009
2024 djnizziTop 50 Music Albums of 196836/502
2024TroutMaskGregTop 32 Music Albums of 196820/322
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 196876/1001
2024Steppenwolf6661968 5TH 10018/100 -
2023 DommeDamianScaruffi Best Albums of 196836/62 -
2023Rm12398Top 100 Music Albums of 196848/1003
2023jfleischhTop 21 Greatest Music Albums21/213
2022Ultimate Record Collection (Magazine)Greatest albums of the 1960s67/1007
2022TonyF12345Top 44 Music Albums of 196820/443
2022 NoisyBeast1960's ~ Wish List68/100 -
2022UncutThe Greatest Albums Of The 1960s67/1007
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 49
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 126
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74/100 (from 51 votes)
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04/18/2026 22:19 davidleewrong  Ratings distribution  2,35881/100
 
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06/15/2024 00:51 PapaShiz86  Ratings distribution  11,28679/100

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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.

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From 10/13/2013 22:01 | #88387
Obscured psychedelic gem from the late 60's era by composer of "The Electric Prunes"' "Mass in F Minor", an equally favorite album. And as it turns out, pretty influential as well.
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From 10/03/2011 03:41 | #27991
Best ever user, go to David Bowie's Low album and you will see exactly what I mean
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From 10/02/2011 20:22 | #27972
To Pam: I don't know if he/she's copy and pasting. The grammatical error "wouldn't of" makes it seem pretty unprofessional. Seems like the sort of comment that's trying to make a reader want to listen to the album, and that's what we should want here, ya know? Let him make his non-conversational comments. Seems more helpful than this comment anyway.

To People Investigating This Album: I don't know if I've ever heard the whole thing, but from what I have, it sounds pretty cool. Strings and things, dark and brooding, instrumental stuff that DJ Shadow and other samplers like to use. Um. Yeah. Sorry.
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From 10/02/2011 13:38 | #27966
Why don't you just stay on the website you plagiarize all of these comments from.


I don't know why you bother using them though

They are incredibly tedious
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75/100
From 10/02/2011 13:26 | #27964
Based on a William Blake poem, this 1968 album arranged for bass, drums and strings, skillfully integrates funk breakbeats, orchestral arrangements and psychedelic melodies. What emerges is a sound that is way ahead of its time. In fact, it wouldn't of sounded out of place at any dance event of the late 1990s. Earl Palmer's drumming is phenomenal.
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