Song Of Innocence
by David Axelrod

Song Of Innocence by David Axelrod
Year: 1968
Release date: 1968-00-00
Overall rank: 9,562nd   
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74/100 (from 50 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (127th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (691st)
Award Best albums of all time (9,562nd)

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Overall rank: 9,562nd | 1960s rank: 691st | 1968 rank: 127th

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74/100 (from 50 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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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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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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Best Albums of 1968
1. The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles
2. Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
3. Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
4. Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies
5. The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks
6. Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones
7. White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground
8. Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel
9. Music From Big Pink by The Band
10. At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash
11. Waiting For The Sun by The Doors
12. A Saucerful Of Secrets by Pink Floyd
13. Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin
14. We're Only In It For The Money by The Mothers Of Invention
15. The Notorious Byrd Brothers by The Byrds
16. Cheap Thrills by Big Brother And The Holding Company
17. Wheels Of Fire by Cream
18. Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes
19. Sweetheart Of The Rodeo by The Byrds
20. S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things
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