Parachute (studio album) by The Pretty Things

Parachute by The Pretty Things
Year: 1970
Overall rank: 3,680th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 95 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (67th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (645th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,680th)
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The Pretty Things bestography

Parachute is ranked 2nd best out of 30 albums by The Pretty Things on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Pretty Things is S.F. Sorrow which is ranked number 992 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,811.

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Parachute track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Parachute ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 95 votes)
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02/19/2024 16:02 Pluto11  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 11,27072/100
 
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08/20/2023 03:59 Moondance  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 17,52472/100
 
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03/24/2023 19:31 replacementlevel  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 7,21970/100

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.7/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.

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From 02/25/2022 16:40
Superb album. It is at once of its time (the lovely early '70s sound of the instrumentation and production) and timeless (the brilliant quality of the song writing).
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From 09/05/2019 01:55
Weak vocals, a terrific 1967 album in 1970, nothing resembling a hit. But all of that is why they will never overplay any of it on classic rock stations or in diners, leaving it untrampled for your own esoteric enjoyment, and in that context, it's a great album and all of the flaws I mentioned become virtues.
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From 03/17/2018 18:05
The best Pretty Things album. I love SF Sorrow but the first time I heard this record I was hooked. I can’t compare it to anything else as it is unique, not a concept album per se, but feels like one.
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From 03/26/2016 12:11
Brilliant!
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From 01/22/2016 20:34
One of my all time favorites and one of the greatest rock albums ever. The first six tracks blend one into the other seamlessly. Grass is the standout track for me.
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From 11/21/2014 08:03
I think this is The Pretty Things best album, alongside "SF Sorrow". This is a concept album of sorts, it's the anti-Sgt. Pepper. It has a dark pessimistic mood that incapsulates the late sixties decadence of inner cities.
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Best Albums of 1970
1. Paranoid by Black Sabbath
2. After The Gold Rush by Neil Young
3. All Things Must Pass by George Harrison
4. Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel
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