Parachute
by The Pretty Things

Album
Parachute by The Pretty Things
Year: 1970
Release date: 1970-06-00
Overall rank: 4,449th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 101 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (82nd)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (735th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,449th)

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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 995 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,750.

The Pretty Things album bestography « Higher ranked (995th)
S.F. Sorrow This album (4,449th)
Parachute Lower ranked (7,892nd) »
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Parachute rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,449th | 1970s rank: 735th | 1970 rank: 82nd  Overall chart history
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Parachute ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 101 votes)
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 !		08/24/2026 08:23 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  13,97273/100
 
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 !		05/01/2026 19:50 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,98565/100

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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 75.1/100, a mean average of 74.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.


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From BestEverAlbums 08/31/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5421): By Simon_bramhall
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From 02/25/2022 16:40 | #281915 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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). (Edited)
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From 09/05/2019 01:55 | #242210 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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. (Edited)
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From 03/17/2018 18:05 | #211133 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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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Brilliant!
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From 01/22/2016 20:34 | #157359 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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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