Parachute
by The Pretty Things
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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 965 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,792.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Parachute track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Parachute ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 02/20/2026 16:02 | dukeboxkool | 2,123 | 72/100 | |
| 01/05/2026 06:53 | Exist-en-ciel | 8,593 | 70/100 | |
| 02/25/2025 14:02 | fabm0 | 6,861 | 59/100 | |
| 11/18/2024 03:29 |  baystateoftheart | 2,836 | 72/100 | |
| 05/06/2024 15:16 | LosWochos | 46,891 | 75/100 |
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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 75.3/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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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).
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.
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.
Brilliant!
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.
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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