Son Of Schmilsson
by Harry Nilsson

Son Of Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson
Year: 1972
Overall rank: 6,550th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 66 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1972 (99th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,008th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,550th)

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Harry Nilsson bestography

Son Of Schmilsson is ranked 3rd best out of 25 albums by Harry Nilsson on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Harry Nilsson is Nilsson Schmilsson which is ranked number 1429 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,204.

Harry Nilsson album bestography « Higher ranked (3,935th)
Aerial Ballet
This album (6,550th)
Son Of Schmilsson
Lower ranked (6,732nd) »
Nilsson Sings Newman

(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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Son Of Schmilsson rankings

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Overall rank: 6,550th | 1970s rank: 1,008th | 1972 rank: 99th

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Son Of Schmilsson ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 66 votes)
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01/03/2026 06:21 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100
 
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10/29/2025 02:42 MadhattanJack  Ratings distribution  5,84466/100
 
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07/06/2025 21:00 ExTeaSea  Ratings distribution  5,20183/100
 
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11/26/2024 04:47 slatsheit  Ratings distribution  2,04281/100
 
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11/16/2024 03:27 davidleewrong  Ratings distribution  2,35881/100

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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.6/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.3.

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85/100
From 12/04/2023 21:08 | #300292
Very good follow-up to Nilsson Schmilsson, where Nilsson really lets his innate sense of comedic songwriting come out in full force on songs like Joy, You're Breakin' My Heart, and others. Also some very pretty stuff here (Remember Christmas) and other really good rockers (At My Front Door, Ambush). Enjoyable all the way through if you're willing to run with Nilsson's madness.
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85/100
From 03/09/2016 22:08 | #161636
A classic recording from one of the finest singers of his generation.
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90/100
From 05/14/2014 23:32 | #111843
Nice to hear from someone who's aware of this album and doesn't love it. It might tail off at the end a bit, but if you can appreciate Harry's angst-driven comedy, I would hardly say this album's uneven. A truly under-appreciated classic I believe.
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75/100
From 03/25/2013 14:20 | #69893
At his best Nilsson wrote some of the best songs of the era, and had the voice to carry them, but records like Son of Schmilsson prove to be very uneven. "Remember (Christmas)" is a classic though.
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