These Foolish Things
by Bryan Ferry
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Bryan Ferry bestography
These Foolish Things is ranked 10th best out of 23 albums by Bryan Ferry on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bryan Ferry is Boys And Girls which is ranked number 3008 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 511.
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These Foolish Things track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
These Foolish Things rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Covers albums | 12/24 | - |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 80 Music Albums of 1973 | 22/80 | 4 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Dylan covers 5: England (Major Artists) | 29/91 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Virgin on the brilliant | 12/57 | - |
| 2026 | Marswolf68 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 57/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 30/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 86 Music Albums of 1973 | 13/86 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 85 Music Albums of 1973 | 35/85 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 48 Music Albums of 1973 | 34/48 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 29 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 47 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/10/2026 21:48 |  EyeKanFly | 9,059 | 65/100 |
| ! | 01/02/2026 01:28 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,500 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/29/2025 01:56 | MadhattanJack | 6,053 | 66/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 71.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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revolver94 09/08/2019 15:19 in What album are you listening to right now?These Foolish Things comments
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Bryan Ferry's debut is a brilliant covers album of pop, rock, Motown, and jazz. It's a lot of fun. Best is Ferry's excellent re-imagining of Bob Dylan's, a hard rain's-a-gonna fall, Ferry, like Rod Stewart has always been one of the great interpreters of Dylan songs. Elsewhere, there's The Beatles', you won't see me, the stones', sympathy for the devil, as well as the Beach Boys, don't worry baby, and the jazz standard title track. It's a hoot of an album with Ferry remaining in female character on, it's my party. It's one of the best covers albums ever.
A splendid debut album from Bryan. I remember being drawn to this album on its release when I was just 17, especially his interpretation of Dylan's 'A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall'. Almost 50 years later, I have included Bryan's cover version in my top 100 Dylan covers chart. (Edited)
Great version of Sympathy for the devil. Realy nice album. (Edited)
neilgee 09/15/2025 17:06 | #310927
Bryan only did 2 videos for this album (both recorded on the same day), that was Hard Rain and the title track. This is not surprising as they are the only two covers where Ferry sounds like he has taken real care over his versions. The rest of the covers sound slapdash and hurried, they sound like exactly what they are: filler. (Edited)
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