Ask The Unicorn
by Ed Askew
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Ask The Unicorn is ranked as the best album by Ed Askew.
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Ask The Unicorn track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Ask The Unicorn rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 36/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Jameth | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 41/100 | 50 |
| 2025 | Jameth | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 30/100 | 14 |
| 2024 | Jameth | Top 77 Music Albums of 1968 | 5/77 | 5 |
| 2023 | Steppenwolf666 | 1968 4TH 100 | 79/98 | - |
| 2022 |  NoisyBeast | 1968/69 ~ Wish List | 16/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 6 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 72 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/24/2026 23:20 | LosWochos | 47,546 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/22/2026 13:08 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,176 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/06/2024 18:48 |  Tamthebam | 23,323 | 69/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.9/100, a mean average of 63.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 24.6.
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Jameth 05/15/2019 05:43 | #236264
Probably the strangest folk singer-songwriter album I’ve ever listened to, yet it’s beautiful and compelling. His voice threw me at first, but according to Askew, his voice sounds so strained due to the physical demands of playing the tiple. “9-Song” is incredible.
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