Time Of The Last Persecution (studio album) by Bill Fay

Time Of The Last Persecution by Bill Fay
Year: 1971
Overall rank: 3,102nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 73 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1971 (62nd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (556th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,102nd)
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79/100 (from 73 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.4/100, a mean average of 80.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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From 09/02/2020 19:52
Yes, goddammit! This is what I'm looking for. Quick burning, incendiary exaltations. Charcoal grey with slashes of gold searing through.

That mythical guitar at the end of "Release is in the Eye" sounds like a calliope, similar to what Manfred Mann plays (on a Moog. A freakin' Moog.) during the coda to Uriah Heap's "July Morning". I'd love to know how Ray Russell got that tone.
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From 09/21/2018 22:15
Bill Fay is incredible. I never heard of him until a few months ago. This album is immediately heavy and gripping. So much truth and spiritual yearning behind these songs. One of the greatest albums ever made.
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From 10/14/2016 11:13
The tag 'the missing link between Bob Dylan and Nick Drake' is bullshit. Not that this is bad, but is has nothing to do with Nick Drake. George Harrison would have been a better comparison with his spirituality. Still a very overlooked gem.
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From 05/23/2014 19:21
This singer has inspired me... to do great things.
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From 03/20/2013 17:24
One of the forgotten masterpieces of the 1970s. Fay's songwriting here is on par with the likes of contemporaries like Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, and John Lennon. The influence it has had on Wilco is impossible to overlook.
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2. Who's Next by The Who
3. Hunky Dory by David Bowie
4. What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
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7. Tago Mago by Can
8. Meddle by Pink Floyd
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13. Master Of Reality by Black Sabbath
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