Saint Dominic's Preview
by Van Morrison

Saint Dominic's Preview by Van Morrison
Year: 1972
Release date: 1972-07-00
Overall rank: 1,728th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 256 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1972 (36th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (324th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,728th)

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Van Morrison bestography

Saint Dominic's Preview is ranked 4th best out of 62 albums by Van Morrison on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Van Morrison is Astral Weeks which is ranked number 68 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,634.

Van Morrison album bestography « Higher ranked (1,289th)
Veedon Fleece
This album (1,728th)
Saint Dominic's Preview
Lower ranked (1,891st) »
Into The Music

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Saint Dominic's Preview track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Saint Dominic's Preview rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,728th | 1970s rank: 324th | 1972 rank: 36th
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2026 Sandrof1969Top 40 Music Albums of 197229/402
2026LittleM1971Greatest Music Albums: 501-60087/100 -
2026LittleM1971Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s71/1006
2026 flamingyesdeptTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s67/1007
2026stangetzawayTop 47 Music Albums of 197232/472
2026 PurplepashTop 29 Music Albums of 197212/293
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 197267/1002
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s99/1000
2026lanadeleswiftTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s65/1007
2026 flamingyesdeptTop 75 Music Albums of 19728/755
2026BraddlesHendoTop 100 Greatest Music Albums34/10064
2026 RomanelliTop 49 Music Albums of 197224/493
2026matterhornriderTop 70 Music Albums of 197230/703
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s62/1008
2026juanr1096Top 51 Music Albums of 197232/512
2026lanadeleswiftTop 40 Music Albums of 19728/404
2026 O.T.Top 25 Music Albums of 197220/251
2026JohnnyoTop 100 Music Albums of 197272/1001
2026Rm12398Top 34 Music Albums of 197218/343
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 75 Music Albums of 197246/752
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 210
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 988
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Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 256 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.9/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.

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85/100
From 05/26/2022 13:25 | #285739
Whoa, a great LP from Van the Man.. Listen Listen to The Lion!
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70/100
From 12/31/2019 16:50 | #246236
Good album.
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From 05/24/2019 17:17 | #236688
Great album! Jackie Wilson is one of my favorites!
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From 07/17/2017 09:49 | #194462
Great album. I think it's underrated. Basically up there with his best, which is very high praise.
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Rating:  
80/100
A cross between Astral Weeks and Moondance, ultimately its not as good as either of those records but it comes close. There are some real gems here from the catchy Gypsy and Redwood Tree to the epic Listen To The Lion and Almost Independence Day.
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90/100
From 01/07/2013 23:22 | #60657
Better than "Street Choir" and "Tupelo Honey", but not up to "Moondance" quality. Great album.
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Not quite as catchy or soulful or consistent as his other albums of this era but still hits high points with Jackie Wilson and Listen to the Lion.
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100/100
Wonderful record. The songwriting is on absolute top here.
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80/100
From 07/20/2012 15:24 | #46910
The fourth of Van Morrison's epic albums. Sadly, he peaked at this point and never again approached these heights.
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80/100
Fifth great album in a row continues a four year streak of genius. Would have fared better if the closing track had been omitted but everything else is top material and top performance.
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