Earth Song / Ocean Song
by Mary Hopkin
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Earth Song / Ocean Song is ranked as the best album by Mary Hopkin.
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Earth Song / Ocean Song track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Earth Song / Ocean Song rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | davidhuret | Top 44 Music Albums of 1971 | 12/44 | 4 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 73/100 | 1 |
| 2023 | davidhuret | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 47/100 | 11 |
| 2022 | arnellarsen | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 11/100 | 18 |
| 2022 | arnellarsen | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2022 | arnellarsen | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 19/100 | 46 |
| 2020 |  pa | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 67/100 | 7 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 18 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 119 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/18/2026 14:14 | RemainInLight | 3,796 | 36/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2025 14:45 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/12/2023 17:48 |  Jboy56 | 4,268 | 78/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.5/100, a mean average of 72.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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Compared with Hopkin's 1968 album "Postcard" this one is working much better as a whole - a true album.
This time, the album is produced by her future husband Tony Visconti, and together they have managed to give the album a much more consistent feel than its predecessor, which seemed somewhat uncertain of direction containing songs from many different periods and in quite different styles.
Here the songs are new / contemporary songs mostly in the folk genre, though in several cases supplemented by strings arrangements.
There are many fine songs, and Hopkin's bright, and somewhat fragile voice fits well with most.
Harvey Andrews has written the beautiful pop-song "There's Got to Be More" ; also "Martha" and bonus track "When I Am Old One Day". The classic "Streets of London" written by Ralph McTell is found here in a fine version and McTell has also written the bonus track "Kew Gardens", which is perhaps best song on the release. Also "Silver Birch and Weeping Willow" is a McTell song.
The unknown Liz Thorsen wrote the two title songs "Earth Song" and "Ocean Song", of which especially the latter is really nice, a song in the best Sandy Denny style.
Too bad Hopkin interrupted career after this album and annoying to some of the fine single tracks from the period has not found their way to the bonus tracks. I wonder why "Knock, Knock Who's There", "Temma Harbour," "Que Sera" and "Think About Your Children" were deselected.
I have a copy of the 1971 original pressed LP. This is really a fine album which most of the songs are excellent and this album deserve a better score.
I vote for the 'Ocean song' and 'How Comes The Sun' for the best songs in this album.
Jboy56 04/12/2023 17:48 | #296019 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is too long and her voice does not belong to my favorites. Thank You
neilgee 11/20/2015 22:56 | #153242 | TOP COMMENT
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I'm surprised this album isn't higher in the charts. It's well worth a listen.
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