Cruel Sister
by Pentangle

Album
Cruel Sister by Pentangle
Year: 1970
Release date: 1970-11-27
Overall rank: 5,196th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 55 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (88th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (827th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,196th)

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Pentangle bestography

Cruel Sister is ranked 3rd best out of 16 albums by Pentangle on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Pentangle is Basket Of Light which is ranked number 2479 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 646.

Pentangle album bestography « Higher ranked (4,728th)
Sweet Child This album (5,196th)
Cruel Sister Lower ranked (8,289th) »
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Cruel Sister track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
A Maid That's Deep In Love
Average Rating: 76 (7 votes)Comments: View 0
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When I Was In My Prime
Average Rating: 77 (8 votes)Comments: View 0
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Lord Franklin
Average Rating: 78 (9 votes)Comments: View 0
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Cruel Sister
Average Rating: 79 (7 votes)Comments: View 0
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Jack Orion
Average Rating: 75 (7 votes)Comments: View 0

Cruel Sister rankings

Cruel Sister rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,196th | 1970s rank: 827th | 1970 rank: 88th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 55 votes)
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 !		05/08/2026 08:31 RemainInLight  Ratings distribution  3,76035/100
 
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 !		11/25/2024 22:56 slatsheit  Ratings distribution  2,06581/100

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From BestEverAlbums 08/24/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5414): By Graeme2
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Graeme2 () 1. (1973) 2. by (1989) 3. by by (1988) 5. (2002) 6. by by by (1972) 9. (1996) 10. by by (2003) 12. (1994) 13. by (1984) 14. by by by (1973) 17. by by (1977) 19. by (1979) 20. by (1970) 21. by (1992) 23. by (1969) 24. by (1993) 25.…”
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“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1975) 2. by (1959) 3. by (1970) 4. by (1975) 5. by (1969) 6. (1976) 7. (1969) 8. by (1968) 9. by (1976) 10. by (1967) 11. by (1975) 12. by (1969) 13. by (1972) 14. by (1968) 15. by by (1964) 17. by (1972) 18. (1982) 19. by (1975)…”
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From 01/24/2016 23:24 | #157567 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
An almost forgotten record from an almost forgotten band. Lovely voices, great songs and arrangements. Not for fans of their more progressive folk stuff however. This is pretty straight forward folk.
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As straight ahead folk as they ever got. Absolutely lovely stuff. Sit down with a nice malt when everyone is in bed and chuck this on. Anyone into sny sort of folk needs to hear it.
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