U.F.O.
by Jim Sullivan
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U.F.O. is ranked as the best album by Jim Sullivan.
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U.F.O. track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
U.F.O. rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | OFarrio | Top 26 Music Albums of 1969 | 22/26 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1969 by Ultimate Record Collector | 79/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Aquarium Drunkard 2010 Year in Review | 15/54 | - |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 70 Music Albums of 1969 | 57/70 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Graeme2 | Top 84 Music Albums of 1969 | 82/84 | 0 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1969 | 53/100 | 2 |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | Greatest albums of the 60's (301 - 400) by URC | 37/100 | - |
| 2023 | Steppenwolf666 | 1969 4TH 100 | 6/100 | - |
| 2023 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 1969 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2022 | Uncut | Uncut: The 500 Greatest Albums of the 1960s (301-400) | 37/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 21 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 25 | |||
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U.F.O. ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/28/2024 14:19 | spinout | 3,502 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/17/2023 19:59 | TonySayers61 | 25,714 | 64/100 |
| ! | 10/20/2023 21:42 | Rm12398 | 2,221 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 78.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.5.
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U.F.O. forum mentions
Norman Bates 02/09/2018 08:57 in What album are you listening to right now?
Mercury 10/09/2017 05:17 in Greatest Metal According to Gowi/LedZep/Repo/Rocky and I!U.F.O. comments
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Mercury TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/19/2017 20:28 | #199799
The details of this musicians sudden disappearance and its possible ooooh spoooooky relation to aliens as the name of this album suggests is perhaps the thing which initially interested me about it some time ago. But I did not listen to it until recently. And now that I have several times, I can say its pretty fabulous.
I am having a hard time putting my finger on what makes this album special. Its just one of those mildly psychedelic, folk rock albums which contains all these interesting ideas and flourishes and each song unfolds like a flower with a few new little nicely placed detailed.
Jim Sullivan's throughout manage to be very interesting and they do capture my attention in every word he speaks, but they are very plain. He does not have a memorable voice particularly, but maybe its his sort of unusual rhythm in his delivery.
Anyway, to say more about this album, the band is awesome! Apparently Jim Sullivan, a relatively popular local songwriter was able through some music connection, to bag the freaking Wrecking Crew to be his band on this album. The Wrecking Crew was the name of the group of musicians who are responsible for a lot of the session work on little known albums like Pet Sounds and Smile and some classic Phil Spector records. yeah, cray cray right.
Anyway, and Sullivan proves himself able to use this great band to create a nuanced set of great pop and rock and folk songs of the highest quality, and its an album which I personally find more and more details in and enjoy more and more with each listen. Its great hidden gems like this which are such amazing growers which makes the whole rankings business nearly impossible. As I listen now to the brilliant dreamy whimsy and the killer bass line of track 4 "Whistle Stop" I wonder to myself "How in God's name are you ranking this number 21?!" Such a sweet, almost childish, love song.
Anyway, I'll stop here. This is great and I really do recommend it! From this album onward I basically love everything. So get ready for a lot of no critiques at all.
Rating: 8.5/10
P.S. Any of you who aren't familiar with the mysterious storuy of Jim Sullivan's disappearance in 1975 should google his name. It really is quite interesting and mysterious.
Sandman is perfection! (Edited)
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