Then Play On
by Fleetwood Mac

Album
Then Play On by Fleetwood Mac
Year: 1969
Release date: 1969-09-19
Overall rank: 1,788th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 246 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1969 (49th)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (171st)
Award Best albums of all time (1,788th)

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Fleetwood Mac bestography

Then Play On is ranked 5th best out of 44 albums by Fleetwood Mac on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Fleetwood Mac is Rumours which is ranked number 19 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 29,586.

Fleetwood Mac album bestography « Higher ranked (1,039th)
Tango In The Night This album (1,788th)
Then Play On Lower ranked (3,439th) »
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Then Play On rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,788th | 1960s rank: 171st | 1969 rank: 49th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 246 votes)
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 !		06/07/2026 10:05 markl73  Ratings distribution  62578/100
 
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 !		05/10/2026 11:59 Adhura  Ratings distribution  1,69477/100

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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 77.2/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.


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90/100
From 02/07/2025 22:39 | #307465
Best Peter Green British Blues Fleetwood Mac outing. Danny Kirwan also contibutes with several folk rock leanings including "Coming Your Way". Not a bad song on the entire LP. The UK setlist(without "Oh Well") and pressing is far superior than the American Reprise pressings. "Rattlesnake Shake" clearly demonstrates Green's guitar virtuosity. My only disappointment is Peter Green's "The Great Manuleishi" was not included on the release.
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85/100
From 08/01/2022 16:28 | #288046
The slightly proggy album is a pleasant surprise.
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75/100
From 02/03/2022 15:43 | #280548
Why Peter Green's FM used to put all their best in the singles?! if you add some b sides on this album you should have had one of the top 100 albums ever. Oh Well...
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85/100
From 08/30/2021 21:59 | #273086 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This album has a couple flaws that keep it from being great. Handful of pretty dull tracks that really brings down the energy in all the wrong places, namely When You Say. For an optimal listening experience, I recommend the revised US version of this album that was released in November of 1969, cuts out a lot of the fluff of the original album and adds on Oh Well.
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75/100
From 02/13/2018 21:07 | #208022
"Then play on" contiene uno dei più grandi brani di Peter Green ( "Oh well" ) ma anche delle ottime composizioni a firma Danny Kirwan, dei rock potenti e delle melodie ammalianti.
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From 12/10/2016 22:23 | #179858 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
An album listened to more than 400 times is not just any album, it's The Album! For those who don't understand just listen to it and be uplifted!
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From 01/26/2015 04:00 | #132629 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
US CD include Oh Well which is the best track
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From 11/03/2013 22:58 | #90533 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Best album of the original Green blues-based line up. ...well, best Fleetwood Mac album ever.
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70/100
From 06/11/2013 01:47 | #78559
Last good Fleetwood Mac album before they went into a four year slump.
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95/100
From 12/13/2012 03:55 | #57764 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The best album produced by the best British blues guitarist, Peter Green. WARNING: this isn't your "Don't Stop" Fleetwood Mac -- this is closer to a mix of Cream and Zeppelin.
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