Ashes Are Burning
by Renaissance

Album
Ashes Are Burning by Renaissance
Year: 1973
Release date: Anniversary 1973-10-00 (53rd Year Anniversary)
Overall rank: 2,807th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 117 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (52nd)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (493rd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,807th)

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Renaissance bestography

Ashes Are Burning is ranked 2nd best out of 30 albums by Renaissance on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Renaissance is Turn Of The Cards which is ranked number 2732 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 577.

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Ashes Are Burning Lower ranked (2,862nd) »
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Ashes Are Burning 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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Can You Understand?
Average Rating: 84 (42 votes)Comments: View 2
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Let It Grow
Average Rating: 79 (37 votes)Comments: View 1
3.
On The Frontier
Average Rating: 79 (35 votes)Comments: View 1
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Carpet Of The Sun
Average Rating: 82 (38 votes)Comments: View 1
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At The Harbour
Average Rating: 79 (34 votes)Comments: View 1
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Ashes Are Burning
Average Rating: 85 (42 votes)Comments: View 1

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Ashes Are Burning rankings

Ashes Are Burning rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,807th | 1970s rank: 493rd | 1973 rank: 52nd  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
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 !		04/30/2026 14:29 Pavloss  Ratings distribution  48850/100
 
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 !		04/27/2026 18:21 Records1974  Ratings distribution  5382/100
 
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 !		04/10/2026 18:20 Deckard  Ratings distribution  26780/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.9/100, a mean average of 78.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.


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Ashes Are Burning forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 09/08/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5429): By Steppenwolf666
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Steppenwolf666 () 1. by by (1971) 3. (1973) 4. by (1969) 6. by (1968) 7. (1970) 8. by by by (1974) 11. by (1970) 13. by (1970) 14. by by by (1971) 17. by (1972) 19. by (1969) 21. by (1974) 22. by by (1970) 25. (1973) 26. by by (1992) 28. by…”
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“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Deckiller () 1. by by (2015) 3. by (2002) 4. by (1969) 5. by (1969) 6. by by (1992) 8. by by by (1970) 11. by by (1986) 13. by (1981) 15. (1977) 17. by (1986) 18. by (2013) 20. (1969) 21. by (1972) 22. by (1973) 23. by (1971) 24. by by…”
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From BestEverAlbums 08/14/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5404): By pctrooper
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by pctrooper () 1. (1975) 3. by (2008) 4. by (2000) 5. by (1974) 6. by (1978) 7. by (1979) 8. by (1971) 9. (1994) 10. by (1973) 11. by (1977) 13. by (1976) 14. by by (2019) 16. by (1973) 18. by (1969) 19. by (1974) 20. by (2015) 21. by (1996)…”
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90/100
From 04/05/2021 00:41 | #268217 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This album is bookended by two incredible songs: the band words overtime to deliver a bold instrumental opening in the first song, and Haslam's vocals in the last song are divine. Sandwiched between the two are some decent folk/symphonic tunes, including the shoulda-been-a-hit Carpet of the Sun. (Edited)
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From 06/08/2017 21:14 | #192251 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Great record. The Last Track is awesome. (Edited)
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From 12/31/2023 20:44 | #300802 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Of all the albums I've reviewed lately based on first impressions, this one has blown me away the most—beautiful, engaging melodies put together by John Tout's worldly keys and Annie Haslam's soothing voice, all in a digestible prog rock style. The entire album is wonderful, but the opening Can You Understand? in particular is fantastic—that opening piano intro had my attention immediately. And the album also sounds extremely clean and polished, which wasn't always the case for every record coming out in 1973. Needless to say, I'll be revisiting this one frequently. (Edited)
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From 12/27/2023 14:11 | #300687 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
fabulous record (Edited)
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