The Pretty Things
by The Pretty Things

The Pretty Things by The Pretty Things
Year: 1965
Release date: 1965-03-12
Overall rank: 7,914th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 66 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1965 (60th)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (578th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,914th)

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The Pretty Things bestography

The Pretty Things is ranked 3rd best out of 30 albums by The Pretty Things on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Pretty Things is S.F. Sorrow which is ranked number 994 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,745.

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The Pretty Things rankings summary
Overall rank: 7,914th | 1960s rank: 578th | 1965 rank: 60th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 66 votes)
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09/04/2026 15:24 BurndenAce  Ratings distribution  1,33576/100
 
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From kokkinos 09/17/2022 22:20 in I'm going back to the start
“Remember the other day how I was claiming that Them were occasionally drifting into generic r & b territory? Well, wait until you listen to The Pretty Things, another relatively overlooked member of the British Invasion. They aren’t fortunate enough to have a singer of Van Morrison’s stature and as…”
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From Anonymous 07/29/2014 15:09 in One hit wonder albums.
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Nothing wrong with this. The bluesy R&B band with some good songs hits the mark decently. The usual mid-sixties brit thing that was repeated so many times. Lacks some of the power and twist of the Stones.
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