Rory Gallagher
by Rory Gallagher

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Rory Gallagher by Rory Gallagher
Year: 1971
Release date: 1971-05-23
Overall rank: 8,783rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 42 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (135th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (1,276th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,783rd)

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Rory Gallagher bestography

Rory Gallagher is ranked 3rd best out of 28 albums by Rory Gallagher on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Rory Gallagher is Irish Tour which is ranked number 3734 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 397.

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Rory Gallagher rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,783rd | 1970s rank: 1,276th | 1971 rank: 135th  Overall chart history
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76/100 (from 42 votes)
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 !		08/18/2026 19:21 RemainInLight  Ratings distribution  3,76035/100
 
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 !		05/19/2026 17:23 MetalMan67  Ratings distribution  6,21571/100
 
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 !		01/03/2026 23:30 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,61370/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.4/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.


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Forum mentions

This album has been referenced 14 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
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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From Johnnyo 10/28/2024 22:09 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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From dihansse 07/21/2024 19:50 in My discoveries per year
“These are two album of 1971 I listened to: First an album I already know/own: A few real hits here with Last Year's Man and Famous Blue Raincoat as the standouts and also Avalanche being very good. But overall not as consistent as you would think it to be for a classic album like this. And it moves…”
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From 09/23/2022 14:52 | #289901 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Amazing solo debut from Rory..
His guitarwork is second to none?
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Consistently good for sure. I think it does have a killer track, though. "I Fall Apart" is one of the most intense ballads of all time.
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From 08/25/2019 17:51 | #241672 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The most complete Rory album. Consistently good without having a killer track like cradle rock but every track is very solid. A mature album.
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