XII
by Barclay James Harvest
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Barclay James Harvest bestography
XII is ranked 6th best out of 31 albums by Barclay James Harvest on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Barclay James Harvest is Everyone Is Everybody Else which is ranked number 11083 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 108.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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XII track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
XII rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 25/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 99 Music Albums of 1978 | 61/99 | 2 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 31/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 43 Music Albums of 1978 | 34/43 | 1 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 35 Music Albums of 1978 | 7/35 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | albums in 2021 (deleting) | 60/99 | - |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 65/100 | 2 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2017 |  JoSt | Top 44 Music Albums of 1978 | 25/44 | 2 |
| 2014 |  Vaggelis | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 1978 | Musikexpress.de | The 30 Best Albums of 1978 | 26/30 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 39 | |||
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XII ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/14/2026 17:02 | tim0505 | 4,401 | 82/100 |
| ! | 01/21/2026 15:49 | Exist-en-ciel | 12,569 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/25/2025 13:27 | Vinyl | 522 | 80/100 |
| ! | 01/26/2025 18:35 | TonySayers61 | 24,805 | 64/100 |
| ! | 01/16/2025 20:38 | Philly28 | 949 | 69/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.1/100, a mean average of 70.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.
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Not a band that would make my favorite 100 band list, but I do like them and own a lot of their catalog which is for the most part good. With that said this is my favorite album out of all their albums. I picked up the cassette in a cut out bin at a local record store for practically nothing. It has a lot of memories attached to it so my bias maybe sentimental since an ex girlfriend in college loved it. I played it today for the first time in a long time and it still holds up which is amazing as 1978 was a year of musical transition and other substantial artists put out rubbish in 1978 as they tried to adapt to the change. BJH just updated their basic sound and it worked without compromising their own style. I don’t have a favorite track and listen to the album from start to finish. The album is a loosely based concept based on literature genres; I.e. science fiction, classics, etc. Not sure everyone will find it as appealing as I do because for me it contains associated fond memories spent in college with a girlfriend with whom I still count as a close friend.
Still one of the best soft rock Albums ever! The slow tunes "Berlin" and "Nova Lepidoptera" stood the test of time.
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