Sounds Of Silence
by Simon & Garfunkel

Album
Sounds Of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel
Year: 1966
Release date: 1966-01-17
Overall rank: 396th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 760 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1966 (5th)
Award Top 100 albums of of the 1960s (55th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (396th)

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Simon & Garfunkel bestography

Sounds Of Silence is ranked 3rd best out of 20 albums by Simon & Garfunkel on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Simon & Garfunkel is Bridge Over Troubled Water which is ranked number 102 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,717.

Simon & Garfunkel album bestography « Higher ranked (277th)
Bookends This album (396th)
Sounds Of Silence Lower ranked (506th) »
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Sounds Of Silence track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
Track pick (920 - 529 votes)
The Sound Of Silence
Average Rating: 92 (529 votes)Comments: View 10
2.
Leaves That Are Green
Average Rating: 84 (164 votes)Comments: View 1
3.
Blessed
Average Rating: 78 (147 votes)Comments: View 1
4.
Kathy's Song
Average Rating: 84 (164 votes)Comments: View 2
5.
Somewhere They Can't Find Me
Average Rating: 81 (141 votes)Comments: View 2
6.
Anji
Average Rating: 78 (143 votes)Comments: View 1
7.
Richard Cory
Average Rating: 81 (153 votes)Comments: View 3
8.
A Most Peculiar Man
Average Rating: 80 (149 votes)Comments: View 1
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April Come She Will
Average Rating: 86 (184 votes)Comments: View 2
10.
We've Got A Groovey Thing Goin'
Average Rating: 79 (145 votes)Comments: View 1
11.
Track pick (890 - 244 votes)
I Am A Rock
Average Rating: 89 (244 votes)Comments: View 4

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Sounds Of Silence rankings

Sounds Of Silence rankings summary
Overall rank: 396th | 1960s rank: 55th | 1966 rank: 5th  Overall chart history
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Sounds Of Silence ratings

Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 760 votes)
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 !		08/29/2026 23:39 xhitmanx  Ratings distribution  1,59876/100
 
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 !		07/23/2026 01:57 stryker700  Ratings distribution  29590/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.7/100, a mean average of 79.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.2.


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From BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements
“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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80/100
From 03/02/2026 00:10 | #313398
One of my favorite folk (folk rock?) artists. A couple of their best songs on this. Their albums always have lyrics which are fascinating. I really like 'A Most Peculiar Man'. (Edited)
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From 02/03/2026 11:53 | #312964
Apart from the first song, I did not find anything worthy. (Edited)
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85/100
From 04/02/2022 07:51 | #283726
With three classic songs, this is a classic..
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From 01/17/2022 19:28 | #279597
A couple of great tracks make this album so good and also on this one there is an electric version of The Sound Of Silence and I prefer this one over the acoustic.
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95/100
From 01/03/2022 18:36 | #278525
Gran álbum, especialmente en la edición para el Reino Unido, que incluye Homeward Bound.
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