Slow Dazzle
by John Cale
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John Cale bestography
Slow Dazzle is ranked 11th best out of 42 albums by John Cale on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by John Cale is Paris 1919 which is ranked number 770 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,240.
(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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Slow Dazzle track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Slow Dazzle rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 98/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 82 Music Albums of 1975 | 6/82 | 5 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 30/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1975 | 75/100 | - |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 31 Music Albums of 1975 | 14/31 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 87 Music Albums of 1975 | 31/87 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 97/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 50 Music Albums of 1975 | 22/50 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 44 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 86 | |||
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Slow Dazzle ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/07/2026 02:15 | shawnd27 | 25 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/28/2025 20:31 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,767 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/24/2025 16:26 |  EyeKanFly | 8,985 | 65/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.
Slow Dazzle forum mentions
Repo 09/18/2024 02:50 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) dihansse 03/29/2022 20:32 in My discoveries per year
NickVolos 10/29/2013 15:43 in What album are you listening to right now?Slow Dazzle comments
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Crumpet 03/09/2018 17:08 | #210481
A truly dazzling album (pun fully intended), John Cale's second Island album is a very fun listen. The only really weak track is the forgettable ‘Dirty Ass Rock and Roll’, but that’s the only skipper.
The best tracks are the opener 'Mr. Wilson', Cale's near perfect cover of 'Heartbreak Hotel', the brilliantly bitter ‘Guts’ and the atmospheric closer 'The Jeweller'.
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