Slow Dazzle (studio album)
by John Cale

Slow Dazzle by John Cale
Year: 1975
Overall rank: 12,950th   
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 48 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1975 (175th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,782nd)
Award Best albums of all time (12,950th)

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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 730 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,372.

John Cale album bestography « Higher ranked (11,920th)
Mercy
This album (12,950th)
Slow Dazzle
Lower ranked (13,356th) »
Artificial Intelligence

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Slow Dazzle track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Slow Dazzle rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 12,950th | 1970s rank: 1,782nd | 1975 rank: 175th

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Slow Dazzle ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 48 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.

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From 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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Best Albums of 1975
1. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
2. Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
3. Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
4. Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin
5. A Night At The Opera by Queen
6. Another Green World by Eno
7. Horses by Patti Smith
8. Tonight's The Night by Neil Young
9. Fleetwood Mac by Fleetwood Mac
10. The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell
11. Mothership Connection by Parliament
12. Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith
13. The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett
14. Zuma by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
15. Young Americans by David Bowie
16. Expensive Shit by Fela Kuti & Africa 70
17. The Basement Tapes by Bob Dylan & The Band
18. Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John
19. Sabotage by Black Sabbath
20. Ommadawn by Mike Oldfield
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