Sally Can't Dance
by Lou Reed

Sally Can't Dance by Lou Reed
Year: 1974
Overall rank: 14,412th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 87 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1974 (185th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,905th)
Award Best albums of all time (14,412th)

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Lou Reed bestography

Sally Can't Dance is ranked 16th best out of 37 albums by Lou Reed on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Lou Reed is Transformer which is ranked number 145 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,486.

Lou Reed album bestography « Higher ranked (11,578th)
Legendary Hearts
This album (14,412th)
Sally Can't Dance
Lower ranked (14,426th) »
Lou Reed Live - Take No Prisoners

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

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Overall rank: 14,412th | 1970s rank: 1,905th | 1974 rank: 185th

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72/100 (from 87 votes)
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03/06/2026 02:30 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  3,78375/100
 
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12/30/2025 10:03 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100
 
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10/04/2025 01:57 Olli  Ratings distribution  7,16763/100
 
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04/29/2025 20:26 thepardunk  Ratings distribution  2,57669/100

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From 02/24/2017 11:09 | #186250
I'll never understand why people consider this as not as good as Coney Island Baby or any of his crummy 80s crap. Must be groupthink. Cuz this has more good ones on it than all his other albums besides Transformer. Same with Rock n Roll Heart.
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From 01/08/2016 01:39 | #156097
Like Rock and Roll Heart starts off a bit goofy but by NY Stars you get locked in. Kill Your Sons is a song Lou kept in his live act for years. Sally Can't Dance is a lot of fun. Billy is a solid tune that ends things on an even keel.
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