Cosmic Wheels
by Donovan

Cosmic Wheels by Donovan
Year: 1973
Overall rank: 21,411th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 30 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (297th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (2,579th)
Award Best albums of all time (21,411th)

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Donovan - Cosmic Wheels / S EPC 65450 (1973) / OG UK LP / Glam, Psychedelic Rock
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Donovan Cosmic Wheels LP 1973 [Epic KE 32156] w/poster EX
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DONOVAN ( 2 ) U.S. VINYL LP lot: 1968 BARABAJAGAL / 1973 COSMIC WHEELS vg+
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Donovan bestography

Cosmic Wheels is ranked 10th best out of 40 albums by Donovan on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Donovan is Sunshine Superman which is ranked number 1475 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,159.

Donovan album bestography « Higher ranked (18,207th)
For Little Ones
This album (21,411th)
Cosmic Wheels
Lower ranked (23,729th) »
H.M.S. Donovan

(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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Cosmic Wheels rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 21,411th | 1970s rank: 2,579th | 1973 rank: 297th

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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 30 votes)
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70/100
 
03/03/2026 02:29 daCritic  Ratings distribution  4,53873/100
 
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01/15/2026 10:55 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,58082/100
 
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01/13/2026 21:46 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,38770/100
 
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10/29/2025 02:11 MadhattanJack  Ratings distribution  5,89266/100
 
85/100
 
07/10/2025 02:58 lanadeleswift  Ratings distribution  3,68786/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.9/100, a mean average of 70.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.

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