Hokey Pokey
by Richard & Linda Thompson

Hokey Pokey by Richard & Linda Thompson
Year: 1975
Overall rank: 25,189th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 29 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1975 (276th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (2,918th)
Award Best albums of all time (25,189th)

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Richard & Linda Thompson bestography

Hokey Pokey is ranked 5th best out of 9 albums by Richard & Linda Thompson on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Richard & Linda Thompson is I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight which is ranked number 1107 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,562.

Richard & Linda Thompson album bestography « Higher ranked (12,786th)
First Light
This album (25,189th)
Hokey Pokey
Lower ranked (34,779th) »
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(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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Overall rank: 25,189th | 1970s rank: 2,918th | 1975 rank: 276th

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74/100 (from 29 votes)
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07/13/2025 18:13 Skerns  Ratings distribution  5,07680/100
 
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02/19/2025 04:27 PapaShiz86  Ratings distribution  11,09679/100
 
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08/31/2023 13:11 Liedzeit  Ratings distribution  2,35074/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.8.

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Possibly the slightly weaker of the original 'island' trilogy of, bright lights, and, silver, hokey pokey, is still a very good Thompson record, featuring the lovely, heart needs a home, as well as, Egypt room, and, Georgie on a spree. Great songwriting from one of Britain's most underrated songwriters.
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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. Katy Lied by Steely Dan
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