It's Only A Movie
by Family (UK)
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Family (UK) bestography
It's Only A Movie is ranked 8th best out of 11 albums by Family (UK) on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Family (UK) is Music In A Doll's House which is ranked number 4168 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 350.
(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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It's Only A Movie track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 72 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
It's Only A Movie rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top albums of 1973 (101 - 200) | 13/62 | - |
| 2024 | TonyF12345 | Top 41 Music Albums of 1973 | 35/41 | 1 |
| 2024 | vruslov | Top 84 Music Albums of 1973 | 69/84 | 1 |
| 2024 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1973 | 32/58 | - |
| 2020 | Rovers | Top 74 Music Albums of 1973 | 49/74 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 5 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 4 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/13/2026 22:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,464 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2024 04:25 | Philly28 | 956 | 69/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2024 07:58 | Pluto11 | 12,259 | 72/100 |
| ! | 08/25/2023 13:32 | DommeDamian | 7,662 | 48/100 |
| ! | 03/30/2022 20:35 | TonyF12345 | 3,407 | 76/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.2/100, a mean average of 63.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.8.
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Family's last album "It's Only a Movie" sounds quite different from the group's other records. Part of the explanation can be be explained with the fact that the group lineup had undergone a few changes. Pianist Tony Ashton and bassist / guitarist Jim Cregan were new in the group, and especially Ashton's often honky tonk style playing has left its mark on the album.
Another thing is that the album to a certain degree is a concept-album in which a portion of numbers have the imprint of soundtrack music. Moreover there is an extraordinarily significant impact from the American music.
The album was not a commercial success but not because it's not a good one. I believe many Family may not have been able to identify with the group's new direction.
A few numbers stand out for me out from the rest, especially the country bluesy "Leroy" - both comical and catchy - a little Rocky Raccoon over it.
"Buffet for Two" is one of the tracks where the group sounds mostly like themselves. Strong vocals and a rather complex number, with a grande arrangemment.
"Sweet Desire" could almost be called exotic reinterpretation of the old "Louie Louie"
The closing track "Check Out", and should prove to also be the group Family's check out - really very unfortunate, as the group had given so much and in fact never quite achieved the recognition it deserved. "Check Out" is a fine number that goes well alonside rock revival trend at the time including Mott the Hoople.
If you miss the "old" Family there are things to go for among the bonus tracks. Especially the beautiful B-side "Hometown" by Rick Grech time - Chapman sounds here almost as Peter Gabriel.
The other bonus numbers are old live favourites chosen among the group's best compositions.
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