Crest Of A Knave
by Jethro Tull
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Jethro Tull bestography
Crest Of A Knave is ranked 11th best out of 48 albums by Jethro Tull on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Jethro Tull is Aqualung which is ranked number 327 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,063.
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Crest Of A Knave track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Crest Of A Knave rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 97 Music Albums of 1987 | 21/97 | 4 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 94 Music Albums of the 1980s | 47/94 | 10 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 73 Music Albums of 1987 | 39/73 | 2 |
| 2026 |  MetalMan67 | Top 62 Music Albums of 1987 | 53/62 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Jethro Tull Albums Ranked | 4/21 | - |
| 2025 | steve397 | Top 15 Music Albums of 1987 | 6/15 | 3 |
| 2025 | Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 26/100 | 15 |
| 2025 | Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 3/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 53 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 192 | |||
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Crest Of A Knave ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 44 hours ago | Exist-en-ciel | 16,801 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/10/2026 16:34 | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
| ! | 07/28/2026 14:08 | platus | 5,900 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.0/100, a mean average of 68.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.2.
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Crest Of A Knave forum mentions
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I bought this on tape (a really state of the art playing medium at the time!) and played it over and over back in the late eighties, great for driving to. Latterly I have got the CD and more recently what I really wanted, the vinyl. This is a blisteringly good album with some fantastic lead guitar and flute work. It has a much harder edge than earlier progressive or folky works, not that I don't like that style. As with many bands who made their fortunes with seventies masterpieces, Jethro Tull moved into a more modern dare I say 'radio friendly' arena. I can listen to this album over and over, there are no weak tracks and 'Steel Monkey', 'Budapest', 'Mountain Men' and 'Raising Steam' are all superb.
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/28/2016 18:05 | #177673 | TOP COMMENT
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I see this as a comeback album for Tull. The songwriting in particular is excellent. The album is somewhat marred by 80s production, but the songs and musicianship are strong enough to overcome this. Farm on the Freeway is perfectly poignant, Mountain Men is epic, and the deep cut Dogs in the Midwinter is positively classic Tull. This album holds up far better than most from the era.
Robert Anton Wilson TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/23/2012 15:01 | #49080 | TOP COMMENT
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Like every other band from earlier decades, Jethro Tull had a slump as the 80s kicked in but this album marks a return to form and although they would never do another masterpiece ever, this still is a good album.
I absolutely love everything of Jethro Tull from the 70'. This album is totally different. It includes more guitars and frankly, it sounds like Dire Straits (and not from their best work).
Another favourite of mine. Every few... er... decades Jethro Tull changes line up, sound and vocal style, and here we have the quintessential Jethro Tull of the 1980s. A bit like Dire Straits, but with more hard rock, and... much more flute! :D (Edited)
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