Chameleon In The Shadow Of The Night (studio album)
by Peter Hammill
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Peter Hammill bestography
Chameleon In The Shadow Of The Night is ranked 2nd best out of 45 albums by Peter Hammill on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Peter Hammill is The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage which is ranked number 3139 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 477.
(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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Chameleon In The Shadow Of The Night track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Chameleon In The Shadow Of The Night rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Skerns | Top 96 Music Albums of 1973 | 77/96 | 1 |
| 2025 |  sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 19/100 | 4 |
| 2024 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1973 | 37/58 | - |
| 2024 |  AlexSVK | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 33/99 | 57 |
| 2023 | AlexSVK | Top 10 Music Albums of 1973 | 2/10 | 5 |
| 2023 | AlexSVK | Top 20 Music Albums of the 1970s | 17/20 | 4 |
| 2023 | Advermonat | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 9/40 | 58 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2020 | Red0510 | Top 65 Music Albums of 1973 | 51/65 | 1 |
| 2020 | Highhopes | Top 30 Music Albums of 1973 | 29/30 | 0 |
| 2019 |  Fischman | My Top Prog Albums of 1973 | 32/40 | - |
| 2019 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 45 Music Albums of 1973 | 28/45 | 2 |
| 2018 |  Lachapelle | PH / VDGG Collection | 6/11 | - |
| 2018 | Lachapelle | Top 13 Music Albums of 1973 | 6/13 | 3 |
| 2016 | Coconut | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2015 |  briggs54 | Prog-Rock | 45/93 | - |
| 2014 | briantwomey | Top 11 Greatest Music Albums | 2/11 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 140 | |||
Chameleon In The Shadow Of The Night collection
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Chameleon In The Shadow Of The Night ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/15/2025 12:59 | platus | 5,793 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/20/2025 02:31 | FrancK | 475 | 83/100 |
| ! | 01/30/2024 00:31 | RockingRoll666 | 1,667 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2023 00:08 | BorderFreeAndrew | 14,405 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2023 10:13 | Pluto11 | 11,721 | 72/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 69.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.1.
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Norman Bates 09/30/2012 20:00 | #51520
Somewhat too pompous for my taste at times. "Nadir's Big Chance" still a strong favourite.
Robert Anton Wilson 08/20/2012 18:58 | #48915
Much more quiet than his VdGG songs. PH was good at determining which songs were more intimate and deserved to be released solo and which deserved the full group treatment and should be played by VdGG. Mostly guitar based album. Stands alone, this album sounds nothing like any other PH offering. Feels quite medieval troubadour at times.
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