Tap Root Manuscript
by Neil Diamond

Tap Root Manuscript by Neil Diamond
Year: 1970
Overall rank: 15,657th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 32 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (195th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (2,027th)
Award Best albums of all time (15,657th)

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Neil Diamond – Tap Root Manuscript CD 1972 Folk Rock Pop MCA Records
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Neil Diamond bestography

Tap Root Manuscript is ranked 5th best out of 54 albums by Neil Diamond on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Neil Diamond is Just For You which is ranked number 7480 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 171.

Neil Diamond album bestography « Higher ranked (13,908th)
Home Before Dark
This album (15,657th)
Tap Root Manuscript
Lower ranked (16,148th) »
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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 15,657th | 1970s rank: 2,027th | 1970 rank: 195th

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70/100 (from 32 votes)
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70/100
 
05/01/2026 15:43 Johnnyo  Ratings distribution  9,73877/100
 
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04/18/2026 08:52 RemainInLight  Ratings distribution  3,50336/100
 
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02/12/2026 22:54 daCritic  Ratings distribution  4,55273/100
 
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12/10/2025 11:00 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,61883/100
 
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08/30/2025 20:18 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,43874/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.9/100, a mean average of 67.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.

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From 10/26/2016 18:55 | #177511
A-side is a 90. B-side is a 30. The second side is longer.
45/100.
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From 03/25/2014 19:35 | #107488
This is a remarkably early instance of world music. Shame it's so bad.
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