Tap Root Manuscript
by Neil Diamond
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Neil Diamond bestography
Tap Root Manuscript is ranked 5th best out of 55 albums by Neil Diamond on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Neil Diamond is Just For You which is ranked number 7581 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 170.
(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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Tap Root Manuscript track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Tap Root Manuscript rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | bryatk | Top 22 Music Albums of the 1970s | 8/22 | 14 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 84 Music Albums of 1970 | 40/84 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1970 | 33/51 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 95/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Rivera | 801-900 | 32/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1970 | 43/100 | - |
| 2025 | Rivera | Top 38 Music Albums of 1970 | 21/38 | 2 |
| 2025 |  nitomano | Top 71 Music Albums of 1970 | 65/71 | 0 |
| 2023 |  DommeDamian | Great EPs inside (lesser good) albums. | 10/51 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 23 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 70 | |||
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Tap Root Manuscript ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/29/2026 16:11 | Cyrax | 1,885 | 61/100 |
| ! | 05/01/2026 15:43 | Johnnyo | 9,951 | 77/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2026 08:52 | RemainInLight | 3,826 | 36/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.9/100, a mean average of 67.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
Tap Root Manuscript forum mentions
neilgee 02/24/2020 04:20 in What album are you listening to right now?Tap Root Manuscript comments
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This is a remarkably early instance of world music. Shame it's so bad.
xMUSICSNOBx 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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