Anticipation (studio album)
by Carly Simon

Anticipation by Carly Simon
Year: 1971
Overall rank: 17,446th   
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 35 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (240th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (2,234th)
Award Best albums of all time (17,446th)

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Carly Simon bestography

Anticipation is ranked 3rd best out of 27 albums by Carly Simon on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Carly Simon is No Secrets which is ranked number 4092 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 348.

Carly Simon album bestography « Higher ranked (15,112th)
Boys In The Trees
This album (17,446th)
Anticipation
Lower ranked (26,351st) »
Coming Around Again

(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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Anticipation track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Anticipation rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 17,446th | 1970s rank: 2,234th | 1971 rank: 240th

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Anticipation ratings

Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 35 votes)
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03/24/2023 12:35 Igtonumama   10,79063/100
 
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10/19/2021 05:26 zags7000   20,41064/100
 
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10/14/2021 07:00 Garyf1972   74768/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.8/100, a mean average of 69.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.

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