It Never Rains In Southern California
by Albert Hammond
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Albert Hammond bestography
It Never Rains In Southern California is ranked 3rd best out of 9 albums by Albert Hammond on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Albert Hammond is Revolution Of The Heart which is ranked number 34512 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 24.
(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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It Never Rains In Southern California track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
It Never Rains In Southern California 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 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  nitomano | Top 40 Music Albums of 1972 | 14/40 | 3 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 41 Music Albums of 1972 | 34/41 | 1 |
| 2025 |  MadhattanJack | Top 35 Music Albums of 1972 | 30/35 | 1 |
| 2025 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 31/100 | 4 |
| 2025 |  Liedzeit | Top 65 Music Albums of 1972 | 15/65 | 4 |
| 2024 | arnellarsen | more 1972 (101-200) | 6/23 | - |
| 2024 | Liedzeit | Best Debut Albums | 94/100 | - |
| 2022 | MOgnjenovic | Top 20 Music Albums of 1972 | 16/20 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 10 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 17 | |||
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It Never Rains In Southern California ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/13/2026 14:49 | gmessian | 385 | 60/100 |
| ! | 10/29/2025 02:46 | MadhattanJack | 6,003 | 66/100 |
| ! | 08/24/2025 16:35 | tim0505 | 4,417 | 82/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.7/100, a mean average of 63.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.
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neilgee 12/12/2025 05:01 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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I love this album. It's just fun to listen to. Favorite tracks are the title cut, Down By The River and Free Electric Band, which appears on my copy.
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