HQ
by Roy Harper

HQ by Roy Harper
Year: 1975
Overall rank: 19,267th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 33 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1975 (232nd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (2,424th)
Award Best albums of all time (19,267th)

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Roy Harper bestography

HQ is ranked 5th best out of 26 albums by Roy Harper on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Roy Harper is Stormcock which is ranked number 2098 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 784.

Roy Harper album bestography « Higher ranked (12,012th)
Sophisticated Beggar
This album (19,267th)
HQ
Lower ranked (20,558th) »
Flat Baroque And Berserk

(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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HQ rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 19,267th | 1970s rank: 2,424th | 1975 rank: 232nd

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HQ ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 33 votes)
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65/100
 
02/21/2026 11:50 Hayden  Ratings distribution  7,52472/100
 
75/100
 
08/23/2025 18:54 LittleM1971  Ratings distribution  5,90081/100
 
25/100
 
12/12/2024 09:15 RemainInLight  Ratings distribution  3,21736/100
 
75/100
 
10/02/2024 03:08 dhbarrett  Ratings distribution  8,34865/100
 
80/100
 
02/11/2024 15:43 Retsamr  Ratings distribution  3281/100

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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.

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80/100
From 07/30/2021 20:18 | #272077
The game is a great opening track. The rest of the album is good but doesn’t quite live up to the opener.
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From 07/11/2019 14:09 | #239319
My favourite RH album. Possibly his most commercial offering but The Game (in all its parts) is an awesome track as is Referendum.
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Best Albums of 1975
1. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
2. Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
3. Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
4. Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin
5. A Night At The Opera by Queen
6. Another Green World by Eno
7. Horses by Patti Smith
8. Tonight's The Night by Neil Young
9. Fleetwood Mac by Fleetwood Mac
10. The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell
11. Mothership Connection by Parliament
12. Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith
13. The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett
14. Zuma by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
15. Young Americans by David Bowie
16. Expensive Shit by Fela Kuti & Africa 70
17. The Basement Tapes by Bob Dylan & The Band
18. Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John
19. Sabotage by Black Sabbath
20. Katy Lied by Steely Dan
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