Top Priority
by Rory Gallagher
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Rory Gallagher bestography
Top Priority is ranked 7th best out of 28 albums by Rory Gallagher on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Rory Gallagher is Irish Tour which is ranked number 3742 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 396.
(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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Top Priority track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top Priority rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 56 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 97 Music Albums of 1979 | 33/97 | 3 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 84/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 68 Music Albums of 1979 | 13/68 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 88 Music Albums of 1979 | 56/88 | 2 |
| 2026 | dihansse | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 93/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 41/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1979 Pt 2 | 5/24 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 99 Music Albums of 1979 | 37/99 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 42 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 95 | |||
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Top Priority ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/19/2026 10:17 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,671 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/20/2024 14:25 | Elephanttalk | 231 | 87/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2024 18:42 | LosWochos | 47,529 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.
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Top Priority forum mentions
Repo 09/26/2023 22:43 in My discoveries per year
Jboy56 10/27/2022 17:28 in What album are you listening to right now? Repo 11/28/2021 16:36 in Rank 'Em: The Beach BoysTop Priority comments
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Jboy56 10/26/2022 16:10 | #290816 | TOP COMMENT
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Very norma Rory album. Not much of a change since the previous ones. By 1979 his style must have felt old-fashioned. But he remained true to his sound and playing style. Powerful
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