Cold On The Shoulder
by Gordon Lightfoot
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Gordon Lightfoot bestography
Cold On The Shoulder is ranked 12th best out of 30 albums by Gordon Lightfoot on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Gordon Lightfoot is Sundown which is ranked number 6693 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 197.
(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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Cold On The Shoulder track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Cold On The Shoulder 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 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2024 |  Cardboardfolder | Top 69 Music Albums of 1975 | 59/69 | 1 |
| 2022 | Daredevil42 | Top 59 Music Albums of 1975 | 36/59 | 2 |
| 2021 |  Listmeister | Top 32 Music Albums of 1975 | 23/32 | 2 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2020 |  kynes | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 84/100 | 7 |
| 2018 |  bobbyb5 | Best Singer-Songwriter Albums | 33/99 | - |
| 2018 | bobbyb5 | Top 67 Music Albums of 1975 | 21/67 | 4 |
| 2015 |  jhuik | Top 20 Music Albums of 1975 | 19/20 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 19 | |||
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Cold On The Shoulder ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/18/2026 08:38 | spinout | 3,502 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2024 15:35 | RemainInLight | 3,772 | 35/100 |
| ! | 08/23/2024 03:21 | dhbarrett | 8,765 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.5/100, a mean average of 70.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.
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Forum mentions
bobbyb5 06/17/2018 10:51 in POLL: Best depressing album by a male singer-songwriter bobbyb5 03/04/2018 23:14 in What album are you listening to right now?Cold On The Shoulder comments
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junodog4 03/13/2018 04:10 | #210796
Another solid Lightfoot album. On par with Cohen for Canadian singer-songwriters.
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