Rollin'
by Bay City Rollers

Rollin' by Bay City Rollers
Year: 1974
Overall rank: 67,058th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
59/100 (from 12 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1974 (587th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (6,040th)
Award Best albums of all time (67,058th)

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Bay City Rollers bestography

Rollin' is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Bay City Rollers on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bay City Rollers is Greatest Hits which is ranked number 25823 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 36.

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Overall rank: 67,058th | 1970s rank: 6,040th | 1974 rank: 587th

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Average Rating: 
59/100 (from 12 votes)
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70/100
 
12/06/2025 14:13 spigelwii  Ratings distribution  62385/100
 
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07/14/2025 12:34 MetalMan67  Ratings distribution  6,00471/100
 
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09/17/2024 23:27 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,02274/100
 
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04/01/2021 18:44 Johnnyo  Ratings distribution  9,65677/100
 
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02/22/2021 19:56 Dankel  Ratings distribution  2,60976/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 58.5/100, a mean average of 47.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 47.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 24.7.

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From 12/06/2025 14:09 | #312034
Ever since I first listened to Nick Lowe's masterpiece, "Jesus of Cool," I was enthralled by the idea of listening to a Bay City Rollers record. Surely, if Basher himself would write such an endearing song about a specific, contemporary act, they'd have to be worth their wait in gold, right!? So, I threw "Rollin'" on the immense backlog of music I planned to listen to when I had the time.

Imagine my surprise when I finally listened to this debut record and figured out that Nick was probably just being sarcastic. This first BCR record, likely their best, is a collection of totally passable pop songs and mostly subpar covers of better, older songs. We've now passed the 50 year anniversary of defending this absolutely ordinary pop group, Edinburgh, what gives?
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