H'art Songs
by Moondog
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Moondog bestography
H'art Songs is ranked 5th best out of 17 albums by Moondog on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Moondog is Moondog (1969) which is ranked number 1866 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 912.
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H'art Songs track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
H'art Songs 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 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 99 Music Albums of 1978 | 55/99 | 2 |
| 2025 |  sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2024 |  meccalecca | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 12/100 | 18 |
| 2024 | meccalecca | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 38/100 | 48 |
| 2024 | meccalecca | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2023 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 82/100 | 1 |
| 2023 | JamesMowbray | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 16/100 | 4 |
| 2022 | sssvnnn | minimal music | 43/100 | - |
| 2021 | Gauco | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 32/40 | 11 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 22 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 124 | |||
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H'art Songs ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/18/2026 12:47 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,305 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/18/2025 15:49 | Hayden | 7,975 | 72/100 |
| ! | 04/24/2024 07:17 | LosWochos | 47,547 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.
H'art Songs forum mentions
reverendgreen 11/12/2015 19:25 in What album are you listening to right now?
Defago 06/07/2015 19:44 in BYT - G6 - 1958 (Precedent) v 1978 (mecca)H'art Songs comments
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meccalecca TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/16/2013 14:12 | #73410 | TOP COMMENT
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It saddens me to not see the genius of Moondog on more charts. A street musician with a jazz pedigree, Louis Thomas Hardin was greatly admired by everyone from Charlie Parker and Benny Goodman to Phillip Glas to Janis Joplin and Modest Mouse.
H'art Songs came more than 20 years into his career. Unlike much of his previous work, it's comprised of seemingly simple vocal compositions. What appears to silly melodic ditties, transcends into complicated, introspective album with advanced percussion. (Edited)
meccalecca TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/20/2014 17:44 | #112375 | TOP COMMENT
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A silly old man sings wacky songs to the children, secretly teaching them lessons that would stay with them for the rest of their lives. (Edited)
Best Tracks: Do Your Thing, Aska Me (Edited)
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