Coat Of Many Colors
by Dolly Parton

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton
Year: 1971
Overall rank: 6,846th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 130 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (107th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,065th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,846th)

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Dolly Parton bestography

Coat Of Many Colors is ranked 2nd best out of 60 albums by Dolly Parton on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Dolly Parton is Jolene which is ranked number 4099 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 352.

Dolly Parton album bestography « Higher ranked (4,099th)
Jolene
This album (6,846th)
Coat Of Many Colors
Lower ranked (17,204th) »
The Grass Is Blue

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Coat Of Many Colors rankings

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Overall rank: 6,846th | 1970s rank: 1,065th | 1971 rank: 107th

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 130 votes)
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01/04/2026 13:47 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,16470/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 72.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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75/100
From 04/22/2021 19:43 | #268894
quite lovely beautifully presented and vocalized
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From 12/19/2020 20:00 | #262947
Some of the songs are strong, but it's a mixed bag.
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From 04/20/2019 12:01 | #235270
Faz parte do imaginário americano!
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From 07/25/2018 23:20 | #218789
Dolly's strong vocal range enriches a series of ballads about love, men, and surviving hard times.
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From 02/03/2014 04:58 | #102115
Although it's not "Jolene," "Coat of Many Colors" starts out great.
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