Front Page News
by Wishbone Ash

Front Page News by Wishbone Ash
Year: 1977
Overall rank: 12,710th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 28 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1977 (162nd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,748th)
Award Best albums of all time (12,710th)

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Wishbone Ash bestography

Front Page News is ranked 15th best out of 46 albums by Wishbone Ash on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Wishbone Ash is Argus which is ranked number 918 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,882.

Wishbone Ash album bestography « Higher ranked (10,531st)
Bona Fide
This album (12,710th)
Front Page News
Lower ranked (12,779th) »
Clan Destiny

(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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Front Page News rankings

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Overall rank: 12,710th | 1970s rank: 1,748th | 1977 rank: 162nd

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Front Page News ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 28 votes)
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01/23/2026 16:53 hebbo137  Ratings distribution  19979/100
 
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01/21/2026 12:41 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,61570/100
 
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04/04/2024 14:43 MetalMan67  Ratings distribution  5,99871/100

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.1.

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75/100
From 08/21/2022 00:50 | #288754
Part of what made Wishbone Ash great is they always rocked with the guitar! Unfortunately this album is much quieter than the rest and it's noticeable. Solid in parts but mostly forgettable!
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From 05/10/2020 15:09 | #251202
Listening to this one, first time for me, a rather good album, some more reflective tracks and slightly softer feel in places with some lovely guitar work. Perhaps trying to find their way in the late 70's, which a lot of bands found tricky.
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