Penguin (studio album)
by Fleetwood Mac

Penguin by Fleetwood Mac
Year: 1973
Overall rank: 27,626th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 55 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (359th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (3,127th)
Award Best albums of all time (27,626th)

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Fleetwood Mac bestography

Penguin is ranked 22nd best out of 44 albums by Fleetwood Mac on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Fleetwood Mac is Rumours which is ranked number 21 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 30,865.

Fleetwood Mac album bestography « Higher ranked (24,742nd)
Heroes Are Hard To Find
This album (27,626th)
Penguin
Lower ranked (32,327th) »
The Boston Box

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

Upcoming concerts

Nov
22
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20:00
TWISTED GYPSY - Tribute to FLEETWOOD MAC, with Special Guest BILLY JOEL Tribute ALL KEYED UP
Gaslamp Long Beach, Long Beach, United States. United States
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Nov
23
Sun
19:00
RUMOURS ATL - A Fleetwood Mac Tribute
District 142, Wyandotte, United States. United States
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Nov
29
Sat
20:00
Fleetwood Macramé
Bimbo's 365 Club, San Francisco, United States. United States
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Penguin track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Penguin rankings

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Penguin ratings

Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 55 votes)
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07/14/2025 11:22 MetalMan67  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 5,94271/100
 
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07/08/2025 03:09 AAL2014  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,46975/100
 
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06/02/2025 19:53 davidhuret  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,99676/100
 
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12/13/2024 12:00 iann97  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,83274/100
 
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11/26/2024 23:02 slatsheit  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2,04181/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.1/100, a mean average of 68.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.

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Penguin favourites

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85/100
From 06/17/2020 07:32
A so-so album, but the highs are very high. Revelation and Did You Ever Love Me stand up with Fleetwood Mac's best work.
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75/100
From 03/25/2019 07:26
From the 2nd phase of Fleetwood Mac with Bob Welch and an often forgotten era for the band but they did some nice albums. This is particularly fine.
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From 01/31/2015 16:00
One of the better albums between the Peter Green Fleetwood Mac and the more popular classic line up.
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