Once I Was An Eagle
by Laura Marling
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Laura Marling bestography
Once I Was An Eagle is ranked 2nd best out of 8 albums by Laura Marling on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Laura Marling is Song For Our Daughter which is ranked number 1832 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 920.
(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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Once I Was An Eagle track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 35 hours ago | Devilwoac | 883 | 96/100 | |
| 5 days ago |  CharlieBarley | 3,251 | 81/100 | |
| 02/27/2026 23:18 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 | |
| 12/29/2025 17:22 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 | |
| 12/07/2025 21:06 | Araldo | 1,471 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.1/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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BozoTyrannus 07/18/2020 13:44 | #255761
This album represents the stepping stone from her original style ("Alas I Cannot Swim" through "A Creature I Don't Know") into her current sound.
Once i was an eagle flows gracefully but this comes at the cost of track uniqueness.
jhuik 01/13/2017 22:22 | #182574
So simple and so goddamn lovely. Still love this years later.
A beautifully ambitious album. Once I was an eagle, is a lovely song cycle by a Laura Marling who is clearly full of confidence. There's no point in picking out individual tracks as it's basically a medley. There's obviously a huge Joni Mitchell influence in there but there's also the sounds of the acoustic Led Zeppelin from the early seventies. The first half of this album is breathtakingly brilliant, but around the mid way point I feel the record starts to run out of steam. Still, it's a very good LP and Marling's ambition and artistic courage has to be applauded.
One of my absolute favorite albums. Too long? I say it's the perfect length! I remember the melody of each song.
buzzdainer 03/09/2016 18:43 | #161618
A transcendently great breakup album--or at least, a deep exploration of relationship dysfunction--from Laura Marling. This album has it all: powerful vocal performances, sharp songwriting, sophisticated guitar playing, and hard-hitting percussion. The multi-song suite that opens the album is fascinating, with the relentlessly percussive "Master Hunter" as a highlight.
Just fantastic. What a voice and such quality songs & delivery. Nicely produced. MEZ
NickVolos 01/08/2015 20:02 | #131085
One of the year's best. Clocking at more than an hour yet not a single note out of place.
Would've been perfect if it stopped after "Devil's Resting Place"- the first half hour is absolutely seamless and mesmerizing. The second half is noticebaly less consistient and doesn't quite have the focus or singular pull of the first and muddles up the whole picture a bit. There are enough good songs here, however, to make this a very, very good album, if not perhaps a surprise masterpiece it had the potential to be.
This is a spectacular album! Laura Marling's voice gives me chills. It's a very impressively written album.
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