The Six Wives Of Henry VIII
by Rick Wakeman
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The Six Wives Of Henry VIII is ranked as the best album by Rick Wakeman.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 07/30/2026 09:01 |  MetalMan67 | 6,179 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/01/2026 11:34 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,324 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/11/2025 07:29 | zsolti | 695 | 81/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2025 00:23 | KineticEchoes02 | 1,086 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/04/2025 16:14 |  Fischman | 11,857 | 66/100 |
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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 76.0/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.
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I've been after a decent copy of this on vinyl for years. Today that moment has come. It is an awesome album, very diverse which suitably depicts the different characters of Henry's wives. If you are into analogue keyboards, then this is a must have album, keyboard lovers can salivate over the opened gatefold photo, where the sound sources are noted for each of the keyboards.
IlMala 02/03/2022 15:57 | #280557 | TOP COMMENT
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Not so easy to be listened, but great and extremely sophisticated concept album.
Graeme2 04/10/2017 21:55 | #189031 | TOP COMMENT
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One of those records that people make their minds up prior to hearing it that it is utter shit. Then listen to it and reluctantly admit its not that bad. If you read the notes in the gatefold he says " it is my personal conception of their characters in relation to keyboard instruments". Now, seeing the type of guy he is, he seems ok to me, I guess he was having a big laugh with that. Or he was smoking stong shit.
Probably the best instrumental album I've ever heard. Great for keyboard lovers.
One of the greatest albums of all time.
Jhlffc 07/12/2015 20:06 | #145597
Not bad
First solo album of Rick and perhaps the best...
Rather Good / Good
It's so over the top that it's easy to be turned off, but "Anne of Cleaves" is addicting. A virtuoso, for better or worse.
Robert Anton Wilson 11/07/2011 18:43 | #30058 | TOP COMMENT
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This is Rick in full bloom but before he got the idea to make it even more grandiose and include a full orchestra. If you like grandiloquent keyboard solos, you are in for a treat.
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