Occasional Rain
by Terry Callier

Occasional Rain by Terry Callier
Year: 1972
Overall rank: 14,800th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 37 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1972 (194th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,939th)
Award Best albums of all time (14,800th)

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Terry Callier bestography

Occasional Rain is ranked 2nd best out of 14 albums by Terry Callier on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Terry Callier is What Color Is Love which is ranked number 3655 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 406.

Terry Callier album bestography « Higher ranked (3,655th)
What Color Is Love
This album (14,800th)
Occasional Rain
Lower ranked (16,729th) »
I Just Can't Help Myself

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Occasional Rain rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 14,800th | 1970s rank: 1,939th | 1972 rank: 194th
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2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of 197244/1003
2026 O.T.Top 25 Music Albums of 197216/252
2026 DommeDamianTop 20 Music Albums of 197217/201
2026JakorTop 100 Music Albums of 197277/1001
2026 PurplepashTop 29 Music Albums of 197222/291
2026 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 197285/1001
2026 HelsinkiSnorkelTop 89 Music Albums of the 1970s47/8910
2026 flamingyesdeptTop 75 Music Albums of 197214/754
2025replacementlevelTop 100 Greatest Music Albums98/1003
2025byuzakTop 42 Music Albums of 197223/422
2025 JamethTop 66 Music Albums of 197261/660
2025BorderFreeAndrewTop 100 Music Albums of 197247/1003
2025replacementlevelTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s17/10017
2025JohnnyoTop 20 Sophomore albums by Mark Berry11/20 -
2025replacementlevelTop 50 Music Albums of 19722/505
2025 idioticanTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s72/1006
2024AlienCinemaTop 99 Music Albums of 197219/994
2022 flamingyesdeptSecond bests15/20 -
2022 flamingyesdeptTerry Callier's Albums Ranked2/11 -
2021WayneMCTop 100 Music Albums of 197280/1001
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 31
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 78
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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 37 votes)
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75/100
 
02/17/2026 15:57 Pluto11  Ratings distribution  12,16772/100
 
70/100
 
03/25/2025 21:14 DommeDamian  Ratings distribution  7,37949/100
 
80/100
 
12/15/2023 12:27 LosWochos  Ratings distribution  47,22175/100
 
80/100
 
06/16/2023 03:58 Raddi27  Ratings distribution  1,45485/100
 
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01/14/2023 02:49 CaptainPain  Ratings distribution  3,36461/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.8/100, a mean average of 77.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.

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90/100
From 01/11/2017 18:58 | #182258
The first of many Callier masterpieces - wonderful.
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From 07/10/2016 20:01 | #171042
Another beautiful Terry Callier album. Great songs throughout. Lovely.
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