First Songs
by Michael Hurley

First Songs by Michael Hurley
Year: 1964
Overall rank: 13,741st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 17 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1964 (65th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (946th)
Award Best albums of all time (13,741st)

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Michael Hurley bestography

First Songs is ranked 2nd best out of 14 albums by Michael Hurley on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Michael Hurley is Armchair Boogie which is ranked number 10026 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 121.

Michael Hurley album bestography « Higher ranked (10,026th)
Armchair Boogie
This album (13,741st)
First Songs
Lower ranked (35,893rd) »
The Time Of The Foxgloves

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 13,741st | 1960s rank: 946th | 1964 rank: 65th
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2026Steppenwolf666Top 95 Music Albums of 196424/954
2026 arthurbittencourtTop 100 Greatest Music Albums75/10026
2026 arthurbittencourtTop 65 Music Albums of the 1960s10/6517
2026pjerskeTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s53/10010
2026 Norman BatesTop 57 Music Albums of 196418/574
2025 WasinskiTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s93/1002
2025arnellarsenTop 84 Music Albums of the 1960s62/845
2025 WasinskiTop 15 Music Albums of 19648/153
2024arnellarsenTop 100 Music Albums of 196598/100 -
2024 meccaleccaTop 97 Music Albums of 196551/97 -
2024 travelfulTop 57 Music Albums of 196521/57 -
2021 JamethTop 35 Music Albums of 196525/35 -
2021crimsonTop 100 Greatest Music Albums84/1009
2020 StefanR10Top 100 Music Albums of 196588/100 -
2020 PatrickDGreatest Folkways Records Albums5/98 -
2019MadrockerTop 100 Music Albums of 196598/100 -
2018 PatrickDTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s71/1006
2017 Mercury1960s Singer/Songwriter Albums67/100 -
2016 NoisyBeastMore Albums of the 1960s... #901-100087/100 -
2016 PatrickDTop 30 Music Albums of 19656/30 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 20
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 84
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Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 17 votes)
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70/100
 
05/02/2026 13:20 Pluto11  Ratings distribution  12,16772/100
 
75/100
 
01/07/2023 22:26 LosWochos  Ratings distribution  47,02875/100
 
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08/24/2022 11:22 Steppenwolf666  Ratings distribution  9,94089/100
 
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02/07/2022 15:10 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,56864/100
 
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07/11/2021 05:43 crimson  Ratings distribution  75381/100

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