My Goal's Beyond
by Mahavishnu John McLaughlin

My Goal's Beyond by Mahavishnu John McLaughlin
Year: 1971
Overall rank: 18,047th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 33 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1971 (249th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (2,293rd)
Award Best albums of all time (18,047th)

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Mahavishnu John McLaughlin bestography

My Goal's Beyond is ranked 2nd best out of 14 albums by John McLaughlin on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by John McLaughlin is Extrapolation which is ranked number 10790 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 110.

Mahavishnu John McLaughlin album bestography « Higher ranked (10,790th)
Extrapolation
This album (18,047th)
My Goal's Beyond
Lower ranked (22,756th) »
Black Light

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Overall rank: 18,047th | 1970s rank: 2,293rd | 1971 rank: 249th

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78/100 (from 33 votes)
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06/29/2025 16:32 traistboar  Ratings distribution  1,61879/100
 
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05/16/2025 11:58 duelek  Ratings distribution  1,73676/100
 
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01/19/2024 14:11 LosWochos  Ratings distribution  46,86875/100
 
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01/12/2023 08:51 Steppenwolf666  Ratings distribution  9,93789/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.7/100, a mean average of 78.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.

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From 06/10/2023 17:19 | #297537
A beautiful display of masterful guitar work including the highlight "Follow Your Heart." The fusion pieces, "Peace One" and "Peace Two," are more experimental but no less captivating. 9/10!
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Best Albums of 1971
1. Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin
2. Who's Next by The Who
3. Hunky Dory by David Bowie
4. What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
5. Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
6. Blue by Joni Mitchell
7. Tago Mago by Can
8. Meddle by Pink Floyd
9. L.A. Woman by The Doors
10. Tapestry by Carole King
11. Fragile by Yes
12. Bryter Layter by Nick Drake
13. Master Of Reality by Black Sabbath
14. Aqualung by Jethro Tull
15. Ram by Paul & Linda McCartney
16. Electric Warrior by T. Rex
17. Imagine by John Lennon
18. Maggot Brain by Funkadelic
19. There's A Riot Goin' On by Sly & The Family Stone
20. At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band
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