It's A Long Way Down
by The Fallen Angels

It's A Long Way Down by The Fallen Angels
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 8,610th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 42 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1968 (103rd)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (584th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,610th)

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Overall rank: 8,610th | 1960s rank: 584th | 1968 rank: 103rd

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 42 votes)
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10/23/2025 21:05 RockyRaccoon  Ratings distribution  6,98284/100
 
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05/22/2024 22:17 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,22174/100
 
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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 77.7/100, a mean average of 79.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.3.

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From 05/22/2017 23:45 | #191255
If you love the Left Banke and wished there was more, here is the next best thing.
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From 09/03/2016 01:40 | #174150
This is a great album. Doubt I would have heard this one without BEA. Great melodies, interesting lyrics. Album has a solid vibe to it and bears repeated listening. A lost gem for certain.
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From 10/05/2014 18:41 | #123430
Definitely a psychedelic rock masterpiece. I wonder why this album has been forgotten... Great melodies, fine acoustic arrangements and captivating vocals.
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From 10/15/2013 21:37 | #88482
Great lost psychedelic. Beautiful arrangements with string overdubs a la "Forever Changes" and strongly influenced by it. You can clearly hear these influences in "A Horn Playing On My Thin Wall", "Look At The Wind", "Look To The Sun" and "Didn't" among others. In other respects it draws from jazz as in "Look At The Wind" even from "The Velvet Underground And Nico" and "The Doors" as in "Something New You Can Hide In".

Add this to the ones that you have to listen before you die.
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