The Singer & The Song
by Labi Siffre
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Labi Siffre bestography
The Singer & The Song is ranked 3rd best out of 9 albums by Labi Siffre on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Labi Siffre is Crying Laughing Loving Lying which is ranked number 8326 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 151.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Singer & The Song track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Singer & The Song rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | 1971: Part 2- #101-200 | 12/27 | - |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 14 Music Albums of 1971 | 5/14 | 4 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 76 Music Albums of the 1970s | 16/76 | 16 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 43 Music Albums of 1971 | 9/43 | 4 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Albums of the 20th Century | 80/100 | - |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 51/100 | 10 |
| 2025 |  flamingyesdept | Top 66 Music Albums of 1971 | 54/66 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 70/100 | 2 |
| 2024 | AAL2014 | Labi Siffre: So Far.. | 5/6 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 37 | |||
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The Singer & The Song ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/07/2026 22:57 | wizardalien | 892 | 48/100 |
| ! | 07/26/2026 17:59 | RemainInLight | 3,760 | 35/100 |
| ! | 06/14/2025 12:10 | lanadeleswift | 3,769 | 86/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.9/100, a mean average of 70.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.4.
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A lovely little singer-songwriter folky pop album. For me this is one of the best of its genre and criminally underrated - forget Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, Nick Drake, Neil Young. The only song I'd skip apart from the tiny interlude songs is Relax. Bless the Telephone is a stunning song, I'm torn as to whether it's too short or just about right. I always feel that 1 minute 40 seconds goes too fast, leaves me wanting more, but maybe then it's done it's job? A real hidden gem of an album here, cannot believe it's not in the top 1,000 on this site (~42,000th before my review) (Edited)
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