Rock On
by David Essex
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David Essex bestography
Rock On is ranked as the best album by David Essex.
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Rock On track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Rock On rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 4 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 85 Music Albums of 1973 | 65/85 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 23 Music Albums of 1973 | 16/23 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Glam Rock | 15/30 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top albums of 1973 (101 - 200) | 23/62 | - |
| 2025 | Liedzeit | Top 85 Music Albums of 1973 | 9/85 | 5 |
| 2025 |  MadhattanJack | Top 87 Music Albums of 1973 | 76/87 | 1 |
| 2025 | mikepen | Top 51 Music Albums of 1973 | 34/51 | 2 |
| 2024 | martintho | Top 94 Music Albums of 1973 | 90/94 | 0 |
| 2024 | Liedzeit | Best Debut Albums | 65/100 | - |
| 2024 | Moondance | Herbie Flowers - bass player for hire | 24/57 | - |
| 2022 | arnellarsen | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2022 |  Keatownrodriguez | Top 64 Music Albums of the 1970s | 59/64 | 2 |
| 2015 |  NoisyBeast | More Albums of the 1970s ~ Part III | 43/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 13 | |||
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Rock On ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/29/2025 02:11 | MadhattanJack | 5,980 | 66/100 |
| ! | 02/01/2023 13:14 |  MetalMan67 | 6,151 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/31/2022 12:10 | NHGRANITE | 4,701 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/19/2022 14:48 | mostlymor | 6,959 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/03/2021 01:54 | matterhornrider | 5,108 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.0/100, a mean average of 66.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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Liedzeit 01/08/2017 14:14 | #182027
Amazing. This guy was a big star once, and now he is totally forgotten/ignored. Okay, he was a Singles guy. But he was great. Saw him once on Stage as Che Guevara. Brilliant. Don’t know why Rock on is not as popular as Like a Rolling Stone.
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