Front Parlour Ballads (studio album)
by Richard Thompson
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Richard Thompson bestography
Front Parlour Ballads is ranked 17th best out of 42 albums by Richard Thompson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Richard Thompson is Mirror Blue which is ranked number 4713 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 296.
(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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Front Parlour Ballads rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 19/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2024 | cicadelic | Helsingin Sanomat Best Albums 2005 | 38/44 | - |
| 2024 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2019 |  skelter54 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2005 | 30/50 | 2 |
| 2018 |  bertrandu | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2017 | bertrandu | *All Time* European Folk Music | 70/100 | - |
| 2015 | hahol | Top 31 Music Albums of 2005 | 18/31 | 2 |
| 2005 | Uncut | Uncut's Top Albums of 2005 | 23/50 | 3 |
| 2005 | Washington City Paper | Top 20 Of 2005 | 31/46 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 20 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 02/11/2025 10:47 | Norman Bates | 9,971 | 75/100 |
| ! | 02/25/2023 17:31 | cestuneblague | 7,997 | 80/100 |
| ! | 02/14/2023 10:54 | Moondance | 19,856 | 72/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2020 13:06 |  jnfbn | 8,880 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/29/2019 15:37 | skelter54 | 4,457 | 67/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.5/100, a mean average of 70.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.2.
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