Montrose
by Montrose
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Montrose bestography
Montrose is ranked as the best album by Montrose.
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Montrose track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Montrose rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 86 Music Albums of 1973 | 79/86 | 0 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 82/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | 100 debut (2 B deleted) | 16/19 | - |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #2601-2700* | 16/82 | - |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | 1973: Part 2- #101-200 | 17/39 | - |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 54 Music Albums of 1973 | 21/54 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1973 | 32/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 500 Albums: 301-400 | 80/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 100 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 339 | |||
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Montrose ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/23/2026 10:46 | PurplePiePete | 1,846 | 80/100 |
| ! | 05/03/2026 04:20 | Fevernova | 3,161 | 82/100 |
| ! | 04/08/2026 18:51 | Olli | 7,937 | 62/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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Montrose forum mentions
pedro1976 02/26/2023 18:19 in What album are you listening to right now?
dihansse 07/19/2018 19:57 in My discoveries per yearMontrose comments
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IMO, this is the greatest hard rock debut album of all time. There is not a single bad track on the album; absolutely no filler. Ronnie Montrose is extremely under-rated as a guitar player. It angers me that this album is virtually forgotten by most people when discussing debut albums.
Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/15/2012 22:23 | #55110 | TOP COMMENT
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Ronnie Montrose is a tragically underrated guitar player. It's hard to even put it into words. Sadly, he recently took his own life. Sammy Hagar's best work if you ask me. Bad Motor Scooter always gets me going!!
An underheard album full of straight forward guitar driven hard rock. Montose's debut is a lean record that should be considered a classic rock staple. It also introduces us to Sammy Hagar's voice.
This album is so underrated, it saddens me. One of my personal favorites.
Perhaps America's best response to Led Zeppelin. (Edited)
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