Stargazer
by Shelagh McDonald
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Shelagh McDonald bestography
Stargazer is ranked as the best album by Shelagh McDonald.
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Stargazer track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Stargazer rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Pt12 Most expensive records sold on Discogs | 92/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Jimmy Dread | Folk Off! Pastoral Perfection for Pixie People | 2/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 67 Music Albums of 1971 | 46/67 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Graeme2 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 36/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 80 Music Albums of 1971 | 58/80 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 37 Music Albums of 1971 | 6/37 | 4 |
| 2026 | Rhyner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 26/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 24/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 34 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 125 | |||
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Stargazer ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/18/2026 16:46 | RemainInLight | 3,811 | 36/100 |
| ! | 06/06/2026 20:29 | MadhattanJack | 6,030 | 66/100 |
| ! | 01/21/2026 00:55 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,986 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.4.
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Stargazer forum mentions
Jboy56 04/28/2023 13:56 in What album are you listening to right now? Jimmy Dread 04/01/2016 11:38 in Albums You Added To Your Collection Today Jimmy Dread 10/19/2014 18:44 in BEA ULL - noWaxJimStargazer comments
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Jimmy Dread TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/19/2016 16:21 | #162204 | TOP COMMENT
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A beautiful lost folk masterpiece, featuring something of a who's who of English folk musicians amongst the credits (Richard Thompson, Keith Christmas, arrangements by Robert Kirby - of Nick Drake fame). In a similar vein to Vashti, Shelagh disappeared without trace soon after, although more do to with some hallucinogens rather than escaping to a commune. This records fetches stupid money on the second hand market, and quite rightly so.
Only recently discovered this masterpiece by accident. Why didn't anyone tell me about it? Jimmy Dread says it all, apart from Anne Briggs also did exactly the same. Disappeared and had nothing to do with the music business, and even kept her career a secret from her daughter, who never knew her mother was one of the great folk singers of the 60's. It seems being a female folk legend does strange things to you!!
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