The Book Of Invasions: A Celtic Symphony (studio album)
by Horslips

The Book Of Invasions: A Celtic Symphony by Horslips
Year: 1976
Overall rank: 14,084th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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75/100 (from 21 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1976 (173rd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,909th)
Award Best albums of all time (14,084th)

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Horslips bestography

The Book Of Invasions: A Celtic Symphony is ranked 2nd best out of 12 albums by Horslips on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Horslips is The Belfast Gigs which is ranked number 13133 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 87.

Horslips album bestography « Higher ranked (13,133rd)
The Belfast Gigs
This album (14,084th)
The Book Of Invasions: A Celtic Symphony
Lower ranked (38,281st) »
Live At The ‎O₂

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2025MoondanceRecently Departed: 202351/100 -
2025MrOlanTop 16 Music Albums of 19764/164
2025MrOlanTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s46/10011
2025 MadhattanJackTop 37 Music Albums of 197630/371
2025mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of 197680/1001
2024vruslovTop 71 Music Albums of 197661/711
2024MoondanceMy top 100 artists/albums: Ireland10/100 -
2024 mutley88Top 19 Music Albums of 19764/194
2024amirmishaliTop 58 Music Albums of 197614/584
2023dhbarrettTop 11 Music Albums of 19762/115
2023Steppenwolf666Top 100 Music Albums of 197625/1004
2022 IlMalaTop 40 Music Albums of 197630/401
2022 DankelTop 36 Music Albums of 197625/362
2021Steppenwolf666Guinness All Time Top 1000 Albums by Guinness 1994 (901-1000)23/100 -
2021Johnnyo10 folk rock albums you should definitely own - Classic Rock7/9 -
2020 Tha1ChiefRockaTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s74/1005
2018Simon_bramhallTop 100 Greatest Music Albums84/1004
2018 Tha1ChiefRockaTop 78 Music Albums of 197657/781
2017 Captain_DudeFAVORITE FOLK ALBUMS40/51 -
2017sheffieldblueTop 40 Greatest Music Albums26/405
Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 24
Total Rank Score: The total rank score. 81

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75/100 (from 21 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.

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From 02/25/2016 02:02
My favorite album by Horslips and easily in my top three albums from Ireland. I'm biased as I have fond memories of this album since I heard it for the first time while spending a working summer vacation in Shannon.

Prior to the digital age it wasn't an easy album to find and I spent more than I should have on a copy, but it was well worth it.

The album is a mingling of traditional music and rock music, imagine Jethro Tull and Steeleye Span's 70's electric outings, however leaning towards traditional Irish instrumentation. Even though successful in the UK and Ireland at the time of release it would have made a bigger dent if released in the earlier to mid 70's rather than 1977.

With that said, if you are a fan of the 70's period mix of folk and progressive rock (such as Tull and Span) then you will love this album.
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