Sing For Very Important People
by The Free Design
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Sing For Very Important People is ranked as the best album by The Free Design.
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Sing For Very Important People track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Sing For Very Important People rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Crhmgs | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 53/100 | 45 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 92 Music Albums of 1970 | 6/92 | 5 |
| 2026 | Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 76/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 36 Music Albums of 1970 | 26/36 | 2 |
| 2026 | brun027 | Top 49 Music Albums of 1970 | 29/49 | 2 |
| 2026 | baystateoftheart | Top 98 Music Albums of the 1970s | 51/98 | 10 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 40 Music Albums of 1970 | 38/40 | 0 |
| 2025 | Untitled | Top 32 Music Albums of 1970 | 31/32 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 31 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 209 | |||
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Sing For Very Important People ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/05/2026 12:47 | RemainInLight | 3,834 | 36/100 |
| ! | 04/06/2026 05:18 | Crhmgs | 716 | 80/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2026 11:46 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,426 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.1/100, a mean average of 66.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.6.
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Purplepash 09/22/2020 09:57 in What album are you listening to right now? Purplepash 09/22/2020 09:56 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition baystateoftheart 11/04/2017 16:48 in Rank 'Em: The Beach BoysView all forum mentions
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Jimmy Dread TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/10/2014 21:19 | #105905 | TOP COMMENT
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Beautifully arranged (perhaps second only to the Carpenters), wonderfully harmonized and evocative in its celebration of childhood - an essential LP for big kids and their little kids too. I'm totally and utterly hooked by this sunshine-pop masterpiece, and if your mind is wired in a similar way perhaps you will be too...
This is an extremely cute and unique record and really creates this feeling of nostalgia even if you have never heard the album before. My favourite part is the vocal harmonies as it really creates this atmosphere of innocence and makes you not have a care in the world. It really creates a sense of bliss and is an amazing atmosphere to immerse yourself in as it makes you feel like a kid again. While the overall quality isn't incredible and some songs nearer the start are quite weak it is still a great record to enjoy. Definitely a record worth listening to as it just creates joy.
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