A Song For All Seasons
by Renaissance

Album
A Song For All Seasons by Renaissance
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 20,443rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 46 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (260th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (2,468th)
Award Best albums of all time (20,443rd)

Listen on Spotify SPOTIFY

Log in or create an account to rate this album, leave comments or join the discussion.
eBay
Sorry, no matches on eBay for "A Song For All Seasons Renaissance".
See full search results on eBay

  My favourite store:  

Listen & Collect

Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.

  • Listened Upgrade your listening setup on Amazon(headphones, turntables & speakers)
  • Find vinyl editions of this album on eBay
  • Browse Renaissance merchandise on Amazon (T-shirts & more)
  • Need a birthday or celebration gift? Browse unique music memorabilia on Amazon

Renaissance bestography

A Song For All Seasons is ranked 9th best out of 30 albums by Renaissance on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Renaissance is Turn Of The Cards which is ranked number 2756 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 571.

Renaissance album bestography « Higher ranked (17,500th)
Camera Camera This album (20,430th)
A Song For All Seasons Lower ranked (20,430th) »
A Song For All Seasons

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

Listen to A Song For All Seasons on YouTube

Loading content from YouTube...

A Song For All Seasons rankings

A Song For All Seasons rankings summary
Overall rank: 20,443rd | 1970s rank: 2,468th | 1978 rank: 260th  Overall chart history
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings).Help Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)

A Song For All Seasons collection

A Song For All Seasons ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 46 votes)
  Ratings distribution Help Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV
where:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.

Showing latest 3 ratings for this album.  | Show all 46 ratings for this album.

Sort Sort by
RatingDate updatedMemberAlbum ratingsAvg. album rating
 
70/100
 !		08/03/2026 10:38 MetalMan67  Ratings distribution  6,25071/100
 
70/100
 !		01/18/2026 11:57 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  16,42470/100
 
85/100
 !		04/14/2025 01:26 RockyRaccoon  Ratings distribution  7,26684/100

Rating metrics: Help Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.1/100, a mean average of 70.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.9.


Please log in or create an account if you want to be able to leave a rating

A Song For All Seasons favourites

Showing all 3 members who have added this album as a favourite

ExTeaSea
MW19704U
progtastic

A Song For All Seasons forum mentions

This album has been referenced 8 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From Romanelli 04/13/2026 19:49 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
“What album are you listening to? (cont.)”
View topic (2 mentions) →

From Romanelli 06/26/2024 16:46 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Mexican Moon
“2025 RENAISSANCE A SONG FOR ALL SEASONS 1978 – SIRE Produced By DAVID HENTSCHEL 1. Opening Out 2. Day Of The Dreamer 3. Closer Than Yesterday 4. Kindness (At The End) 5. Back Home Once Again 6. She Is Love 7. Northern Lights 8. A Song For All Seasons When The Yardbirds broke up in 1968, guitarist…”
View post →

From Fischman 01/03/2024 20:18 in Let's Get Progressive: 1985
“Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning Subgenre(s): Symphonic Prog, Prog Folk Score: 85 Year: 1973 My Rank in Year as of this listen: 16th Listening to what many believe to be Renaissance's high water mark today, two things struck me. First and most simply, it really hit me how Annie Haslam's vocals draw…”
View topic (2 mentions) →

View all forum mentions

A Song For All Seasons comments

Showing all 1 comments |
Top Comments First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Showing comments with any number of votes. Manage Profile)
Rating:  
90/100
From 02/09/2020 02:22 | #247613
I cannot believe I didn't listen to this until just now, as I have known of Renaissance for years. They are perhaps the only progressive rock band I actually enjoy more now than my teenage self did. This is powerful, overwhelming, beautiful, and epic.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) · 0
Log in to reply
Anonymous
What do you think of this album? Join the conversation!.
The top-voted comments get featured on our charts, Album of the Day, and the site newsletter.

Log in or create an account to rate this album, leave comments or join the discussion.
Best Albums of  1978
1. Darkness On The Edge Of Town by Bruce Springsteen
2. Parallel Lines by Blondie
3. The Cars by The Cars
4. This Year's Model by Elvis Costello
5. Die Mensch·Maschine by Kraftwerk
6. Van Halen by Van Halen
7. Music For 18 Musicians by Steve Reich
8. The Kick Inside by Kate Bush
9. Some Girls by The Rolling Stones
10. More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads