Helen Merrill
by Helen Merrill

Helen Merrill by Helen Merrill
Year: 1955
Overall rank: 11,808th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 28 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1955 (16th)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (209th)
Award Best albums of all time (11,808th)

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Overall rank: 11,808th | 1950s rank: 209th | 1955 rank: 16th
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2026 StefanR10Top 99 Music Albums of 195520/994
2026Steppenwolf666Top 56 Music Albums of 195512/564
2026 HaydenTop 50 Music Albums of 195525/503
2026Exist-en-cielTop 40 Music Albums of 19559/404
2026 bertranduTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s27/100 -
2026 TamthebamTop 70 Music Albums of 195518/704
2026LosWochosTop 67 Music Albums of 195511/674
2025henrygreen0203Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s54/100 -
2025mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s89/100 -
2025rkmTop 25 Music Albums of 19556/254
2025TodFitzTop 40 Music Albums of 195539/400
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 195539/1003
2024Steppenwolf666Pt7 Most expensive records sold on Discogs website99/99 -
2024henrygreen0203Top 16 Music Albums of 19556/163
2024babsfanatic87Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s64/100 -
2023BorderFreeAndrewTop 30 Music Albums of 195521/302
2023 Jboy56Top 50 Music Albums of 19554/505
2023 baystateoftheartTop 12 Music Albums of 19557/123
2023 JamethTop 63 Music Albums of the 1950s31/63 -
2023 mickilennialTop 25 Music Albums of the 1950s5/25 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 36
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 71
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74/100 (from 28 votes)
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12/22/2025 01:54 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100
 
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01/26/2025 13:59 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,39664/100
 
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08/23/2024 15:41 FreakWolfenstein  Ratings distribution  3,97471/100

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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.

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From 06/06/2022 07:34 | #286024
A fine and moody, sensual, and deeply touching debut album. The musicianship is top notch
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