For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night
by Caravan

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For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night by Caravan
Year: 1973
Release date: 1973-10-05
Overall rank: 4,850th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 86 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (87th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (782nd)
Award Best albums of all time (4,850th)

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Caravan bestography

For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night is ranked 2nd best out of 27 albums by Caravan on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Caravan is In The Land Of Grey And Pink which is ranked number 1039 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,679.

Caravan album bestography « Higher ranked (1,039th)
In The Land Of Grey And Pink This album (4,850th)
For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night Lower ranked (5,234th) »
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For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night rankings

For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,850th | 1970s rank: 782nd | 1973 rank: 87th  Overall chart history
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79/100 (from 86 votes)
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From 05/22/2023 18:13 | #297164 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The last track is superb prog (Edited)
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From 04/17/2021 20:20 | #268666 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Grey and pink is in my top 100 so why I've left it so long to check this out I don't know. Unfortunately one Sinclair left by this record for Hatfield, losing his wonderful vocal and bass but the other Sinclair who had left before previous album returned for this one, bringing his distinctive keys. Quite different from those earlier albums in character. Still great but maybe blending in more with the time than standing out from the pack like before and some straight up poptastic moments too. Definitely be coming back to this one.
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From 03/20/2021 09:38 | #267549 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Possibly overshadowed by the Prog masterpiece with it's iconic cover, In The Land of the Grey and Pink', this album is equally brilliant yet quite different. One of those where you discover more with each listen. Side 2 (vinyl) is epic!
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A great record and one of their best.
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