Illusion (studio album)
by Renaissance

Illusion by Renaissance
Year: 1971
Overall rank: 45,168th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 17 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (461st)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (4,413th)
Award Best albums of all time (45,168th)

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Renaissance bestography

Illusion is ranked 10th best out of 29 albums by Renaissance on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Renaissance is Scheherazade And Other Stories which is ranked number 2682 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 580.

Renaissance album bestography « Higher ranked (18,501st)
A Song For All Seasons
This album (45,168th)
Illusion
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Illusion

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Illusion track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 17 votes)
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11/03/2025 14:17 RockyRaccoon  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 6,66284/100
 
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09/13/2024 19:23 duelek  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,56177/100
 
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01/02/2023 19:27 TonySayers61  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 22,85464/100
 
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07/14/2022 09:50 yinei007  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 76878/100
 
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05/05/2022 02:07 dhbarrett  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 8,04365/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.0/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.

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From 04/27/2023 16:10
A little weaker than the debut and more pop-oriented. Best track: "Mr. Pine".
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From 05/10/2020 05:14
More good psych prog from The Relfs' (original) Renaissance incarnation. Not quite as good as the debut in my opinion, but still enjoyable.
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From 06/12/2015 14:05
Beautiful and a bit naive hippie prog-rock.
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Like it.
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