High Time
by MC5

High Time by MC5
Year: 1971
Overall rank: 12,769th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 67 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (178th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,740th)
Award Best albums of all time (12,769th)

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MC5 - High Time (ROCKTOBER) [New Vinyl LP] Clear Vinyl, Yellow
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MC5 - High Time - 1971 USA Gatefold Vinyl LP w/ Inner - Atlantic Records SD 8285
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MC5 bestography

High Time is ranked 3rd best out of 10 albums by MC5 on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by MC5 is Kick Out The Jams which is ranked number 1012 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,712.

MC5 album bestography « Higher ranked (5,974th)
Back In The USA
This album (12,769th)
High Time
Lower ranked (57,979th) »
Babes In Arms

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

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High Time rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 12,769th | 1970s rank: 1,740th | 1971 rank: 178th
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2026MasterOfPuppetsTop 21 Music Albums of 19718/213
2026cicadelicTop 82 Music Albums of 197178/820
2026MasterOfPuppetsTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s56/1009
2026OlliTop 78 Music Albums of 197128/783
2026 MadhattanJackTop 50 Music Albums of 197133/502
2026 imacgillTop 57 Music Albums of 197150/571
2026JohnnyoTop 100 Music Albums of 197138/1003
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 197165/1002
2026MasterOfPuppetsTop 500 Albums: 201-30040/100 -
2026adbrack1988Top 42 Music Albums of 197130/422
2025blueandthemoonTop 41 Music Albums of 197132/411
2025 RepoTop 79 Music Albums of 197122/794
2025 baystateoftheartTop 52 Music Albums of 197151/520
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of 1971 by U R C69/70 -
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of the '70's (401 - 500) by U R C65/100 -
2025JohnnyoTop albums of the ‘70’s (101 - 200)61/100 -
2025dukeboxkoolTop 100 Music Albums of 197178/1001
2025 MetalMan67Top 100 Music Albums of 197174/1001
2025TodFitzTop 100 Music Albums of 197153/1002
2024cronadigallinaTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s83/1004
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 55
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 90
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High Time ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 67 votes)
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60/100
 
04/06/2026 15:51 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,54465/100
 
70/100
 
01/21/2026 02:27 imacgill  Ratings distribution  2,68179/100
 
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01/04/2026 12:34 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,31870/100
 
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12/05/2025 14:55 Leschoses  Ratings distribution  8384/100
 
75/100
 
12/28/2024 22:02 baystateoftheart  Ratings distribution  2,84172/100

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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.8.

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From 10/21/2016 10:07 | #177263
Best album by the MC5. Yeah I said it!
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