N° 5
by Jacques Brel

N° 5 by Jacques Brel
Year: 1961
Overall rank: 7,814th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 32 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1961 (28th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (579th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,814th)

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Jacques Brel bestography

N° 5 is ranked 7th best out of 28 albums by Jacques Brel on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Jacques Brel is N° 4 which is ranked number 1885 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 884.

Jacques Brel album bestography « Higher ranked (7,775th)
J'arrive
This album (7,814th)
N° 5
Lower ranked (8,057th) »
Ne Me Quitte Pas

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N° 5 rankings

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Overall rank: 7,814th | 1960s rank: 579th | 1961 rank: 28th

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N° 5 ratings

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72/100 (from 32 votes)
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12/14/2025 18:05 VictorVale  Ratings distribution  3,76381/100
 
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05/05/2025 12:42 fabm0  Ratings distribution  6,86159/100
 
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08/18/2024 14:00 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  22,96269/100
 
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06/19/2024 18:02 platus  Ratings distribution  5,83574/100
 
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05/25/2024 00:43 Cardboardfolder  Ratings distribution  3,73288/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 70.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.9.

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From 03/17/2015 09:01 | #137108
Being a biligual Belgian this album is full of meaning to me. 'Marieke' still moves me as much as the first time I heard it and invariably brings up feelings of melancholy and loss mixed with a deep sense of roots while living in two different worlds.
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