It Takes A Year
by William Ackerman
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It Takes A Year track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (6 out of 9 tracks have been rated).
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It Takes A Year rankings summary
Overall rank: 43,343rd | 1970s rank: 4,194th | 1977 rank: 392nd Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  arthurbittencourt | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 89/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  kadupheming | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1970s | 84/99 | 3 |
| 2024 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1977 | 37/46 | - |
| 2023 |  briggs54 | These Albums Have Acoustic Guitar | 77/99 | - |
| 2020 | kadupheming | Top 32 Music Albums of 1977 | 13/32 | 3 |
| 2019 | briggs54 | Top 74 Music Albums of 1977 | 60/74 | 1 |
| 2018 |  Tha1ChiefRocka | Top 61 Music Albums of 1977 | 20/61 | 3 |
| 2018 | arthurbittencourt | Top 20 Music Albums of 1977 | 9/20 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 11 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 17 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/23/2018 03:19 | Fischman | 11,863 | 66/100 |
| ! | 08/24/2018 23:57 | sssvnnn | 8,494 | 67/100 |
| ! | 07/03/2018 23:13 | arthurbittencour | 647 | 82/100 |
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meccalecca 06/30/2014 12:31 in Genre Extravaganza: AMERICAN PRIMITIVISM
meccalecca 06/30/2014 12:31 in Genre Extravaganza: AMERICAN PRIMITIVISM“1970s The 1960s were clearly the pinnacle of the narrow parameters of the genre, but it continued on into the 70s with a few memorable releases from Fahey, Kottke and Basho, with Peter Lang, William Ackerman and Alex de Grassi adding something new. While Fahey mainly stayed true to what he did in…”
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