Calling Card
by Rory Gallagher
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Rory Gallagher bestography
Calling Card is ranked 4th best out of 28 albums by Rory Gallagher on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Rory Gallagher is Irish Tour which is ranked number 3768 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 394.
(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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Calling Card track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Calling Card rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | thenat | Top 29 Music Albums of 1976 | 1/29 | 5 |
| 2026 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 80 Music Albums of 1976 | 49/80 | 2 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 46 Music Albums of 1976 | 15/46 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 37 Music Albums of 1976 | 14/37 | 3 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | dukeboxkool | Top 88 Music Albums of 1976 | 44/88 | 3 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart 1001-1100 | 34/100 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | albums of 2023 (deleting) | 61/98 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 59 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 133 | |||
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Calling Card ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/01/2026 08:11 | Pluto11 | 12,291 | 72/100 |
| ! | 12/25/2025 17:06 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,199 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/28/2024 11:30 |  Ulysses60 | 1,299 | 78/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 78.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.8.
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Calling Card forum mentions
Romanelli 06/23/2020 18:19 in What Song Are You Listening To Right Now?Calling Card comments
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Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/21/2012 09:00 | #55572 | TOP COMMENT
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This was a landmark album for Rory. He finally tried something different and it worked. I wonder how much of it had to do with Roger Glover producing it along with Rory.
Romanelli TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/22/2012 23:14 | #35670 | TOP COMMENT
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A solid album from Gallagher, a much better guitarist than what he's remembered for.
Jboy56 09/29/2022 11:11 | #290046 | TOP COMMENT
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Top notch Rory
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